Livesey, P V and Bold, J (2013) Overcoming inadvertent barriers to entry in large infrastructure projects. Construction Economics and Building, 13(1), pp. 85-91. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
The history behind the award of Brisbane City Council's Legacy Way project is discussed and the possible impact of cognitive bias in the Expression of Interest (EOI) process together with the steps that were taken during the EOI development and evaluation phase to reduce the impact that this may have had on the selection of Contractors from their EOI submissions. The paper concludes that Cognitive Bias may have created a greater barrier to entry to Contractors attempting to enter the Australian PPP market than has been previously realised and makes suggestions as to how this effect could be minimised in the future.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | barriers to entry; cognitive bias; infrastructure projects; PPP |
| Index terms: | infrastructure project, large infrastructure project, Brisbane, history, bias |
| Subjects: | infrastructure engineering, Geography, probability and distributions, architectural and construction history, infrastructure and transport systems |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Geographical Context |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PTA |
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