Organizing a public party in a Design & Construct project

In the construction industry, the design and construct (D&C) project delivery method is being used more often. Smaller public parties are becoming aware of the benefits of this approach. However, these benefits are not always reached in practice as both public and private parties deviate from their new roles. Especially the public party is blamed for not fulfilling its role in the D&C process. This research has created a framework of success factors that should lead to a successful D&C project. The research shows that public clients have difficulty with fulfilling their role as they want to keep control on the design and are not used to their new role. Furthermore, conflicting interest and expectations between the client and contractor are a burden on fulfilling the success factors. These deviations are, however, understandable. The public client has a representative role and has to take into account the desires and interests of a lot of stakeholders. The current literature on D&C projects needs to be improved by taking into account the role of the public party. Future research should be focused on increasing the amount of analyzed D&C projects. Furthermore, more attention should be given to the role of the private party.Policy, Organization, Law & GamingMulti Actor SystemsTechnology, Policy and Managemen