Beyond Design-Build-Operate-Maintain: New Partnership Approach Toward Fixed Guideway Transit Projects

2000 ◽  
Vol 1704 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald A. Wiss ◽  
Richard T. Roberts ◽  
S. David Phraner
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
Project Development ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Design Build

New methods of contractor procurement and project development are evolving. From turnkey to the latest design-build-operate-maintain (DBOM) processes, this evolution focuses on reducing costs, shortening project duration, and better allocating risk among private and public participants. One of the newest developments in the evolving DBOM procurement process is described. The process is being developed and refined in several projects in New Jersey. This new approach is a major change in project initiation and motivation—a more bottom-up, decentralized project development and implementation process. Beginning as a public-private partnership bill (A-2560) in New Jersey’s statehouse, as an effort to quickly advance a wide array of transportation initiatives, the new procurement process modified the state transportation statute to encourage more initiative and participation by the private sector in transportation projects. In consultation with private-sector interests, rail transit operators, and New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) leaders, the chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee crafted the bill. After approval by both houses and signature by the governor, the new statute was used to solicite project proposals. Various consortia responded, representing 13 initiatives, two of which are considered rail transit new starts. The North Jersey Rapid Rail (NJRR) proposal, as a case study, demonstrates how the bottom-up, “beyond DBOM” process is working. NJRR is an initiative of a consultant-contractor consortium working with two transit-dependent counties (Bergen and Passaic) and NJDOT. A freight railroad is part of the team. The initiative is a devolution of risk and responsibility to a more local level and a reversion to earlier private partnerships. During the first half of the 20th century, most of the rail transit infrastructure in North America was designed built, operated, and maintained efficiently by private-sector consortia consisting of finance, transit operating, utility, and construction interests. From the vantage point of one millennium ending and a new one beginning, this research is retrospective as well as futuristic.

Change in Service Provision Networks: The Case of Animal Welfare Services

2021 ◽  
pp. 0160323X2110092
Author(s):  
Laura A. Reese ◽  
Xiaomeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Network Evolution ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Organizational Ties ◽  
The Impact

This research focuses on change within informal service provision networks, specifically examining the impact that changes within a key organization can have on the larger network. Employing a before and after survey design with a treatment at the midpoint and participant observation, it asks: What is the impact of a major change within one organization on the larger external network? What is the nature of the organizational ties? and, How do political factors exogenous to the network impact the network evolution process? The findings suggest that internal change within a focal actor can have ripple effects throughout the network increasing density. Public service provision at the local level can be enhanced through an increase in partnerships between the public and nonprofit sectors. However, network evolution can be limited by the larger political environment and lack of a coordinating role on the part of local government.

The Protection of the Culturally and Spiritually Important Landscapes of Arctic Indigenous Peoples under the Convention on Biological Diversity and First Experiences from the Application of the Akwé:Kon Guidelines in Finland

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-225
Author(s):  
Leena Heinämäki ◽  
Thora Martina Herrmann ◽  
Antje Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
Wilderness Area ◽  
Testing Case

Culturally and spiritually important landscapes in the Arctic region express the interconnectedness of Indigenous Peoples with the natural and spiritual environment, and their preservation has been, and continues to be, essential to Indigenous People’s identity and traditional livelihoods. During the last decade, the importance of cultural landscapes for the conservation of biological and cultural diversity has received increasing legal attention. One of the international legal instruments developed are the Akwé:Kon Voluntary Guidelines, under the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). This paper elaborates on the worldwide first implementation process of the Akwé:Kon Guidelines in Finland, and draws on first experiences made during the testing case of these guidelines in the management process of the Hammastunturi Wilderness Area, in order to investigate to what extent culturally and spiritually important landscapes of Arctic Indigenous Peoples are recognized internationally, especially under the CBD and related international agreements and jurisprudence, and in the national context of Finland, in particular at the local level of the Hammastunturi Wilderness Area.

scholarly journals Ease of Doing Business Index: An Analysis of Investors Practical View

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Shakirat Adepeju Babatunde ◽  
Mohammed Kayode Ajape ◽  
Kabir Dandago Isa ◽  
Owolabi Kuye ◽  
Eddy Olajide Omolehinwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Chamber Of Commerce ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
The Government

Abstract: This study investigates the effect of Ease of Doing Business Index (EDBI) on Return on Investment (ROI). The study employs a cross-sectional survey design covering five years from 2015 to 2019. The sample is 47 registered companies with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is the most representative of the organised private sector group in Nigeria. The study adopts descriptive and linear regression statistical analysis. Findings show a statistically significant negative effect of Government policy continuity. The government procurement process, Raw materials availability and Quality of workforce show adverse effects. Traffic and transportation management, power supply and Security infrastructure show insignificant effect on ROI. Hence, findings indicate that Government procurement process is inimical to ease of doing business in Nigeria despite the government improvement efforts. Since government efforts are insufficient, the World Bank should incorporate private sector ideals into EDBI to create a synergy a robust EDBI. Keywords: Ease of Doing Business, ease of doing business index, return on investment, investors, World Bank.      Ease of Doing Business Index: Sebuah Analisis terhadap Pandangan Praktis InvestorAbstrak: Penelitian ini menginvestigasi pengaruh Ease of Doing Business Index (EDBI) terhadap Return on Investment (ROI). Penelitian ini menggunakan desain survei cross-sectional dari tahun 2015 sampai dengan tahun 2019. Sampel penelitian ini adalah 47 perusahaan yang terdaftar di Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan statistik regresi linear. Dari berbagai elemen EDBI, temuan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya pengaruh negatif yang signifikan antara keterlanjutan kebijakan pemerintah terhadap ROI. Proses pengadaan pemerintah, ketersediaan bahan mentah, dan kualitas tenaga kerja menunjukkan pengaruh berkebalikan dengan ROI. Lalu lintas dan manajemen transportasi, supply listrik, dan infrastruktur keamanan menunjukkan pengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap ROI. Usaha pemerintah dalam meningkatkan proses pengaadaan pemerintah masih belum memadai karena masih kecilnya pengaruh terhadap EDBI Nigeria. World Bank sebaiknya memasukkan pengaruh sektor privat dalam indikator EDBI sebagai upaya menciptakan sinergi antara pemerintah dan sektor privat untuk peningkatan EDBI dan dampaknya pada ekonomi. Kata kunci: Ease of Doing Business, indeks kemudahan berbisnis, pengembalian investasi, investor, Bank Dunia

scholarly journals Research and Practice of individualized talent Training Mode for rail transit majors from the perspective of new engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Zhao Wu ◽  
Hai Xiang Li ◽  
Jun Ying Qi
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Urban Rail Transit ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Training Mode ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Set Up

In order to cultivate application-oriented talents of urban rail transit, individualized talent training mode is an important measure. In view of the existing problems in the training of rail transit professionals, the research group proposed the framework of individualized talent training under the background of new engineering, planned the matrix corresponding to graduation requirements and knowledge, ability and quality, and then set up the curriculum system and built the multi-evaluation system in the implementation process. The developed solution has been put into practice and will be tested in the future teaching practice activities in order to constantly improve the personalized talent training model.

Public Sector Transformation

2012 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Fareed Alyagout ◽  
A. K. Siti-Nabiha
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Private Sector Investment ◽  
Productive Assets

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has embarked on the privatization of its public enterprises with the main objectives of improving the efficiency of the national economy, enlarging Saudi citizens’ ownership of productive assets, and encouraging local and foreign capital investment in the Kingdom. Subsequently, in 2003, the Saudi Council of Ministries approved a list of twenty-two targeted economic activities and government services to be privatized and the private sector is being invited to participate in many economic activities and services. As such, the aim of this chapter is to present the historical context and rationale for privatization in Saudi Arabia. The objectives and implementation process taken by the Saudi government to create a suitable environment for private sector investment and the issues and problems associated with privatization initiatives are also discussed in this chapter.

Public Procurement and Transparency in the Private Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 176-194
Author(s):  
Tom Brown
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Pay Differences ◽  
United Kingdom Government

This chapter begins by considering public procurement in the context of equality duties. The United Kingdom government has not used the Equality Act 2010’s regulation-making powers to impose specific statutory public procurement equality duties in England, but the Welsh and Scottish Ministers have made such regulations. Equality considerations are nonetheless relevant considerations in a public authority’s public procurement decisions as part of the general public sector equality duty in section 149 of the Act. The extent to which equality can (and should) be taken into account in the public procurement process is also, therefore, relevant to private undertakings which might wish to tender for the provision of goods or services to public authorities. The chapter then addresses the provisions in the Act intended to improve transparency in the private sector by prohibiting clauses which prevent employees discussing their pay. The Act introduced, in section 78, a power to make regulations which would impose a requirement on businesses to report on gender pay differences.

scholarly journals Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Anand Teltumbde ◽  
Arabinda Tripathy ◽  
Amiya K Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Change Initiative

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) embarked upon a major change initiative towards the end of 1996. It planned an enterprise-wide integration through Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The objectives were to remain competitive through improved customer service and customer satisfaction and to transform the company into a Learning Organization. The case highlights the process and challenges faced by BPCL in successfully implementing ERP (SAP R/3). The focus of the implementation process was on Change Management where significant change in technology led to a change in the work culture.

Bottom up: a UK approach to art library co-operation

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Beth Houghton
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Crystal Ball ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Operative Activity ◽  
Successes And Failures

What is library co-operation, what is its current relevance and how is its nature and purpose changing in today’s information world? What are the particular types of co-operative activity that art librarians have taken part in, and what have been their successes and failures? This article examines a range of projects carried out by ARLIS/UK & Ireland and others, from directories and union lists to cataloguing and indexing and disposal of stock. It considers the relationship between cooperative initiatives which can best be undertaken at local level and those where a national strategy and infrastructure are necessary. Finally it draws practical and realistic conclusions from a combination of past experience and a little crystal ball gazing.

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