• A Comparison of Competitive Dialogue and Best Value Procurement 

      Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Klakegg, Ole Jonny; Lædre, Ola; Ballard, Herman Glenn (Chapter, 2018)
      Competitive Dialogue (CD) and Best Value Procurement (BVP) are two different approaches to early contractor involvement (ECI) in public projects. However, it is not clear which approach is best suited for what kind of ...
    • Best Value Procurement (BVP) in a Mega Infrastructure Project 

      Narmo, Mikkel; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Lædre, Ola (Chapter, 2018)
      The Norwegian Government recently established a new public company called New Roads with the aim to create more value for money within road investment. To meet government expectations, New Roads has started to use Best ...
    • Best Value Procurement (BVP) in Norwegian Construction Projects 

      Högnason, Glumur Orri; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Lædre, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The traditional contractor selection method, based on lowest price, has resulted in conflict, low quality products and a waste of resources. The need for an alternative supplier selection method has resulted in Best Value ...
    • Best Value Procurement i norske bygg- og anleggsprosjekter 

      Erik, Markus Eren (Master thesis, 2020)
      Et fort blikk på statikk viser at produktiviteten i bygge- og anleggsbransjen har falt med mer enn 10 prosent siden århundreskiftet. Dette er noe som har engasjert samtlige aktører i å være mer innovative og startet et søk ...
    • Competitive Dialogue – experiences with the award criteria 

      Ottemo, Frida Grønhaug; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Lædre, Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The Competitive Dialogue (CD) is a procurement procedure that was introduced in Norway in 2007. The procedure enables the client to have a dialogue phase with pre-qualified contractors before awarding the contract. When ...
    • Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) Approaches for Public Project Owners 

      Wondimu, Paulos Abebe (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:36, Doctoral thesis, 2019)
      Traditional project delivery methods, including, for example, design-bid-build with unit price contracting, open bidding, and owner quality control, facilitate transparent checks and balances. One shortcoming of traditional ...
    • Early contractor involvement (ECI): ways to do it in public projects 

      Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Klakegg, Ole Jonny; Lædre, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose Early contractor involvement (ECI) faces many barriers because it differs from traditional business practices. Public owners, especially, face a major challenge because they must comply with international and ...
    • Early contractor involvement approaches in public project procurement 

      Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Tadayon, Allen; Lohne, Jardar; Lædre, Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Early contractor involvement (ECI) faces many barriers when it is implemented in public procurement, given that it is different from traditional business practices. Primarily, public owners face a major challenge, ...
    • Exploring Pre-Construction Activities in Infrastructure Projects That Can Benefit from Contractor Involvement 

      Memic, Nadina; Tadayon, Allen; Olsson, Nils Olof Emanuel; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Ishtiaque, Tausif Ahmed; Lædre, Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The pre-construction phase of public infrastructure projects is characterized by significant uncertainty as crucial decisions are made with limited information. This early stage of project development is influenced by a ...
    • Gjennomføringsstrategi i store offentlige vegprosjekter - En casestudie av E6 Jaktøyen - Sentervegen 

      Haugen, Anders (Master thesis, 2017)
      De siste årene har utviklingen gått i retning flere større vegprosjekter som møter flere utfordringer som følge av størrelsen og kompleksiteten i prosjektene. God gjennomføring er nødvendig for å unngå kostnadsoverskridelser, ...
    • Konkurransepreget dialog i den norske anleggsbransjen 

      Ottemo, Frida Grønhaug (Master thesis, 2017)
      Konkurransepreget dialog er en anskaffelsesprosedyre som ble implementert i Norge i 2007 basert på EU-direktivet EF/18/2004. Den nye anskaffelsesforskriften som trådte i kraft 01. januar 2017, presenterer flere vilkår for ...
    • Public-Private Partnership: A Bibliometric Analysis and Historical Evolution 

      Azarian, Mathew; Shiferaw, Asmamaw Tadege; Stevik, Tor Kristian; Lædre, Ola; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The broad and extensive application of public-private partnership (PPP), as well as the divergent documented definitions and experiences, have led to a translucent perspective of PPP and strained academia and industry to ...
    • Ranking the Benefits of Early Contractor Involvement in Infrastructure Projects from the Client’s Perspective 

      Ishtiaque, Tausif Ahmed; Klakegg, Ole Jonny; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Andersen, Bjørn Sørskot; Lædre, Ola; Memic, Nadina (Chapter, 2023)
    • Samspill i bygg- og anleggsprosjekter: teori og praksis 

      Hosseini, Ali; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Klakegg, Ole Jonny; Andersen, Bjørn Sørskot; Lædre, Ola (Chapter, 2020)
      Samspill som kontraktstrategi har, i litteraturen, en rekke definisjoner. Mangfoldet av definisjoner gjør det vanskelig å konkretisere hva samspill egentlig er. Denne studien vil ta for seg hvordan samspill beskrives i ...
    • Various Approaches to Early Contractor Involvement in Relational Contracts 

      Malvik, Tobias Onshuus; Wondimu, Paulos Abebe; Kalsaas, Bo Terje; Johansen, Agnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The main rationale for involving contractors is to apply collaboration to mitigate risk and to harvest opportunities to reduce cost and to increase the project owner’s value. In the paper we argue in the applied analytical ...