https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/1750 Journal Articles Freely Available on the WEB Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:12:23 GMT 2026-07-11T02:12:23Z https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2916 Title: Public Works on Private Land Authors: Fynes-Clinton, Tim Abstract: Everyone who works closely with the local government industry, such as myself and the members of my firm, know that local government public works engineers are good at building things such as roads, bridges, sewerage systems, sewerage treatment plants etc. Sometimes, however, some of the finer details in relation to such projects slip by. One of those finer details relates to your right of access to private property. The purpose of this paper is to dispel some myths about your ability, as a Council public works engineer, to “automatically” access private land (even if that access is only temporary) to facilitate the construction of new public works Description: Paper Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2916 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2192 Title: Untapped History: A public works historian calls for a closer look at America'sinfrastructure Authors: Hoy, Suellen Abstract: Public works have long been a part of America's heritage and, perhaps for that reason, are hardly noticed and generally taken for granted. Clean, clear water at .the turn of a tap, light and power at the touch of a switch, wastes disposed of with a short walk to the curb or alley - these and many other public works services have become accepted as customary in the daily lives of most Americans. Only when they fail to function properly or to meet continually rising expectations do they become the object of concern. Description: 3 page article Fri, 01 Jul 1983 00:00:00 GMT https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2192 1983-07-01T00:00:00Z https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2132 Title: Strategic Alliances Between Contractors and Subcontractors-A Tender Evaluation Criterion for the Public Works Sector Authors: KWOK, Tom; Hampson, Keith Abstract: A strategic alliance is a co-operative arrangement between two or more organisations that forms part of their overall strategy, and contributes to achieving their major goals and objectives. Strategic alliances in building construction may be a useful evaluation criterion in assisting public sector construction managers evaluate and select tenders and encourage more co-operative relationships amongst construction project team members. This paper reviews competitiveness of the Australian building construction industry in the context of the theory of strategic alliances between contracting firms and subcontractors; and explores whether implementing strategic alliances provides contracting firms any competitive advantage over competitors. A theoretical concept of strategic alliances is proposed and appropriate indicators of competitive advantage are developed. An analysis framework comprising six attributes of strategic alliances—trust, commitment, interdependence, co-operation, communication and joint problem solving is described. These attributes were used to collect data from 59 building construction firms in South-East Queensland to assess their respective levels of strategic alliance. The formation of strategic alliance relationships between contracting firms and subcontractors is proposed as a component of the tender evaluation process for public works sector. Description: 14 page article text with tables Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2132 1997-07-01T00:00:00Z https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2082 Title: The public sector's perspective on procuring public works projects. Authors: Cheung, Esther; Chan, Albert P.C.; Kajewski, Stephen Abstract: Hong Kong has been one of the early jurisdictions to adopt Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for delivering large public infrastructure projects. The development of this procurement approach in Hong Kong has followed an intricate path. As such, it is believed that there are a number of areas which are interesting to unveil. As part of a comprehensive research study looking at implementing PPPs, interviews with experienced local industrial practitioners from the public sector were conducted to realize their perspective on the topic of procuring public works projects. Amongst these interviews, fourteen were launched government officials and advisers. The interview findings show that the majority of the Hong Kong and Australian interviewees had previously conducted some kind of research in the field of PPP. Both groups of interviewees agreed that “PPPs gain private sector’s added efficiency/expertise/management skills” when compared to projects procured traditionally. Also, both groups of interviewees felt that projects best suited to use PPP are those that have an “Economic business case”. The interviewees believed that “Contractor’s performance” could be used as key performance indicators for PPP projects. A large number of critical success factors were identified by the interviewees for PPP projects; two of these were similar for both groups of interviewees. These included “Project objectives well defined” and “Partnership spirit/commitment/trust”. Finally it was found that in-house guidance materials were more common in the organizations of the Australian interviewees compared to the Hong Kong ones. This paper studies the views of the public sector towards the topic of PPPs in Hong Kong and Australia, which helps to answer some of the queries that both academics and the private sector in these jurisdictions are keen to know. As a result the private sector can be more prepared when negotiating with the public sector and realise their needs better, academics on the other hand are provided a wider perspective of this topic benefiting the research industry at large. Description: 15 page journal article Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/handle/1/2082 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z