A case study on the management of the development of a large-scale power plant project in East Asia based on design-build arrangement

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on how a US$621 million power plant was developed in East Asia. The scope of the paper covers the project environment in which the electricity industry is privatized, the method of dividing the project into 16 design-build (DB) work packages to en...

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Published inInternational journal of project management Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 413 - 423
Main Authors Ling, Y.Y, Lau, B.S.Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2002
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Case studies
Design build construction
Design-build
Develop and construct
Foreign investment
Large scale complicated project
Power plant
Power plants
Project management
Studies
Turnkey
East Asia
Design-build
Power plant
Performance
Large scale complicated project
Develop and construct
Turnkey
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on how a US$621 million power plant was developed in East Asia. The scope of the paper covers the project environment in which the electricity industry is privatized, the method of dividing the project into 16 design-build (DB) work packages to encourage domestic contractors with limited capabilities to participate in the project, and the planning and control system. It was found that six of the 16 work packages were successful, eight were satisfactory only, and two were unsuccessful. The analysis of the problems encountered provides lessons to be learned for application to future large-scale and complex projects.
ISSN:0263-7863
1873-4634
DOI:10.1016/S0263-7863(01)00036-9