What Makes an Alliance an Alliance – Experiences from Australian Infrastructure Projects

Authors

  • Brendan Young Norwegian University of science and technology Norway
  • Ali Hosseini Norwegian University of science and technology Norway
  • Ole Jonny Klakegg Norwegian University of science and technology Norway

Keywords:

Alliance, project delivery model, relational delivery, public procurement, infrastructure

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore what alliancing means in the context of Australian infrastructure projects. It aims to define alliancing in this context by identifying its hard elements and to explore the relationship between the academic and practitioner points of view. This paper explores the concept of alliancing in the context of large infrastructure projects by comparing the results of a literature and document study with results obtained from an interview series conducted in Australia. This research shows that alliancing can be identified by 25 hard elements. It seems the case that no single element is unique to alliancing, but rather it is the combination of elements that really makes the alliancing model a unique project delivery model. The study identified twelve project characteristics that make a project suitable for alliancing, along with an explanation of how the alliance elements address these characteristics. These findings will help assist academics and practitioners new to the alliancing model understand what alliancing is and when it is suitable to use.

Author Biographies

  • Brendan Young, Norwegian University of science and technology Norway

    Brendan Young (MSc) is an Australian civil engineer currently working in Norway as a site manager for bridges with PNC Norge AS. He has a Master of Engineering from Sydney, Australia, and an Master of Science in Project Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. He has worked in both the public and private sectors in various capacities relating to infrastructure projects and bridge construction, repair and rehabilitation. While at NTNU he has been involved in various research studies relating to project management, and in particular, the Alliance project delivery model

  • Ali Hosseini, Norwegian University of science and technology Norway

    Ali Hosseini (MSc) is a Ph.D. candidate in Project Management at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Engineering degree in Manufacturing System Engineering. He then started his career in various disciplines within the oil and gas industry in several countries, while it was followed by growth of his interest in research and development. His main research interests lie in the areas of project management, project implementation strategies, and collaborative/relational project delivery models. His Ph.D. study is funded by the Norwegian Public Road Administration (NPRA) since 2015.

  • Ole Jonny Klakegg, Norwegian University of science and technology Norway

    Ole Jonny Klakegg (MSc, Ph.D.) is a professor in Project Management at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Klakegg has 29 years of experience in research, teaching and consulting within project management, including 15 years’ experience as manager and consultant in the private sector. He has worked in several periods at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and different consultancy companies in Norway. In his current position as Professor in Project Management, he is primarily working with research on project delivery models. He has experience from major projects in Norway in public sector and several private sector industries, including building, civil engineering, transport, health, defense and organizational development

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Published

2022-05-20

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018): The Journal of Modern Project Management

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Articles-JMPM

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Copyright (c) 2022 Brendan Young, Ali Hosseini, Ole Jonny Klakegg

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What Makes an Alliance an Alliance – Experiences from Australian Infrastructure Projects. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 6(1). https://journalmodernpm.com/manuscript/index.php/jmpm/article/view/JMPM01603

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