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Perceptions of architectural design and project risk: understanding the architects' role in a PPP project

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Southern Cross Station is one of the largest public-private partnership (PPP) projects undertaken in Australia. In this project the architects played a significant role in developing an iconic design which has received international professional design awards and much media attention. In the media the architects' design was perceived as having impacted negatively on capital costs. Given these contradictory perceptions, the aim of this study was to better understand perceptions of the architects' role in relation to project risks arising out of their design. A survey of key project executives working in the PPP consortium responsible for delivering the project was undertaken. The survey was structured by a framework combining the PPP life cycle, project risks and the idea that architectural design can be viewed as a research and development activity rather than simply as a problem-solving activity. The survey responses point to the fact that the architects mitigated technical and operating risks and their activities had little bearing on the project's substantial write-downs. This counters media perceptions of the project that the design activities of the architects created more risks than they mitigated.

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  • Peter Raisbeck, 2008. "Perceptions of architectural design and project risk: understanding the architects' role in a PPP project," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(11), pages 1145-1157.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:26:y:2008:i:11:p:1145-1157
    DOI: 10.1080/01446190802512342
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