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Sustainable Procurement for Port Infrastructure Projects

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There is a growing number of ports with sustainable policies. At the moment most of these policies are focused on clean transport. This study handles ports themselves by implementing sustainable criteria for the procurement of infrastructure projects. The aim is to get a balance between People, Planet and Profit. This means that those sustainable criteria have to be compared with the investment costs. A solution of this problem is given by setting a procurement model based on the so called concordance analysis, in combination with criteria which are based on the 3P theory and Life Cycle Analysis. Furthermore, the position of both client and contractor are taken into account by giving recommendations about contracting forms. As part of the research interviews were done with stakeholders as governments, port authorities and contractors. These interviews formed a basis for the obtained model.

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Notes

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    Paragraphs 2.1–3.1 were part of the introduction to this study, published in a discussion paper: Broesterhuizen et al. [4].

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    2 large contracting companies, 2 port authorities, the government and a NGO.

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    Definition of SMART: Specific, Measurable, Acceptable, Realistic, Time restricted.

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  1. E.F.M. Broesterhuizen, Uilebomen 36, 2511 VP, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Emile Broesterhuizen

  2. Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Tiedo Vellinga & Poonam Taneja

  3. Iter Fidelis B.V., Computerweg 2, 3542 DR, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Linda Docters van Leeuwen

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Correspondence to Emile Broesterhuizen .

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  1. Engineering Mngmt & Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Adrian V. Gheorghe

  2. Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Joint Research Center, Petten, The Netherlands

    Marcelo Masera

  3. Engineering Management and Systems Eng., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Polinpapilinho F. Katina

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Broesterhuizen, E., Vellinga, T., Taneja, P., Docters van Leeuwen, L. (2014). Sustainable Procurement for Port Infrastructure Projects. In: Gheorghe, A., Masera, M., Katina, P. (eds) Infranomics. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02493-6_2

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