Public-Private Partnerships and Design-Build: Opportunities and Risks for Consulting Engineers (Second Editon)

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As P3 and DB approaches on bridges, roads, transit, water supply and treatment, tunnels, rail, and other public infrastructure projects continue to increase, consulting engineers need access to vital knowledge and reliable expertise to make conscientious and prudent decisions about P3 and DB project opportunities and risks.

The second edition of Public-Private Partnerships and Design-Build: Opportunities and Risks for Consulting Engineers presents new industry information and experience on P3 and DB approaches, and offers timely recommendations about the rewards, challenges, and risk exposures for consulting engineers in today’s still evolving P3 and DB project work environment.

New to the Second Edition:

• DB opportunities, roles, risks, and contracting practices
• Dispute resolution processes in P3s and DB
• Contractual availability and sound implementation of fair and appropriate dispute resolution processes in the assessment and management of P3 and DB projects 
  

Readers will also find updated information on risk allocation and professional liability issues specific to P3 and DB projects.

Public-Private Partnerships and Design-Build: Opportunities and Risks for Consulting Engineers, Second Edition, provides an objective, realistic and practical resource for consulting engineers looking to make informed and balanced judgments and decisions about pursuing P3 and DB projects.

Table of Contents

• PART 1: P3 and Design-Build Opportunities and Experience
  • CHAPTER 1 - What Are Public-Private Partnerships?
  • CHAPTER 2 - Opportunities and Roles for Consulting Engineers on P3 Projects
  • CHAPTER 3 - U.S. Experiences with P3 Projects
  • CHAPTER 4 - Design-Build Opportunities and Roles for Consulting Engineers
  • CHAPTER 5 - The History of DB and P3 Project Delivery in the United States: Ethical and Public Interest Considerations
• PART 2: Professional Practice Issues for Consulting Engineers in P3 and Design-Build Projects
  • CHAPTER 6 - P3 Projects: Contracting Practices and Risk Management for Consulting Engineers
  • CHAPTER 7 - Design-Build Projects: Contracting Practices and Risk Management for Consulting Engineers
  • CHAPTER 8 - Compensation, Payment, and Related Considerations
  • CHAPTER 9 - Insurance Considerations on P3 and Design-Build Projects
  • CHAPTER 10 - Dispute Resolution Processes on P3 and Design-Build Projects
• PART 3: P3 and Design-Build Risk Allocation and Professional Liability Issues for ConsultingEngineers
  • CHAPTER 11 - Risk Allocation and Professional Liability issues for Consulting Engineers on P3 and Design-Build Projects