Determining a reasonable concession period for private sector provision of public works and services

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 622-631

  Zhang, Xueqing ^a,b   AbouRizk, Simaan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Build own transfer; Concession; Critical path method; Financial management; Infrastructure; Monte Carlo simulation; Partnerships; Procurement; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CRITICAL PATH METHOD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISION; RISK ANALYSIS;

PUBLIC WORKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PUBLIC WORKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33749004816     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-010     Document Type: Article

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