Alternative contractual arrangements for urban light rail systems: Lessons from two case studies

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Cruz, Carlos Oliveira ^a   Marques, Rui Cunha ^a   Pereira, Inês ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b VTM Consultores   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contracting; Contractual arrangements; Public private partnership (PPP); Risk sharing; Urban light rail systems (ULRS)

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL TIME;

CONTRACTING; CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; RISK-SHARING;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84923289521     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000942     Document Type: Article

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