- Title
- Enhancing productivity in infrastructure development: The key role of project management offices
- Creator
- Ershadi, Mahmoud; Jefferies, Marcus; Davis, Peter; Mojtahedi, Mohammad
- Relation
- 37th Annual ARCOM Conference, ARCOM 2021. Proceedings of the 37th Annual ARCOM Conference, ARCOM 2021 (Online 06-07 September, 2021) p. 422-430
- Relation
- https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/276642493/2021_Indexed_Papers.pdf#page=422
- Publisher
- Association of Researches in Construction Management (ARCOM)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Infrastructure development contributes to economic growth and constitutes the backbone of industries. The importance of this underpinning sector of the construction industry has led contracting organizations to adopt robust project management mechanisms; enabling them to tackle ever-increasing complexities and uncertainties associated with infrastructure delivery. Project management Office (PMO) is one of the emerging concepts that has been introduced to centrally coordinate projects and integrate project management arrangements in support of ontarget delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects. Previous research underlines the potential benefits of employing these entities in the construction industry. However, there is a paucity of research on the role of these units in enhancing productivity in construction operations. This study focuses on this area and explains the requirements for boosting productivity in infrastructure delivery. The opinions of 20 construction management experts in Australian organizations were obtained and their suggestions were thematically analysed to develop a framework for boosting productivity by leveraging PMO units. The results revealed that employing such units can result in achieving higher productivity outcomes by emphasizing initiatives such as resource optimization; safety improvement; cost minimization; and waste control. The suggested approach provides construction contractors with insights on how to employ PMO entities and run them effectively to achieve satisfactory outcomes in infrastructure delivery.
- Subject
- development; infrastructure delivery; project management office; economic growth; SDG 8; SDG 9; SDG 16; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1438636
- Identifier
- uon:40671
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780995546356
- Language
- eng
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