The purpose of this research is to benchmark Australian PPP projects against a representative sample of traditionally procured infrastructure projects on time and cost performance indicators.
The research has been commissioned by the National PPP Forum and has been conducted in two phases. Phase 1 involved identification of a range of possible projects from around Australia that could be included in the research. Phase 1 forms the foundation for Phase 2. Some additional projects were added to the Phase 1 listing. Projects included in the data set were determined through a robust sampling process developed as part of the Phase I study; data for specific projects was provided by staff associated with the projects nominated from each jurisdiction and verified as appropriate.
This Phase II report details the findings of a high level analysis of twenty-five (25) PPP style projects and forty-two (42) Traditional style projects from seven Australian government jurisdictions, namely: the Australian Government; New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; Tasmania; Victoria and Western Australia.
The resulting total sample of sixty seven (67) projects was subdivided into the following categories:
• Social infrastructure projects • Transport projects • Sustainability (water, energy & waste) • Information Technology (IT) | 32 projects 23 projects 8 projects 4 projects |
This Australian wide study statistically analysed and compared the project data set of Traditional and PPP projects. Time and cost parameters were normalized such that projects of differing contractual value and project duration could be benchmarked against each other.