PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP APPROACHES

Exhibit 5 summarizes the major phases that comprise the delivery of infrastructure projects. These phases form the building blocks for alternative project delivery approaches whereby the public and private sector take responsibility to certain aspects of each phase.

Exhibit 5 - Major Phases of Infrastructure Project Development and Delivery

Source: Adapted from Pekka Pakkala. Innovative Project Delivery Methods for Infrastructure - An International Perspective. Finnish Road Enterprise, Helsinki, 2002, p.32.

The primary combinations are discussed below, although several of the PPP approaches described are not yet in use in the United States. The first combination describes the traditional approach to delivering surface transportation projects used in the United States during the past century. It is included in this section for the purposes of comparison and completeness, though it is not considered an alternative project delivery approach or PPP.