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Abdi, A (2014) Efficient winter road maintenance: A study of technical and contractual issues, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-TSC-PHD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Anund Vogel, J (2020) Incentivising Innovation in the Swedish Construction Industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Borg, L (2015) Procurement contracts, innovation and productivity in the construction sector: Five studies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-FOB-DT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Brunes, F (2015) Essays on behavioural economics and cost overuns, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Butt, A A (2014) Life cycle assessment of asphalt roads: Decision support at the project level, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-TSC-PHD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Clausen Mork, J (2012) Dealing with uncertainty, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Eliufoo, H K (2005) Knowledge creation and transfer in construction organisations in Tanzania, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-BFE, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Faith-Ell, C (2005) The application of environmental requirements in procurement of road maintenance in Sweden, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-LWR. PHD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Francart, N (2021) Decision support for the implementation of low-carbon measures in the building sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-ABE-DLT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Gohardani, N (2014) An approach towards sustainable building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-BYTE, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Högberg, L (2014) Building sustainability: Studies on incentives in construction and management of real estate, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-FOB, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Hedborg, S (2022) ”It’s in the between”: Inter-Project Organising in Project Ecologies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

• Type: Thesis
• Keywords: construction project; contractual relations; government; megaproject; urban development; client; roles; emergence; sustainability; trust; interview
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• URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-311731
• Abstract:
  The word project is used to describe everything from mundane tasks tomajor government-initiated structural changes. Projects are also thefocus of a growing research field that seeks to understand how society isorganised. On the back of this ‘projectification’, projects are becomingincreasingly entangled with each other, both in and betweenorganisations. This means that it is not only important to understandsingle projects, but also the interdependencies between projects in multiprojectcontexts. There is a call for a deeper understanding of multiprojectcontexts as interdependencies between projects can influenceproject work and outcomes widely, even though the interdependenciesare not visible in formal relationships. This thesis applies the concept ofproject ecologies to explore interdependencies that go beyond strategic orformal relationships. Inspired by a practice perspective, the purpose ofthis thesis is to increase the understanding of multi-project context,through investigating inter-project practices in project ecologies.In this thesis, urban development and construction projects are studied togain insight into inter-project practices in project ecologies. Spaceinterdependencies are multiple when parallel and sequential constructionprojects are carried out in a confined urban development district, and theactions of construction clients in this setting are studied using interviews,meeting observations and project documents. Routine dynamics are themain analytical framework, and the emergence of inter-project routines isused to study inter-project practices and how interdependencies becomerelationships through joint action.The findings show that construction clients commencing projects in anurban development district must apply both an intra- and inter-projectfocus. As project ecologies have low levels of formal management,construction clients must take actions to handle space interdependenciesbetween projects, i.e., actions patterned into routines between projects.These actions are not steered through principal-agent relationships, butstem from self-organising to a large extent. In project ecologies, the maincomplexities lie between projects, but benefits can be achieved if theactors can overcome issues relating to skewed power relationships, trust,and resource allocations. In the case of urban development, these benefitscan include the creation of new neighbourhoods and sustainability.The focus on the space between projects and on inter-project routinessuggests that the concept of project ecologies would benefit from an interprojectlayer running horizontally between projects. This layer, whencoupled with the routine dynamics framework, could help move theconcept of project ecologies beyond identifying actors, projects andorganisations in networks, to following the actions and actors’ practicesthat emerge in a project ecology.This thesis contributes to project studies by exploring organising that isboth inter-project and inter-organisational, moving beyond programmesand megaprojects as concepts explaining complex project organising.More specifically, it contributes to the literature on project ecologies byextending the understanding of organising in project ecologies throughexploring actions between projects. By using organisational routines tozoom-in on the actions between projects, the current definition of projectecologies as centred around a single project and firm is scrutinised.Moreover, this thesis contributes to the construction managementliterature by redirecting the focus away from contractual relationships toshowing how construction clients’ roles are influenced byinterdependencies between projects and by having to perform intra- andinter-project practices in parallel.

Irumba, R (2015) Modelling of construction safety performance and housing markets in kampala, Uganda, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-KTH-CEFIN-DT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Jägbeck, A (1998) IT support for construction planning: A system design based on integrated information, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Karhu, V (2001) A generic construction process modelling method, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Löfgren, A (2008) Making mobile meaning: Expectations and experiences of mobile computing usefulness in construction site management practice, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-IEO, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Laitinen, J (1998) Model based construction process management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology .

Leiringer, R (2003) Technological innovations in the context of public-private partnership projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-IEO, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Lindblad, H (2019) BIM in translation: Exploring client organisations as drivers for change in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-ABE-DLT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Lindfors, C (2003) Process oriented information management in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-IEO, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Marteinsson, B (2005) Service life estimation in building design: A development of the factor method, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Mirzadeh, I (2014) More roads for the money, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Ntiyakunze, S K (2011) Conflicts in building projets in Tanzania: Analysis of causes and management approaches, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Nyström, J (2007) Partnering: Definition, theory and evaluation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-BFE, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Parsanezhad, P (2019) Towards a BIM-enabled facility management: Promises, obstacles and requirements, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-ABE-DLT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Pourghazian, H (2008) Industrial construction methods for cost-effective and sustainable multi-storey buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Meddelande. Institutionen för byggvetenskap, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Schönbeck, P (2022) Data based configuration decisions in hospital construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Stenbeck, T (2007) Promoting innovation in transportation infrastructure maintenance: Incentives contracting and performance based specifications, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-BKN. Bulletin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Tarandi, V (1998) Neutral intelligent CAD communication: Information exchange in construction based upon a minimal schema, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Uggla, G (2021) Model and reality: Connecting BIM and the built environment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-ABE-DLT, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Unger, C (2006) Industrialised house building: Fundamental change or business as usual?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-IEO, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Uttam, K (2014) Seeking sustainability in the construction sector: Opportunities within impact assessment and sustainable public procurement, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-LWR. PHD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Vass, S (2017) The business value of BIM: Elaborating on content and perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-FOB, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Warsame, A (2011) Performance of construction projects: Essays on supplier structure, construction costs and quality improvement, Unpublished PhD Thesis, TRITA-FOB, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Zika-Viktorsson, A (2002) The industrial project. Studies of the work situation of project members, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Trita-MMK, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.