Building public infrastructure capacity for Canadian communities the UBC P3 project funded by Infras

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Building public infrastructure capacity for
Canadian communities the UBC P3 project
funded by Infrastructure Canada KOA program

• Project directors Tom Ross, Phelps Centre for
  the Study of Government Business, Sauder
  School of Business, UBC
• Alan Russell, Department of Civil Engineering,
  Faculty of Applied Science, UBC
• Industry partner P3 Advisors, Ottawa (Patricia
  Tessier)
• First UBC P3 Project Research Workshop, 06 Dec
  2006, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel

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Presentation objectives

• To provide an overview of Infrastructure Canadas
  KOA program
• To provide an overview of the UBC P3 project
• KOA The knowledge-building, outreach and
  awareness program

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INFC KOA program

• INFCs research strategy components
• Knowledge generation
• Community building
• Knowledge dissemination transfer

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INFC KOA program

• The KOA program is a complementary tool for
  enhancing implementation of the INFC strategy and
  helping to foster evidence-based policy and
  decision making on infrastructure, cities and
  communities (accompanying this is the relatively
  new PRRS Peer reviewed research studies program
  in conjunction with the granting councils of
  NSERC and SSHRC).
• Expectations by INFC of the P3 project are high,
  in part because of recent policy announcements by
  the Minister of Finance.

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INFC KOA program

• 20 projects funded to date out of 400
  applications INFC funding is 4.7 million
• Principal title of projects funded under KOA
• LAssociation francophone des municipalités du
  Nouveau-Brunswick Scénarios de renforcement de
  la gouvernance locale au Nouveau Brunswick
• Association québécoise du transport et des
  routes Programme de formation en viabilité
  hivernale
• Canadian District Energy Association Urban
  energy solutions partnering to advance district
  energy systems across Canada
• Canadian Standards Association Developing
  engineering curriculum needs climate change and
  infrastructure

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INFC KOA program

• Canadian Urban Transit Association A study on
  the Canadian status of HOV lanes efficiencies,
  enforcement and innovations
• Centre dexpertise et de recherche en
  infrastructures urbaines Lélaboration du
  classeur de gestion intégrée des infrastructure
  urbaines
• Centre for Sustainable Watersheds Watersheds
  InfoXchange
• City of Ottawa Examining the social elements of
  public infrastructure impacts on competitiveness
  and implications for governance
• Community Energy Association Toward energy
  sustainability of community infrastructure
• Creative City Network of Canada Centre of
  expertise on culture and communities at Harbour
  Centre Campus Simon Fraser University

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INFC KOA program

• École Polytechnique de Montréal Centre risque et
  performance (Dr. Robert)
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Developing the
  green roof infrastructure industry in Canada
• Dr. Harry Kitchen Municipal infrastructure
  financing a prescription for the future
• International Centre for Sustainable Cities (PLUS
  Network) Sustainable cities and communities
  planning for long term sustainability
• Kahnawake Envrionment Protection Office Towards
  sustainable infrastructure for Kahnawake
• Memorial University of Newfoundland (K.
  Parewick) Things change, we change community
  planning for resilience in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.

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INFC KOA program

• Queens University Geo-Engineering Centre (Dr.
  Moore) Community infrastructure technology and
  innovation education symposia (CITIES)
• Université du Québec à Montréal Département
  détudes urbaines et touristiques (Dr. Adenot)
  Le TOD une approach doptimisation urbaine
  intégrée
• University of British Columbia Department of
  Geography (Dr. Bakker) Municipal water supply
  infrastructure governance in Canada uptake of
  water conservation technologies in the context of
  utility restructuring
• University of British Columbia Phelps Centre
  for the Study of Business and Government (Drs.
  Ross and Russell) Building public infrastructure
  capacity for Canadian communities

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UBC P3 project objectives focus

• In short form
• To create a centre of excellence with respect to
  P3s at UBC, with partners across the country
• Three axes of focus
• Teaching outreach
• Academic research
• Applied research

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UBC P3 project activities

• Teaching outreach
• Undergraduate graduate course content in
  business and civil engineering courses
• Additions to Civl 403 Engineering economic
  analysis and Civl 522 Project and construction
  economics
• MBA course on Government Business will include
  a component on P3.
• Draft curriculum for MBA module on P3 designed.
• Workshops for academia, industry government
• Potential presentation to municipal
  administrators, February 2007
• First research workshop, 06 December 2006
• Risk identification / elicitation lecture and
  workshop, Russell, 13th Annual Canadian
  Construction Research Forum, 9-10 November,
  Edmonton, Canada
• Lecture on P3s, Ross, part of a 3-day program on
  outsourcing, Centre for Outsourcing Research and
  Education (CORE), 14 June 2006
• Ross Russell presentation to BC Colleges
  Universities Facilities Directors, 18 May 2006,
  Camosun College UBC P3 Project, and
  Implementing P3 projects at post secondary
  institutions

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UBC P3 project activities

• Special studies for industry government
• Project for Ministry of Advanced Education
  Procurement mode evaluation methodology for the
  post secondary sector
• Advisory Board (Industry, Government, Academia)
  first meeting 21 June 2006
• Akkawi Ernst Young Orenda
• Neil Alexander, Private Consultant
• Jane Bird, Canada Line
• Larry Blain, Partnerships BC
• Scott Carson, Wilfred Laurier University
• David Clagget, Peter Kiewit Canada
• Stephen Nash, Ellis Don
• Nicholas Hann, Macquarie N. America
• John Haythorne, Bull Houser Tupper
• Jane Peatch, CCPPP
• Charles Rate, SNC-Lavalin

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Three project dimensions activities

• Academic research
• Applying complex value systems treating risk in
  P3 decision making - public private sector
  perspectives
• Russell, A. and Nelms, C. (2006) The public
  sector comparator uses and abuses, CD Rom
  proceedings, CIB W65 International symposium,
  Rome, Italy, October 2006
• Nelms, C., DeZoysa, S. and Russell, A. (2006).
  Application of an information and knowledge
  management methodology in analyzing the risks in
  construction projects, CD Rom Proceedings of
  ICCCBEXI, Montreal, Canada, 14-16 June 2006
• Nelms, C., DeZoysa, S. and Russell, A.D. (2006).
  Features of a risk management tool applied to a
  major building project, CD Rom Proceedings of
  CSCE 1st International Construction Specialty
  Conference, ISSC-1, 23-26 May, 2006, Calgary,
  Canada

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Three project dimensions activities

• Costs and benefits of using private finance for
  public projects
• Bettignies Ross (2006) Public-Private
  Partnerships and the privatization of financing
  An incomplete contracts approach submitted to
  Journal of Industrial Organization
• P3s as a means to develop transportation
  infrastructure
• Oum, T. (2006) Privatization, corporatization,
  ownership forms and their effects on the
  performance of the worlds major airports,
  submitted to Journal of Air Transport
• Berechmann, J. (2006) Risk sharing in P3
  transportation investment projects
• P3s and the potential for innovation
• Russell, A. D., Tawiah, P. and DeZoysa, S. (2006)
  Project innovation a function of procurement
  mode?, to appear December 2006 edition of
  Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
• Tawiah, P. and Russell, A. (2006). Assessing
  infrastructure project innovation potential as a
  function of procurement mode, submitted to ASCE
  Journal of Engineering Management

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Three project dimensions activities

• Applied research
• ASD options for urban, rural and special
  populations
• P3 Advisors (2006) Examination of ASD options
  for urban, rural, and special populations
  throughout Canada A look at the unique market
  characteristics, factors, challenges, special
  considerations and lessons learned, semi-final
  draft
• Best practices guide to P3s in transportation
• Best practices guide to P3s for water waste
  water
• Review of Canadian success failures of P3
  projects lessons learned
• Vining, A. and Boardman, A. (2006) Public-Private
  Partnerships in Canada, submitted to special
  issue of Canadian Public Administration
• P3 Advisors (2006) The Bottom Line on
  Procurement Effective Tools and Achieving Best
  Value, first draft

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Dissemination of work

• Working paper series will be initiated in early
  2007 to assist in disseminating all work produced
  to date, and work in progress