Saudi Journal of Civil Engineering (SJCE)
Volume-1 | Issue-01 | 16-23
Review Article
Effective Project Preparation Process: A Key Factor to a Successful PPP Infrastructure Development
Adamu Mudi
Published : Nov. 10, 2017
Abstract
Management of PPP project preparation process according to WEF (2013)
is quite complex because it involves large team and multiple stakeholders such as
ministries, regulatory organs and regulations, engineering firms, banks as well as
multiple interfaces between different project functional feasibility studies. It is
therefore very important at this stage to put together capable and experienced crossfunctional project team supported by committed political and project leadership in
order to achieve a sustainable PPP project preparation process. The main feature of a
PPP project preparation process includes; project planning, project coordination and
project monitoring. This process according to Adamu et al. (2015) can be cost
intensive, therefore the public sector needs to ensure sufficient upfront funding of the
entire process. This study is aimed at assessing the effectiveness of road project
preparation process in the development of road infrastructure under PPP concession.
In order to achieve this aim, the study examined the concept of PPP models for
infrastructure development and project preparation process in a PPP framework. Data
collection was through administration of well-structured questionnaire on the target
population. Data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential
statistic analytical techniques. The study revealed that there is urgent need to review
the current Nigeria National Policy on PPP, institutional structure and individual
capacity building in the area of PPP project preparation in order to encourage more
private sector participation in the drive for provision and development of road
infrastructure facility.