Overview
Join us for an exploration of performance-based road contracts, focusing on their development, evaluation, and effective management in road infrastructure. Led by renowned expert Cesar Queiroz, this session will cover key aspects such as public-private partnerships, road asset management, and governance improvement.
Who Should Attend ?
“Performance-Based Road Contracts: Development, Evaluation, and Management” is designed for professionals involved in road infrastructure, including policymakers, transport engineers, public-private partnership specialists, contract managers, consultants, and representatives from road agencies and development organizations.
Presentation
Cesar Queiroz, Ph.D.
Consultant, Roads and Transport Infrastructure
Cesar Queiroz former World Bank Highways Adviser, is an international consultant on roads and transport infrastructure. His main expertise is in public-private partnerships, road management and development, performance-based contracts, improving governance, quality assurance and evaluation, research, teaching and training.
Between 1986 and 2006, he held several positions with the World Bank, including Lead Highway Engineer and Principal Highway Engineer. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dr. Queiroz was deputy director of the Brazilian Road Research Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Cesar has published two books and more than 140 papers and articles.
Day and Time
Thursday, September 25,
18:00 hrs (US Eastern)
| USA, Miami | 18:00 – 19:00 hrs |
| USA, California | 15:00 – 16:00 hrs |
| Portugal, Lisbon | 23:00 – 24:00 hrs |
| Peru, Lima | 17:00 – 18:00 hrs |
| Italy, Rome | 00:00 – 01:00 hrs (Friday 26) |
| India, New Delhi | 03:30 – 04:30 hrs |
| Argentina, Bs. As | 19:00 – 20:00 hrs |
| Singapore | 06:00 – 07:00 hrs (Friday 26) |
Topics
The topics of the presentation are:
- Outline
- Traditional vs. Performance Based Contracts
- PBC addresses the issue of inadequate incentives
- PBC may save public funds
- Enhancing road asset management with performance-based contracts (PBC)
- Contractor remuneration under OPBRC
- Contractor remuneration under OPBRC
- Full periodic payments to the Contractor
- Contractor responsibilities under OPBRC
- The role of the Road Administration (Employer)
- Road Maintenance
- Operational Performance Indicators (OPI)
- The spectrum of infrastructure needs – optimizing, not maximizing
- Tools often used to optimize road network investments
- Payment reductions Yes. And Bonus?
- Additional cost to road users if IRI is higher than specified
- An example of maintenance issue: Early cracking of concrete slab
- Early cracking of concrete slab observed during a field visit
- Potential Additional Maintenance Cost Because of Early Deterioration
- Management Performance Indicators (MPI)
- Axle load control system
- Main beneficiaries of OPBRC
- OPBRC, PBC, and PPP
- Public Private Partnerships
- Some examples of PBC
- Sydney Roads Asset Performance Contract
- India Hybrid Annuity Model Contracts
- Performance Based Contracts in Dredging Projects
- Lao PDR NR13 North OPBRC
- Resilient Roads
- Climate Change
- Contract Management
- Contract Management Tasks
- OPBRC Contract Management
- Contract Management: Roles and Definitions
- Project Manager
- Contractor and Road Manager
- Dispute Review Expert
- Dispute Review Board
- Contractor’s Supervision
- Contractor’s Self Control Unit – SCU
- Self Control Unit – SCU