Down through the seventies and eighties, large infrastructure projects were typically put out to tender, broken down into individual disciplines, with different consultants each working in their own fields and specialization, in areas including environment, traffic and planning.

As more aspects are added that need to be taken into consideration, so the number of specialist disciplines in the projects grows. At the same time, they become more complex. That increases the need for a broad-based knowledge of all specialist disciplines in order to plan and control projects properly.

Package solution

The trend is therefore to collect all consultancy services into one package under the responsibilty of one consultant. Use is made of the one-stop shopping model, purchasing all services from one and the same consultant.

Targeted and tightly controlled process

The consultant plans and coordinates the many specialist disciplines based on a broad experience from multidisciplinary projects that have been carried out previously. The consultant is responsible for handing over the project on time and within an agreed financial framework.

The advantage for the client is a targeted and controlled process in which adjustments to the project can easily be made along the way, should there be any changes. Furthermore, there is no need for the client himself to set up a large organization for the management of the project.
 
By Christina Tækker  
Published 27.06.2005