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Acquisition: Delivery Models and Contract Management

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This lecture covers the acquisition of sustainable and resilient infrastructure, discussing appropriate delivery models such as DBB and PFI, acquisition management strategies, specification and tender award criteria, works contracts, and sustainability provisions. The instructor emphasizes the importance of precise sustainability specifications and the evolving nature of sustainability provisions in public contracts.

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Building expertise on developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure

Drawing on the most recent developments in the area of social and environmental science as well as the expertise of practitioners this course will help you to understand what constitutes sustainable and resilient Infrastructure and teaches you how to achieve sustainable and resilient development goals through infrastructure development. In this context you will be introduced to SuRe®, an international voluntary standard for infrastructure and you will learn how SuRe® helps to make infrastructure more sustai

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