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type: thesis
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creators_name: Kaal, V.W.J
title: Are Cost Overruns Merely a Bad Thing?
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abstract: Cost overruns are present in almost every context and almost always regarded to be a problem. A lot of research has been done on the subject, quantitative well as qualitative research. Mostly with the purpose of finding a ‘solution’ or ‘cure’ for cost overruns. This research reviews the explanations for cost overruns in contemporary literature and concludes that explanations show an overall negative bias. Furthermore, it demonstrates the possibility of a more positively charged explanation founded in literature and shows that these explanations might apply to changes regarding scope and laws and regulations. Two cases, ‘A10 Tweede Coentunnel/A5 Westrandweg N200 Halfweg’ and ‘N50 Ramspol – Ens’, showed promising results that could be interpreted as a more positive explanation for cost overruns. The conclusion of this research is that such an explanation is plausible in the context of large road infrastructure projects in the Netherlands.
date: 2015
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Leendertse, W.L.
tutors_name: Busscher, T
keywords_local: Cost overruns, roads, infrastructure, infrastructure plannin
language_iso: en
titleorder: Are Cost Overruns Merely a Bad Thing?
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
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date_issued: 2015-01-01
citation:   Kaal, V.W.J  (2015) Are Cost Overruns Merely a Bad Thing?  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/722/1/Valentijn_Kaal_s1928104_Are_Co_1.pdf