TY  - CONF
TI  - Collaboration Strategies for Infrastructure Projects of Germany’S Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
AU  - Schwarzweller, Elisa
AU  - Haghsheno, Shervin
AD  - Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Technology and Management in Construction, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, elisa.schwarzweller@kit.edu, orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-1884
AD  - Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Director, Institute of Technology and Management in Construction, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, shervin.haghsheno@kit.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-0602-6370
ED  - Costa, Dayana Bastos
ED  - Drevland, Frode
ED  - Florez-Perez, Laura
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/07/01
T2  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
C3  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
SP  - 1170
EP  - 1181
DO  - 10.24928/2024/0170
SN  - 2789-0015 (ISSN)
AB  - The improvement of collaboration in construction projects can lead to a more stable and efficient project delivery. Nevertheless, Germany’s Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) has limited experience with strategically implementing elements to promote collaboration in construction projects. Therefore, initial steps have been taken in the WSV by identifying major infrastructure projects along Germany’s waterways to initiate the implementation of collaborative elements, such as Lean Construction methods. The aim thereby is to make experiences to improve future projects. This article describes a research project which was set up to systematically record and document experiences with collaboration elements in selected pilot projects. Also, the outcomes of an initial survey which gives insights into the pilot projects are presented. Furthermore, the results of a survey regarding experiences during the procurement phase of one chosen pilot project are presented. The results show that there is no clear definition of collaboration within construction projects in the WSV and that there is a need for further research to develop solutions and recommendations for the improvement in future projects by utilizing collaboration elements.
KW  - Collaboration strategies
KW  - infrastructure projects
KW  - waterway construction
KW  - system change.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2268/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2268
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -