STOP PRESS: National benchmarking report on alliance

By Doug Jones

The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance has (as the lead sponsor of an inter-jurisdictional steering committee) released a report: In Pursuit of Additional Value: A benchmarking study into alliancing in the public sector . The report details the results of a study on the performance of alliancing in Australia. The research is based on a five-year study of 14 projects covering a range of major infrastructure sectors.

The major theme of the report is that alliancing has the potential to deliver value for money outcomes for owners, and performs particularly well in delivering non-financial outcomes. As a collaborative delivery method and compared to traditional delivery methods, alliances were found to perform well in avoiding disputes, improving non-cost outcomes and commencing physical works early, leading to earlier completion.