The Characteristics of Australian Infrastructure Alliance Projects

The alliance contract method is a relatively new project delivery method that has started becoming popular in recent decades as an alternative to both traditional and other forms of relational contracts. The result of it being so new is that it is still unclear around the world as to when to utilise alliancing. The purpose of this research is to determine a list of project characteristics that identify when an alliance would be a suitable project delivery method. In addition, it identifies how alliancing addresses these characteristics and discusses a number of success factors and barriers.