PECASE: Collaborative Negotiation Methodology for Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects

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Feniosky Pena-Mora9875557ABSTRACT ---------The objective of the proposed CAREER program is to develop a negotiationmethodology and tool for large-scale collaborative infrastructure projects.The proposed methodology and tool will help: 1) organize negotiationknowledge into a structure that enables systematic and scientificexploration; 2) formally model the structural and substantive issues ofnegotiations in large-scale infrastructure projects; and 3) understand andmodel how communication technologies influence the pattern of suchnegotiations. In addition, the proposed methodology and practical toolwill help engineers and designers establish negotiation strategies formitigating and resolving engineering conflicts in large-scaleinfrastructure projects. Such a comprehensive negotiation methodology andtool is expected to provide benefits for the entire life cycle of theproject by reducing costs, avoiding delays, eliminating counterproductivenegotiation plans, and improving negotiation skills among engineers workingon large-scale infrastructure projects.In addition, the project will develop an integrated research laboratory andclassroom alliance aimed at improving the understanding of negotiation andcollaboration in the domain of large-scale engineering systems. Thiseffort will place tomorrow's communication and collaboration technologiesalong with the understanding of how to use it most effectively, into thehands of the next generation of professionals. This will be accomplishedthrough a unique research-industry-education-research feedback loop createdby the participation of five universities, two corporate entities, and onepublic agency. The core of the research will be achieved through a formalanalysis cycle starting with information acquisition, formalization,systematization, testing, refinement, and ending with informationdissemination. In this program, practice, research and education areexpected to work in an integrated fashion to understand and masternegotiation strategies in large-scale infrastructure projects requiringcollaboration between global teams. The proposed program provides excellent benefits both, from the researchand educational perspectives in analyzing systematic negotiation strategiesfor large-scale infrastructure projects. From the research perspective,the key intellectual contribution of this work is the acquisition,formalization, systematization, testing and dissemination of a partiallyformalized structure of the existing negotiation knowledge, where thefundamental questions about collaboration and negotiation could start to beanswered. From the educational perspective, the proposed class willprovide a forum in which the impact of a negotiation methodology addressingthe issues of time and distance on project life cycle will be explored.Finally, the class will include the participation and guidance of seasonedindustry professionals in a controlled environment with real-world data.