Bæredygtigt byggeri gennem strategiske partnerskaber: At tackle samfundets udfordringer
Oversat titel
Sustainable infrastructure through Strategic Partnerships: Tackling Societal Challenges
Forfattere
Semester
4. semester
Udgivelsesår
2026
Afleveret
2026-01-06
Antal sider
94
Abstract
The construction industry has historically been characterized by low productivity, fragmented work processes, and frequent disputes between stakeholders, which have limited quality, efficiency, and opportunities for innovation. Increasingly stringent sustainability requirements place new demands on planning, decision-making, and collaboration. This creates a need for actors in the construction sector to develop a shared understanding and to integrate sustainability directly into business models and internal project management. Since the 1990s, strategic partnerships have been introduced as an innovative form of collaboration intended to strengthen trust, knowledge sharing, and coordination across projects and stakeholders. This thesis contributes to examining the extent to which the design of TRUST II supports the City of Copenhagen’s obligation, as a public developer, to realize sustainability within the construction industry. Drawing on Scott’s (2003) theory of institutional pillars and carriers, and Friedland and Alford’s (1991) theory of institutional logics, this thesis examines how the strategic partnership has evolved from TRUST I to TRUST II, the rationales guiding actor behavior, and how governance and decision-making processes in TRUST II shape actors’ room for developing sustainable solutions. This thesis concludes that, in its current form, TRUST II cannot function as an innovative driver for advancing sustainability in public new construction, as this largely depends on the City of Copenhagen’s understanding of innovation and sustainability, as well as the degree of room afforded to architects and contractors to apply expert judgment and alternative sustainability approaches.
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