Qualifications Bachelor of Science (Economics) - University of London Bachelor of Laws - University of Adelaide Master of Applied Science (Research) - QUT Doctor of Philosophy - University of Queensland Michael has extensive commercial experience in corporate advisory and investment banking in Australia and overseas. Formerly Director of the Australian Centre for Public Infrastructure at the University of Melbourne, his responsibilities include supervision of the postgraduate research and coursework programs in infrastructure and large project procurement including relationship contracting and public private partnerships.
Articles
Public infrastructure procurement: A comparative analysis of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting arrangments, Public infrastructure bulletin (2012)
Most public infrastructure is provided by traditional procurement methods generally based on quantitative selection techniques...
Impact of the capital market collapse on public-private partnership infrastructure projects (with Jim Smith and Peter E. D. Love), Journal of construction engineering and management (2011)
The collapse of capital markets is having an impact of the funding arrangements for economic...
Infrastructure procurement: Learning from private - public partnership experiences 'down under' (with Jim Smith and Peter Love), Environment and planning C: Government and policy (2011)
The public - private partnership (PPP) market in Australia is considered to be sophisticated and...
Procurement method selection in practice: A journey to discover the optimal (with Peter Love and Jim Smith), 18th CIB World Building Congress: Building a better world (2010)
Determining the optimal procurement approach for capital works is a challenging task considering the array...
Editorial, Public Infrastructure Bulletin (2008)
Extract:
Welcome to Edition 7 of the Public Infrastructure Bulletin. The two articles we...
Book Chapters
Integrating regional and infrastructure planning: Lessons from South East Queensland, Australia (with Bhishna Bajracharya), Sustainable urban and regional infrastructure: Technologies, applications and management (2010)
Economic and social infrastructure provision presents a conundrum for urban planners, especially in high growth...
Infrastructure for economic growth and development: The financing gap, Commonwealth ministers reference book 2009 (2009)
Extract:
Infrastructure is one of the most important tools for accelerating economic development in developing...
Critical foundations: Providing Australia’s 21st century infrastructure, Sustainable Development (2008)
Extract:
Infrastructure is undoubtedly the least understood of the major asset classes in Australia....
Working Papers
Public private partnership units, Mirvac School of Sustainable Development (2012)
Public private partnerships (PPPs) are an alternative method for government procurement of infrastructure and are...
Conference Papers
Comparative procurement methodology analysis in Australia: A new approach (with Peter Love and Jim Smith), 18th CIB World Building Congress: Building a better world (2010)
A comparative review of procurement methods was undertaken for the purpose of objectively determining the...
Public private partnerships: What does the future hold? (with Jim Smith and Peter Love), The Construction and Building Research Conference (COBRA 2009) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) (2009)
Internationally, Public and Private Partnerships (PPPs) are being used across a wide variety of economic...
Reports
Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Asia-Pacific: The 2011 infrascope (with Manisha Mirchandani, Vanesa Sanchez, and Manoj Vohra) (2011)
Preface
This document comprises a summary and analysis of a benchmark index and learning tool...
What impact will current capital market conditions have on public private partnerships?, Research report 121 (2008)
Extract:
This research report is prepared for the Infrastructure Association of Queensland and is a...