Build, Operate, Transfer: Paving the Way for Tomorrow's Infrastructure

The Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) trend, begun in earnest in the 1970s and 1980s, has gained momentum in the 1990s. This book explores a series of BOT projects, highlighting the challenges and the methods by which the public and private sectors have responded to these challenges. The contents are as follows: (1) The Global Move toward Public/Private Partnerships; (2) Toll Roads in America--An Old Concept Updated; (3) The Dulles Greenway; (4) Caltrans and the Public/Private Sector Projects; (5) Washington State and Arizona--What Went Wrong?; (6) South Carolina's Partnerships for Progress; (7) Canada and the Canadian Atlantic Provinces; (8) Great Britain Host to BOT and DBFO; (9) Trafalgar House, A World Leader in Public/Private-Sector Work; (10) The Channel Tunnel; (11) Kumagai Gumi, Japan's Leading BOT Participant; (12) From the Dardanelles to Durban; (13) The Philippines and Its BOT Vision of the Future; (14) From Indonesia to Thailand--And in Between; (15) Mexico and Its Latin Neighbors; and (16) What Does the Future Hold? An Index is provided. (Who supposedly coined the term BOT? See page 310.)