ABSTRACT
Public-private partnerships (PPP) have been the subject of many and intense discussions in Denmark, but very few projects have been realised. In Denmark, PPP is under the state’s property enterprise and developer: the Danish Building and Property Agency. Public clients believed that their PPP projects had a number of advantages. In PPP projects, the public part has to deposit an amount corresponding to the construction costs unless specific permission is granted. Supporters of PPP claim that the private parts are better at handling risks and that an integration of FM considerations into design and construction will trigger innovation and cost reductions to an extent that will make PPP projects economically advantageous. A PPP is a legal agreement between a number of firms of the private part that form a consortium and another agreement between the private part and the public part.
