For example, in the traditional crown construct situation, basically the design is done, it's finished, it's specified, and you ask for lowest price. Don't you dare vary from that designer spec. Don't even come in with an unqualified or unsolicited alternative, because you'll be kicked out. On the other hand, in a P3 situation and in design-build and in some other methodologies as well, particularly if I know I'm going to be responsible for maintenance, I'm going to come back and tell you that the design stinks and tell you what we should be doing. Maybe you've even got the particular facility in the wrong place. Maybe it should be built over here. It's that kind of innovative, out-of-the-box thinking that often the public sector can't take into consideration. It's not that they're not capable; they're hampered by their own red tape.
On October 18th, 2012. See this statement in context.