Governments worldwide have made a significant financial commitment to combat increasing traffic congestion and ageing transport networks over the next decade. However, large-scale transport projects are often late, over-budget, and below quality, making it difficult to future-proof assets and accommodate unanticipated changes. Evidence indicates that the traditional procurement model for large-scale projects used by Australian State Governments, for example, fails to deliver expected benefits. Markedly, a focused policy-making pathway is absent, especially for future-proofing these complex projects. Hence, the need to move away from a prevailing ‘understand, reduce, respond’ to a more adequate ‘understand, embrace, adapt’ attitude towards complexity and uncertainty in project procurement. The enabling functions of asset management, digitization, delivery, and finance might help. However, little is known about how they can coalesce to form a policy-making pathway to provide governments value for money outcomes and ensure assets are future-proofed. In this paper, we fill this void by reviewing the normative literature and proposing a conceptual approach. The issues we examine are of the utmost interest to governments worldwide as they grapple with designing, constructing, operating and maintaining transport assets that are both resilient to unexpected events and adaptable to changing needs, uses or capacities including climate change.

世界各国政府已作出重大财政承诺，以应对未来十年日益严重的交通拥堵和老化的交通网络。然而，大型交通项目往往会延迟、超出预算且质量不高，这使得资产难以适应未来发展并适应意料之外的变化。有证据表明，例如，澳大利亚州政府使用的大型项目的传统采购模式未能带来预期收益。值得注意的是，缺乏重点明确的决策途径，尤其是对于面向未来的这些复杂项目。因此，对于项目采购中的复杂性和不确定性，需要从普遍的“理解、减少、响应”转向更充分的“理解、拥抱、适应”态度。资产管理、数字化、交付和财务可能会有所帮助。然而，人们对它们如何联合起来形成政策制定途径，为政府提供物有所值的结果并确保资产经得起未来的考验知之甚少。在本文中，我们通过回顾规范性文献并提出概念方法来填补这一空白。我们研究的问题是世界各国政府最关心的问题，因为他们努力设计、建造、运营和维护既能抵御突发事件又能适应不断变化的需求、用途或能力（包括气候变化）的运输资产。我们通过审查规范性文献并提出概念方法来填补这一空白。我们研究的问题是世界各国政府最关心的问题，因为他们努力设计、建造、运营和维护既能抵御突发事件又能适应不断变化的需求、用途或能力（包括气候变化）的运输资产。我们通过审查规范性文献并提出概念方法来填补这一空白。我们研究的问题是世界各国政府最关心的问题，因为他们努力设计、建造、运营和维护既能抵御突发事件又能适应不断变化的需求、用途或能力（包括气候变化）的运输资产。