Since the BTL Method has been introduced for the expansion of urban infrastructure, which has below average ROI (Return On Investment), most of school facilities are expanded under the BTL Method. Compared with the Government Funding Method, this BTL ...
Since the BTL Method has been introduced for the expansion of urban infrastructure, which has below average ROI (Return On Investment), most of school facilities are expanded under the BTL Method. Compared with the Government Funding Method, this BTL Method has merits such as the cost reduction, higher satisfaction from the user-oriented one, and the timely expansion of school facilities. Because of the trial and errors in its initial introduction period, however, there appear numerous problems creating disputes.
This study aims at understanding the unique characteristics of the BTL Method and finding out the improvement alternatives and proposes policy critical views. The method of the study is focused on the currently active school facilities. This study overhauls the construction cost, bidding price, cost structure, user satisfaction degree, finance cost, etc., conducts a survey to the professional group, and finds out the characteristics resulted from the comparative analysis with the Government Funding Method.
In this study, comparative analytical materials for the BTL Method and Government Funding Method are as follows. Firstly, I grasped the characteristics of the BTL Method through the advertisement materials and activation plans made by the Ministry of Strategy & Finance, who introduced the new type of private investment method, and foreign case studies. Secondly, I used the materials of the Ministry of Education, Science & Technology and Education Office in the areas of the characteristics of BTL Method, implementation directives, project handling procedures, evaluation method, side-effects resulted from the selection of project carrier, problems and strengths and weaknesses. Thirdly, this study conducted the survey of satisfaction degree about the new school facility investment under the Government Funding Method and the BTL Method. Finally, I conducted the survey to the professional group and reveal the problems and propose the solution for the improvement.
My research shows that policy effect increases with the introduction of BTL Method. Due to the long lease characteristic of BTL Method, however, national debt would rapidly increase, which would shrink the expansion of urban infrastructure further. My solutions are as follows. Firstly, in order to solve the cost structure at finance expenses sector, the improvement of bidding procedure and more diversified study for the payment of lease fees and operation expenses are necessary.
Secondly, the analytical result for the construction costs shows that there exists 2% difference between Government Funding Method and BTL Method. This is because of the phenomenal factor occurred in the competition market since the Government Funding Method adopts the lowest bidding policy rather than the adoption of reasonable project costs under the BTL Method. In order to improve this weakness, we must develop the projector selection model urgently under the autonomous competition environment and we need to find the solution to improve the quality of school facilities by setting up the precise standards of calculation of construction costs and the quality.
But when we weigh on the technology and creativity in selecting the project carriers under the BTL Method, there is a tendency of increasing the construction cost and of misusing city governmental authority. And the BTL Method permits the bidder propose a lump-sum bid by combining smaller value projects, where there will be frequent subcontracts, inducement of uses of low quality materials and loopholes of governmental supervision.
Thirdly, the satisfaction survey for the school facilities completed during 2005 to 2007 contains 7 main questions and 30 detail questions as supplementary. My analysis shows that all of main questions and 26 detail questions were responded with a high satisfaction but its difference with the Government Funding Method is not remarkable. Therefore, more differentiated architecture and construction are necessary in order to prove the supremacy of the private sector's creativeness and technology.
Finally, given the characteristics of the BTL Method, more study for the systematic measure is necessary in order to make early repayment of BTL related debt when the government's fiscal situation is in a surplus or in a speedily changing economic environment.