Towards the Efficiency of Infrastructure Building in the Slovak Republic—Methodological Apparatus of Change Management

Ľubomír Volner (), Juraj Čamaj and Adriána Palková
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Ľubomír Volner: Department of Railway Transport, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Juraj Čamaj: Department of Railway Transport, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Adriána Palková: Department of Railway Transport, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: This paper focuses on the analysis of change procedures in the Slovak Republic, the identification of the critical steps of the process, the possible impacts on the project, and the proposal of a methodological approach to change procedures. It emphasises the contribution of quality transport data for the decision-making of responsible public administration entities in the implementation of changes in transport infrastructure projects and the evaluation of their adequacy in terms of the effectiveness of the spent funds in the context of Value for Money. The proposed methodological approach was provided to the infrastructure manager as guidance in the process of handling effective change management and applied by the authority responsible for the construction and management of transport infrastructure in a specific transport construction project implemented in the Slovak Republic. This has led to the definition of change characteristics and, in terms of budget and schedule implications, has provided quantification of the interval nature of the cost and time requirements and the relative demand in relation to the benchmark. Finally, a recommendation was formulated regarding the change processing method and the selection of the change implementer from the companies approached in terms of the objective preferences of the managing authority and the impacts on the key aspects of the project.

Keywords: change management; project evaluation; infrastructure projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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