Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized 103461 Project co-financed from the European Regional development Fund through the OPTA 2007-2013 Advisory Services Agreement on Harmonizing State and EU Funded Projects in Regions Efficient and Innovative Designs and Technologies for Public Infrastructure Investments in Romania - Final Report - June 26, 2015 This report corresponds to the deliverable “Final Report on Efficient and Innovative Designs and Technologies for Public Infrastructure Investments In Romania” under component 3 “Assisting in improving the use of efficient designs and technologies in investment overseen by MRDPA” of the Advisory Services Agreement on ”Harmonizing State and EU Funded Projects in Regions” between the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, signed on May 27, 2014. This report was prepared by a core team comprised of Radoslaw Czapski, Antonio Nunez, Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu, Sebastian Burduja, Alina Burlacu, Marius Cristea, Florian Gaman, Oana Luca, Andrei Stănescu, Alina Armașu, and Cristian Postolache. The report benefited from thoughtful comments by peer reviewers: Thierry Davy, Antti Talvitie, Megan Schlotjes, Rakesh Tripathi, and Carmen Racanel. The team would like to thank Juan Gaviria and Jean-Francois Marteau for the advice, support, and guidance provided throughout the elaboration of this report. The team would also like to thank the counterparts in the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration for the timely feedback, the support offered in the elaboration of this study, and the excellent collaboration throughout. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views and position of the Executive Directors of the World Bank, the European Union, or the Government of Romania. 2 Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES................................................................................................................................................... VI LIST OF TABLES.................................................................................................................................................... VII LIST OF ACRONYMS ...............................................................................................................................................8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................................9 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................7 2 WELL-PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................................................................... 10 2.1 GENERAL ASPECTS .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 MAIN PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES IN ROMANIA............... 12 2.3 ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES .................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Administration of County Roads ................................................................................................. 13 2.3.2 Administration of water and wastewater system...................................................................... 16 2.3.3 Administration of social infrastructure ....................................................................................... 18 2.4 CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................................ 24 3 WELL-PREPARED INFRASTRUCTURE........................................................................................................ 26 3.1 LEGAL FRAMEWORK................................................................................................................................ 26 3.2 PREPARATORY STUDIES ........................................................................................................................... 26 3.2.1 Scoping study................................................................................................................................ 27 3.2.2 Prefeasibility study ....................................................................................................................... 28 3.2.3 Feasibility study / Documentation for the authorization of intervention works...................... 29 3.2.4 Detailed design ............................................................................................................................. 32 3.3 FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES ..................................................................................................................... 33 3.4 PNDL-SPECIFIC ISSUES............................................................................................................................ 35 3.5 CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................................ 40 4 WELL-DESIGNED INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................................................ 43 4.1 THE ROMANIAN SYSTEM FOR QUALITY IN CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................ 43 4.2 ANALYSIS OF CURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARDS USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN ROMANIA, AND THEIR CONFORMITY WITH UE STANDARDS........................................................................................................................ 45 4.2.1 Road sector specificities............................................................................................................... 45 4.2.2 Water and wastewater specificities............................................................................................ 54 4.2.3 Social infrastructure specificities................................................................................................. 57 4.3 CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN ROMANIA ............................................... 62 4.4 ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS PROPOSED TO IMPROVE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN ROMANIA ................................................................................................................ 63 CROSS-SECTORAL ASPECTS .................................................................................................................................... 63 4.4.1 Compliance monitoring................................................................................................................ 63 4.4.2 Data and Document Management systems (DMS) ................................................................... 63 4.4.3 Energy efficient and environment friendly infrastructure ......................................................... 64 4.4.4 Smart Infrastructure..................................................................................................................... 66 ROADS ............................................................................................................................................................... 67 4.4.5 Comfortable and Safe Road Infrastructure ................................................................................ 67 4.4.6 Self-explaining roads .................................................................................................................... 67 4.4.7 Forgiving roads ............................................................................................................................. 69 4.4.8 Complete streets........................................................................................................................... 73 4.4.9 Sustainable roads ......................................................................................................................... 76 iii WATER AND WASTEWATER ................................................................................................................................... 77 4.4.10 Control Systems and water management technology .......................................................... 77 4.4.11 Wastewater management ...................................................................................................... 80 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................................................................................... 84 4.4.12 Safe social infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 84 4.4.13 Sustainable buildings............................................................................................................... 85 4.4.14 Building Information Modelling (BIM) ................................................................................... 87 4.5 CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................................ 87 5 WELL CONTRACTED-OUT INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................................................... 89 5.1 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN ROMANIA........................................................................................................