3 Ps in a Pod

Morteza Farajian, executive director of the Build America Bureau, and Sia Kusha, group head of partnering & project development at Plenary Americas, speak to Paul Jarvis about the America's Great Corridors of Commerce program.

Recorded live at the annual conference of the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure (AIAI), the discussion outlines the initiative and considers some of the potential challenges and opportunities it will bring.

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Partnerships Bulletin has revealed the extent to which PFI contract disputes are affecting the industry and the cost of legal fees to the public sector. With the figure edging close to £10m, the team discuss what this means for the market - and whether these fees could ever be justified.

Read the full story of the cost of PFI contract disputes here

And read our analysis of the problem here

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The third annual World’s Biggest Emerging Markets Pipelines report has found a growing number of projects worldwide - but not always in the countries we have become used to seeing on the list. Who’s in, who’s out, and why is a smaller pipeline not necessarily a bad thing?

The team consider:

• Why some countries have seen their pipelines slow down - 3:10
• Capacity to deliver on new pipelines and programmes - 5:28
• Quality of projects versus quantity of pipeline - 9:39

To read the report, click here

https://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/article/1967923/worlds-biggest-emerging-markets-pipelines-2026

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The P3 model has received a number of positive boosts from the federal government over recent months - but the lack of surface transportation reauthorization is causing concern for many in the market

The team consider:

• The back and forth on Dulles Airport - 3:12
• The continuing failure of Congress to vote on new surface transportation legislation - 7:35
• The growing use of P3 to deliver a range of military facilities - 13:40
• Plans to replicate the approach

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Partnerships Bulletin recently revealed the amount of money one NHS trust spent on legal fees related to its PFI battle. The team delve into the question of what this means for future disputes and relationships in PFI and PPP contracts. But first, they take a quick look at the new players in Prime Minister Andy BUrnham’s Cabinet.

The team consider:

• What the new Cabinet appointments mean for PPP - 48 seconds
• What an Andy Burnham infrastructure programme might look like - 4:03
• Legal fees in PFI disputes - 10:22
• The role of NISTA’s Conflict Avoidance Forum - 14:12

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The UK continues to see struggles with operational PFI projects, and with more heading towards handback in the years to come, it is likely that more conflicts will emerge as hard negotiations get underway. 

With this in mind - and with NISTA developing its Conflict Avoidance Forum (CAF) to potentially catch problems before they turn into full-blown disputes - Partnerships Bulletin editor Paul Jarvis recently chaired a roundtable in association with the CIOB to take stock of how things have progressed and whether the learnings from industry touchstones such as DLA Piper’s Project Autumn and the government-commissioned White Fraiser Report have been put into practice.

The team consider:

• Views on NISTA’s Conflict Avoidance Forum - 2:25
• The future of human resources within FM - 9:46
• How new contracts can learn the lessons of the PFI experience - 12:49

To read our full write-up of the roundtable, click here

https://www.partnershipsbulletin.com/article/1964306/roundtable-handling-expiry-tacking-behaviours-pfi-contracts

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The UK’s Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has promised to take a “partnership” approach, working with the private sector to deliver the infrastructure needed. However, details on the exact role and nature of private finance remain scant.

The team pick through the DIP and ask what it might mean for the industry. They consider:

• How an Andy Burnham leadership could impact future investment in defence and beyond - 8:35
• How the DIP could create new PPP opportunities in space - 11:48
• Using private finance to deliver a combination of both military and civilian projects - 16:00
• What comes next? - 17:52

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Anton Steshenko, an academic at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, at the University of Maryland, explains the thinking behind his latest paper, advocating a new approach to small scale infrastructure initiatives that could unlock significant private capital by aggregating projects.

Speaking to editor Paul Jarvis, he discusses:

• The theory behind the ‘Hybrid Institutional Capital Model’
• Learnings from the Connecticut Green Bank, Montgomery County Green Bank, and the UK Green Investment Bank - 6:46
• The sectors that could benefit from an aggregated approach - 10:29
• The difficulties facing successful aggregation - 18:43

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