3 Ps in a Pod

Squire Patton Boggs partner Rodney Slater and senior policy advisor Bill Shuster bring their experience of working on Capitol Hill to consider where the infrastructure and P3 market stands under the current administration.

They talk to 3Ps in a Pod about:

• Reauthorization and how P3 can put its best foot forward - 4:31
• How to bring American firms back to the P3 market - 8:26
• Dealing with politics in infrastructure - 11:21
• Penn Station: “Our front door to the world” - 15:49
• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s progress to date - 18:09
• California High Speed Rail - 20:08

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Do the changes in the UK government threaten the development of PPP plans? And how can historic issues in PFI contracts be effectively managed to ensure any new programme is a success?

• The need for a political champion - 2:03
• Taking a holistic approach to development - 10:55
• Dealing with change in long-term contracts - 12:27
• Making the positive case for PPP - 20:18

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The Canadian market remains one of the most significant in the world - and Alberta has underlined that narrative in recent weeks. But is there more that needs to be done to safeguard the market’s future and ensure a vibrant industry survives?

Topics include:

• The impact of the federal government’s plans - 2:01
• Views on how the market can improve - 8:45

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Plenty of interest appears to remain for the Dublin MetroLink project, but can the PPP deal overcome hurdles and uncertainty caused by the recent cancellation of a social housing scheme?

Topics include:

• Competition and capacity - 4:54
• Political uncertainty - 7:35
• Questions of pipeline - 10:16

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Mike Schneider, partner and co-founder of InfraStrategies, has over four decades’ experience in the infrastructure sector. Formerly senior vice president of HDR, he served as director of the firm’s global strategic consulting practice and as director of professional services. Prior to that Schneider co-founded InfraConsult, a firm specializing in project development, program management and P3s, which he led as chief executive. That followed 30 years at Parsons Brinckerhoff, which subsequently became part of WSP. Schneider began his career in the public sector with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

He discusses:

• How to conduct a successful ballot measure from 08:32
• The growing role of politics in projects from 12:45
• Creativity in procurement from 17:39

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In this brand new series, the team will look at P3TER's findings from local authority meetings in greater depth, to consider the trends and pick out some of the wider opportunities that P3TER’s results may be pointing towards.

P3TER: Locked and Loaded is a subscriber-only series, however you can listen to the first bonus episode for free below.

Look out for the first full episode next week.

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Following the launch of the UK Infrastructure Strategy and Pipeline documents - plus the recent signing of the HARP project - the 3Ps in a Pod team consider the market’s reaction and what we can expect to see in the autumn.

Topics include:

• Which sectors are likely to be interested in the new approach to PPP? from 03:01 
• What the Neighbourhood Health Centres might look like from 04:46
• The classification conundrum from 09:02
• Playing on HARP’s success from 12:40

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TIFIA to 49%, a new USDOT advisory board, a warning to foreign capital in P3 - the team discusses the latest news and the market's reaction to Secretary Sean Duffy's lUS Department of Transportation.

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Jeff Turner, president, and Ryan Jensen, vice president, in the higher education division of advisory firm Brailsford & Dunlavey, consider how demographic changes may shape the student accommodation market, as well as bringing greater innovation into the sector.

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The team dissect the recent publication of the Infrastructure Pipeline, and consider the continued progress of the UK market

With a number of significant announcements being made in the UK infrastructure market, the team discuss what it all means for the future of the UK PPP market - as well as what the rest of the year might bring.

Topics include:

• Reaction to the Infrastructure Pipeline
• Comparisons with other countries’ approaches (7:04)
• Interest in the DHSC’s call for interest in its PPP plans (13.49)
• The future for UK infrastructure (17:57)

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