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Puerta de Hierro hospital in Madrid: Spain’s flagship PFI hospital
Social & Defence EuropeThe Puerta de Hierro hospital near Madrid closed on 24 February 2006 as Spain's first-ever PFI hospital deal. As the first such project to close - and be awarded - in the whole of Spain, the hospital in Majadahonda serves not only as a template for the se
Thailand's Ratchaburi IPP - a power project of its time
Power Asia PacificAlmost nine years after the financial crisis ripped through the southeast Asian 'tigers', Thailand has bounced back to a situation of relative economic stability - reflected in healthy economic growth rates of 6 per cent, total FDI of some US$7.5bn in 200
Golden Ears Bridge PPP, Canada
Transport North AmericaGreater Vancouver's Can$1.04bn Golden Ears Bridge DBFO has turned out to be the single most remarkable P3 schemes to have closed in Canada. It serves as a beacon on a provincial and national level as well as standing alone as a groundbreaker in the North
The first wave of French prison PPPs
Social & Defence EuropeFrance's groundbreaking PPP prison construction programme got off to a flying at the end of February with the swift close of the first wave of projects, soon to be followed by the second and third such deals. It closed swiftly and with two French banks ac
ASAlliances Biofuels Ethanol portfolio
Renewables North AmericaEthanol has long been seen as the country cousin of conventional fuels such as petroleum and diesel, but things are changing fast.
Qatargas 3 - integrated gas production and LNG project
Oil & Gas MENAWith a total project value of US$5.8 billion, Qatargas 3 (QG3) is just the latest in a succession of huge LNG projects to have closed in Qatar over the last few years
Northampton Schools PFI – On the road to BSF
Social & Defence EuropeNorthampton's £235m (US$412m) deal was the last major education PFI to be procured before the launch of the BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programme. As one of the last conventional PFI secondary education deals to be closed and given its sheer siz
Full steam ahead on Saudi IWPPs
Power MENAWhen Saudi Arabia's Water and Electricity Company (WEC) announced its intention to launch tenders for what would be the world's greatest IWPP, there were some who doubted whether the project would get off the ground