Paul Jarvis speaks to Duncan Ball, chief executive of BBGI, at the Canadian Council for PPPs annual conference in Toronto. 

They discuss BBGI’s prospects and plans following the acquisition of BBGI by British Columbia Investment Management (BCI) earlier this year. Ball also looks at the global infrastructure and PPP market to consider where future opportunities might emerge.

The conversation includes:

• Insight into BCI’s acquisition of BBGI and the future opportunities this creates (56 seconds)
• The importance of the Canadian market (4:57)
• Risk-return in the PPP market (8:46)
• Tackling handback and contract expiry (14:30)

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Recent figures revealed that backlog maintenance costs have increased by over £2bn in the past year alone. 

As we await the government’s plans for PPP investment in neighbourhood health centres in next month’s Budget, Paul Jarvis and Jonathan Davies consider how private finance can help get to grips with this growing problem.

The team discuss:

• The scale of backlog maintenance
• Why neighbourhood health centres will only scratch the surface
• What the UK could learn from other countries

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Operations & maintenance (O&M) may not be the most exciting aspect of a new project, but over a long-term contract they can be the most important.

So as more procuring authorities look to drop O&M from their partnership contracts, where does this leave the market - and how exposed are the assets to facing public sector cuts?

The team discuss:

• Examples of O&M being cut to make savings - 1:50
• The UK’s experience of ‘inflexible’ long-term O&M regimes - 8:05
• Pros and cons of O&M ‘lite’ - 15:14
• The importance of keeping buildings properly maintained - 17:12

For an in-depth read on O&M in the US, click here.

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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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Sam Beydoun, senior advisor and adjunct professor at the Build America Center at the University of Maryland, considers the wider benefits that private partners can bring

In the second part of our interview with Sam Beydoun, senior advisor and adjunct professor at the Build America Center at the University of Maryland, he discusses  

Topics include:

• Importance of a pipeline
• The wider benefits that private partners can bring
• The need for greater competition
• Accelerating delivery of projects

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Amir Nabil, managing partner at Asseticom, speaks to Paul Jarvis about the promise and pitfalls of joint surveys, and why data is an important frontier for the future of PPP. They discuss:

• Operational contracts and the role of surveys
• The UK government’s Asset Condition Playbook
• Getting joint surveys right
• Bringing technology and data into the future of PPP’s evolution

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones has laid out the UK government’s 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy, with the use of PPP to deliver its ambitions among the key pillars of the document.

We discuss:

• What this announcement mean for the PPP industry
• How the market is responding
• Where more clarity is needed

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The team discuss the fallout from the recent UK Spending Review, as well as the Irish government’s decision to scrap one of its housing PPP bundles

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review has set the direction of travel for the government. As we await the 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy, the team consider where the private finance industry will fit into government plans.

We discuss:

• What the allocations in the Spending Review mean for infrastructure
• Where private finance fits into the equation
• What needs to happen next

Then, we turn to the issues in the Irish market and the fallout from the decision to cancel a PPP project just weeks before it was due to reach financial close.

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