
Episode 85: Build America Center’s Sam Beydoun - Part 1
In the first of a two part special, Sam Beydoun, senior advisor and adjunct professor at the Build America Center at the University of Maryland, joints the team to discuss Value for Money and his work in strengthening confidence in decision making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 Jul 19min

Episode 84: Asseticom’s Amir Nabil on the role of data and surveys
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 surveysThe UK government’s Asset Condition PlaybookGetting joint surveys rightBringing technology and data into the future of PPP’s evolution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 Jun 20min

Episode 83: UK returns to PPP
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 industryHow the market is respondingWhere more clarity is needed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 Jun 19min

Episode 82: Turning on the taps of UK infrastructure
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 bundlesChancellor 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 infrastructureWhere private finance fits into the equationWhat needs to happen nextThen, 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 Jun 21min

Episode 81: American Global outlines the P3 insurance landscape
American Global’s Francois Wasselin and Caryn Maxfield discuss the issues impacting the insurance market and its effects on the P3 world Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 Jun 27min

Episode 80: What we learned from Infrastructure Week
Politics and infrastructure often go hand-in-hand. As major legislation comes up for reauthorization, this year’s Infrastructure Week offered an important opportunity to impress upon Congress what the industry would like to see it do. The conversation considers:Reasons to be hopeful for the industryHow the infrastructure community is driving the narrativeWhat needs to happen nextWhat are the levels of competition like in the North American P3 market? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
29 Mai 15min

Episode 79: UK inches back towards PPP
There was a lot to come out of last week’s Commons public accounts committee meeting, not least a feeling that a new programme of privately financed infrastructure is now almost certain. The team discuss:The mood in the room at the committee meetingWhat are the lessons that the Treasury believes have been learned?How excited should the industry get? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 Mai 21min

Episode 78: Global elections impact the infrastructure market
The team turn their attention to the recent elections held in some key markets around the world. They discuss:How Mark Carney’s Liberals will approach a fourth term in office in Canada, with a promise to renew the country’s infrastructureThe recent Australian federal election result, with Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party also holding onto powerWhy the UK’s local election results raise the stakes for the central government’s Infrastructure Strategy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Mai 19min