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Global Assessment of Infrastructure Assets (GAIA) tool
Posted 19/04/2024
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The Equator Principles: Time to Take Stock
Posted 19/12/2019
Back in 2003, the World Bank launched a new risk management framework called the Equator Principles. The Principles comprised a set of voluntary guidelines, to be followed by financial institutions as a means of ensuring the natural and social responsibility of any large-scale development project. A decade and a half since the framework was...
Musk's Hyperloop: Masterstroke or Fantasy?
Posted 26/11/2019
Planes, trains, automobiles, and boats – the four conventional pillars of travel. But what if there were a fifth? In 2013, Elon Musk revealed his...
When Risk Brings Reward: Africa's Highway of the Future
Posted 25/11/2019
Ten years ago, investing in African highways seemed a daunting prospect, carrying high levels of risk. Never faint-hearted, the French civil...
So narrow, so far: how long distance point-to-point travel is...
Posted 08/10/2019
Think of long-haul flights, and you’ll probably conjure images of large, wide-body aircraft. Grand-scale transport for grand-scale travel. Due...
Airport Traffic Forecasting
Posted 04/10/2019
Reliable forecasts are the basis for anyone creating a business or development plan for an airport. Infrata’s forecasting process has been...
TNCs are changing surface access, so what next?
Posted 04/10/2019
Over the last five years, TNCs (transportation network companies) such as Uber and Lyft have disrupted airport transport on the ground. And the trend...
Autopista al Mar 2 project in Colombia
Posted 06/08/2019
Autopista al Mar 2 project in Colombia reaches financial close.
Success in Bogota
Posted 29/07/2019
Bogota office celebrates its success
VIDEO: The importance of effective cost estimation
Posted 17/07/2019
In a highly competitive environment there is a lot of pressure on sponsors to submit the highest bid. Here, Alonzo explains the basics of how to...
The importance of effective cost estimation in infrastructure...
Posted 17/07/2019
Why does reliable cost estimation play such a pivotal role in infrastructure project planning? Because cost overruns can quickly spiral out of...
VIDEO: A short introduction to Lenders Technical Advisory Services
Posted 11/07/2019
Whether your project is at bid stage, in construction or reaching financial close, you need to understand the risks. This short video explains our unique process to provide independent corroboration of the proposed outcomes.
Cross Finch in a pinch
Posted 25/06/2019
Ontario’s Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) programme is funding a $2.06 billion light rail transit system, $1.2 billion for construction,...
Held up by traffic?
Posted 12/06/2019
When planning a major road building project, there are thousands of questions to ponder. But ultimately it all boils down to one: how much traffic...