infrastruttura no. 40 The global risk and claims consultancy HKA has released its sixth annual root cause analysis of global problem construction projects, concluding that a "triple design whammy" caused nearly half of them. The Sixth Annual CRUX Insight Report, Forewarned is Forearmed, reviewed 1800 projects in 106 countries valued
infrastruttura no. 35 Fifty-seven percent of the world thinks governments are underinvesting in infrastructure. Together with Ipsos, the Global Infrastructure Investor Association recently surveyed 23,000 adults in 31 countries on their views of governments' levels of investment in infrastructure, as well as the quality of their country's assets in
infrastruttura no. 34 As China's and the West's dueling plans for global infrastructure investment crystallize in the coming months it's likely both will include significant project finance components. Having a framework to think about how risks are shared between project stakeholders in that context will therefore become increasingly important as
infrastruttura no. 33 As China rethinks the strategy underpinning its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the West has found an opening for advancing its own interests by also funding global infrastructure. Geopolitics and infrastructure assets remain tied closely at the hip during our moment of heightened post-pandemic global tensions over
The pace of globalization is slowing down as countries tighten up their supply chains in favor of their geopolitical allies. This "slobalization" and "friendshoring" is happening at a moment when populist tensions are increasing everywhere in the aftermath of COVID, never-ending financial crises, and the impacts of climate change. As