Future-Proof Infrastructure | Technical papers and product news

Proposal for green infrastructure and nature-based solutions in the only park with mountain trails

The Parque Quebrada de Macul is a foothills park located in the Peñalolén commune, considered one of the green lungs of the Metropolitan Region. It offers a trail of just over 4.6 km, with an ascent of around 530 meters from the starting point.

Use Case

Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities: The Case for Investing in Multi-Sector Infrastructure

Most development challenges are interconnected, yet the solutions are often unidimensional. Now is the time to invest in multi-sector infrastructure that can respond to climate change and future needs!

Africa & Middle east

Safe Schools Africa Infrastructure Program

Safe Schools Africa provides technical assistance on roads projects in Sub-Saharan Africa to ensure that vulnerable road users are considered at each stage of design and construction.

Americas

Calmon Wind Farm Project

The Calmon Wind Complex project consists of the installation of 61 wind turbines in livestock farms, totaling approximately 9600 hectares located in the cities of Calmon, Caçador, Porto União and Timbó Grande, belonging to the Midwest region of the state of Santa Catarina.

Asia & Pacific

Topinao Socialized Housing And Permaculture Community

The Topinao Socialized Housing and Permaculture Community will be Baguio City’s second Socialized Housing and Permaculture Project and the first of its land banking initiative.

Use Case

SOURCE is the multilateral platform for sustainable infrastructure

Led and funded by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) designed to support the: development of well-prepared projects to bridge the infrastructure gap, digitalisation agenda of governments globally; and mobilisation of private finance.

Africa & Middle east

Arbecomb Cocoa Plant

Ghana is one of the world leaders, with nearly 900’000 MT in cocoa bean production per year, right after the Ivory Coast. Together, both countries account for 60% of the global cocoa harvest. Ghana produces what the industry considers the highest-quality cocoa beans, which are marketed at a premium.

Americas

Amazon Forest Concessions, modeled by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Forest concession is a governmental instrument in which it delegates to a private institution, for a specified period of time, the right to practice sustainable forest management of a public forest, generating numerous economic and socio-environmental benefits. Learn more about the project here.

Americas

Jericoacoara National Park Concession, modeled by the Brazilian Development Bank

The project is structured as a concession for the provision of public services to support visitation, revitalization, modernization, operation, and maintenance of tourist services at Jericoacoara National Park, aiming to improve the visiting infrastructure and the visitor's experience.

Asia & Pacific

University of the Philippines Agro-Industrial and Technology Parks Project

The UP Los Baños (UPLB) Agro-Industrial Information and Technology Parks “Agrifutura” Project involves the development of the special economic zone (SEZ) owned by UPLB through the establishment of a world-class academic, research, and community support facilities.

Asia & Pacific

Philippine General Hospital Diliman Project

The Project involves the development of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Diliman, which will include a tertiary care hospital, outpatient services, medical research center, school of medicine, hospice, and ancillary facilities.

Asia & Pacific

Operations and Maintenance of the Metro Manila Subway Project

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is developing the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP). The MMSP is designed as a Hybrid public-private partnership (PPP).

Asia & Pacific

Improvement of the Public Transport System in the Mekong Delta Region

In partnership with SMMR, CDIA is conducting a project preparation study (PPS) for the Can Tho Bus Priority Corridor Project that is envisioned to improve the Mekong Delta region’s public transport system and enable a shift toward a greener, climate-friendly, and more sustainable mobility.

Asia & Pacific

Electric Bus Fleet as Public Service in Siem Reap City

Recognizing that urban transport can strengthen connectivity in Cambodia and sustain its economic growth, the Cambodian Government introduced the low-carbon public transport services project dubbed “Electric Bus Fleet as Public Service in Siem Reap City.”

Asia & Pacific

Urban Renewal of Five Residential Settlements

Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyz Republic, has a population of approximately 1.05 million and it is expected to grow by 40% over the next 15 years. The government has designed a program concept toward a comprehensive upgrading of five residential settlements for the benefit of 75,000 urban poor.

Europe

Sustainable Bus Stops AMB

AMB promotes the accessibility and comfort of the bus service along all their tenders while they promote circular economy. As example: the bus platform project. Recently AMB has installed, jointly with Zicla, more than 50 bus platforms made with post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste.

Use Case

The Resurgence of Public-Private Partnerships

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) have existed in the infrastructure sphere for well over a century. The mid 19th century railroad building craze saw private firms in countries across the world construct lucrative connections between cities, industries and even tourist locations.

Know-How

Delivering Transformational Infrastructure

We are transformational infrastructure specialists dedicated to helping make the UN Sustainable Development Goals happen. We help countries in both developed and emerging markets across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Europe

NeuConnect

A new energy connection to power the future - The NeuConnect Interconnector will create the first direct power link between Germany and Great Britain, connecting two of Europe’s largest energy markets for the first time.

Know-How

Sustainable Infrastructure vs Future-Proof Infrastructure. The evolution of sustainable infrastructure

Infrastructure projects are increasingly being procured as sustainable. So how exactly does this relate to the Future-Proof Infrastructure event and how is the FPI event the next step in sustainable infrastructure?

Americas

Vieques Aquaponics - Food Security for the Caribbean

Aquaponics (CAPEX 14 million USD) aims to convert former military bunkers in Puerto Rico into sustainable AgriTech farms.

Know-How

COP27- Need for private action to limit climate change urgently!

The final COP27 text agreed by leaders represented a breakthrough for loss and damage, but a breakdown for limiting peak GHG by 2025, and little progress for adaptation.

Know-How

Sustainable finance as driver for future-proof infrastructure

Finance is often a hot topic in infrastructure development but with an abundance of public and private capital, why are crucial sustainability projects missing out?

Know-How

Infrastructure ready for rapid change

The Future-Proof Infrastructure congress and expo held on 28 and 29 March 2023, will showcase the possibilities for infrastructure to improve in the face of global challenges such as climate change and financing.