Build Own Operate Transfer - real world comparisons between Wathba 2 wastewater treatment plant, United Arab Emirates and Seaview and Moa Point wastewater treatment plants in Wellington

Build Ow n Operate Transfer (BOOT) type projects are being used as an effective procurement vehicle globally, but are they being finished on time and to a high quality? And what about the costs, BOOT projects are expensive, aren’t they?

This paper describes how Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) w ork, compares a BOOT project in the Middle East w ith a Design Build Operate (DBO) project and a Design and Build (D&B) type project, both in New Zealand, details risk allocation and cash flow , and explains w hy the bankers love investing in infrastructure. It also identifies and describes multiple project delivery methods, from traditional services to divestiture.