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Not every project should be a PPP. And that’s exactly why PPPs work. The model is not a magic wand. It’s a strategy. A very powerful one — when used on the right project. But too many governments treat PPP like a political slogan. “Let’s do it as a PPP” — without understanding what makes a project suitable in the first place. A successful PPP isn’t just about private financing. It’s about complexity, long-term outcomes, integration, risk transfer, innovation. Get it right, and PPPs deliver better value for money, higher quality, and fewer headaches for the taxpayer. Get it wrong, and you end up with lawsuits, cost blowouts, and headlines that kill the entire program. — Want better PPPs? Start by saying “no” to the wrong projects. That’s how the right ones thrive. #PPPProjects   #InfrastructureStrategy   #PublicPrivatePartnership   #RiskTransfer   #ProjectFinance   #InfrastructureLeadership   #GovernmentProcurement   #ValueForMoney   #InfrastructurePlanning   #BrutallyHonest

The Biggest Mistake in PPPs? Designing for Robots. You know what makes a PPP fall apart? Not bad contractors. Not greedy investors. Not even government red tape. It’s the fantasy that everyone will act like a robot for 30 years. I’ve seen PPP risk models where: – Traffic volumes will magically follow forecasts – Every KPI is enforced with surgical precision – Every stakeholder will behave rationally – And there’s a deduction for everything except bad weather in Jupiter Let’s be real: Projects aren’t delivered by models. They’re delivered by humans. Humans who make mistakes, change plans, and deal with uncertainty. When we design PPPs like spreadsheets instead of like systems, we create contracts that are fragile, not resilient. So what’s the solution? 👉 Less obsession with perfection. 👉 More focus on flexibility, incentives, and real-world behavior. #PPP is not about controlling every outcome. It’s about building a framework that works when things don’t go according to plan. Have you worked on a PPP that looked great on paper but broke in reality? 👇 Share your story. Let's stop designing for robots. #PublicPrivatePartnership #Infrastructure   #ProjectDelivery #RiskManagement #ContractingStrategy   #ConstructionLeadership #Megaprojects #KPIChaos   #FlexibilityInProjects #VicenteValencia   #SmartContracts #InfrastructureInnovation

You don’t need a bad project to screw things up. A bad sponsor will do the job perfectly. Red flags in sponsors: lack of skin in the game, weak operating arm, over-leveraged… sounds familiar? You probably have seen one of those. Why experience matters and why some ‘sponsors’ hide behind advisors? Let’s take a look in the carousel, but Governments: when picking sponsors, choose wisely, or prepare for claims and headlines. #PPP #Infrastructure #ProjectFinance #PublicPrivatePartnership #SPV #RiskManagement #InfraDeals #MegaProjects #PPPProcurement #VicenteValencia #Vilentia #InfraWisdom

PPP Disaster Tracker: This One Broke the Matrix and Worked You know how it usually goes. PPP = Prolonged, Painful, and Pointless.                But not this time. Somehow, against all odds, cultures, and acronyms… The New Royal Adelaide Hospital in South Australia didn’t just avoid disaster — it delivered. Let me break it down for you: Australia’s most expensive hospital project at the time. $2.3 billion AUD. A maze of private, public, and clinical stakeholders. 800 beds. 40 operating theatres. 100% public access. The predictions? “Too complex.” “Healthcare PPPs always end in tears.” “Get ready for claims, arbitration, and political carnage.” But guess what? They finished it. And not just finished — they pulled off a clinical-grade, digitally-integrated, energy-efficient mega-hospital that actually works. The secret sauce? A private consortium (SA Health Partnership) that didn't play the blame game. A government team that didn’t change the brief 64 times. A dispute resolution process that got used before lawyers smelled blood. Crazy, right? How couldn’t I have thought about it? A PPP that respected scope, handled conflict like grown-ups, and even came out functional on the other side. How could it be possible… Anyway. Some still say it was luck. I say it was proof that PPPs can work… if you don’t staff them with saboteurs. Do you want some blood? Follow, share, join my newsletter. #Leadership #LessonsLearned #SuccessStories #ConstructionLeadership #Collaboration #WhatCouldGoRight #ExecutionMatters #PPPDoneRight #WhenPPPsWork #AustraliaInfrastructure #MajorProjects #GlobalInfrastructure #PublicPrivatePartnership #Infrastructure #PPPProjects #ProjectFinance #InfrastructureDevelopment #VicenteValencia

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Based on several painfully true stories This is what happens when you become too creative in #PPP Contracts. The lawyers were billing by the comma. The KPI spreadsheet had 327 indicators. Teams scaping to a Caribbean island just in case... after signing and getting bonuses, of course. Don’t confuse complexity with intelligence. Bankability beats bureaucracy. Every. Damn. Time. Read it here. #PPPProjects   #Infrastructure   #ProjectFinance   #PublicPrivatePartnership   #ProcurementFails   #LeadershipLessons   #ConstructionHumour   #RiskManagement   #BrutallyHonest   #VicenteValenciaStyle

Lawyers Paradise - 7 years late, 3x the cost... and a city full of lawsuits When PPPs go wrong, it's fireworks. To those saying that I'm too optimistic and supportive of PPPs... transport yourself with your imagination here: Edinburgh, Scotland. Mid-2000s. A shiny new tram network was promised. Fast, green, world-class transport across the city. Greta was not born yet… but she could be smiling for ours to a project like this. The vehicle? Of course… A complex PPP scheme led by Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE) with multiple contractors, including Bilfinger Berger and Siemens. Signed in 2006. Cost? £375 million. Opening date? 2011. What actually happened? Endless disputes between the public agency and the private contractors. Construction delays so bad that people literally forgot the city was supposed to have trams. Streets ripped up for years, paralyzing local businesses. Costs ballooned to £1 billion — almost 3x the original. Lawyers paradise… Who sued who? Contractors sued the public agency for design changes and late payments. The public agency threatened to sue the contractors for cost overruns and missed deadlines. Residents and businesses started separate lawsuits over lost income and disturbance. 2014 — The first line finally opens. Seven years late. One single line instead of the full network. The political fallout? Heads rolled. Public trust in PPPs collapsed. Edinburgh became a punchline for bad project management across Europe. Great was born… unhappy. Brutal lessons: If the project scope isn’t 100% locked before signing, you're building a time bomb. Multi-contractor PPPs need wartime-grade governance, not PowerPoint slides. Political wishful thinking kills delivery discipline. Litigation isn't a risk; it’s a certainty when your contract is a mess. Moral: If your project needs seven years of excuses, lawsuits, and triple the money, you didn’t build infrastructure. You built a monument to failure. #PPPs #Infrastructure #PublicPrivatePartnerships #ProjectManagement #Risk #Construction #Edinburgh

If you only work when you feel like it, enjoy being broke. Winners don’t rely on hype, coffee, or a Tony Robbins video. They rely on habits. On showing up. Every. Damn. Day. Motivation is a mood. Discipline is a decision. Most people chase feelings. High-performers chase outcomes. The ones who succeed? They don’t “feel like it.” They do it anyway. — Brutally honest: You don’t need more inspiration. You need more reps. #DisciplineBeatsMotivation 🔥 Want to win? Start showing up when no one’s watching. #DisciplineOverMotivation  #BusinessMindset  #HighPerformance  #LeadershipTruths  #SuccessHabits  #EntrepreneurMindset  #DailyHabits  #ExecutionMatters  #NoExcuses  #BrutallyHonest

The most expensive PPP projects aren’t the ones that went over budget. They’re the ones that never got built. Or worse — the ones that were 80% ready and got killed by political fear or bad press. Let me be brutally honest: When a government cancels a well-structured project in #PPP or else, the cost isn’t just sunk consultants and wasted studies. The real cost is 10 years of delay. It’s rising inflation. It’s broken infrastructure. It’s a market that loses trust and never comes back. PPPs don't fail when you sign the contract. They fail when politicians get cold feet, or when media mislabels it “privatization” and nobody fights back. You want better projects? Have the courage to see them through. #Infrastructure #PublicPrivatePartnership #PPP #ProjectFinance   #ConstructionIndustry #TransportInfrastructure #RiskTransfer   #InnovationInConstruction #SmartInfrastructure   #CanadaInfrastructure #InfraStrategy   #InfraLeadership #Megaprojects #VicenteValencia

They told you PPPs were about shifting risk. They forgot to mention that risk still costs money — and sometimes a lot more than you think. My points: PPPs are not ‘free money’ Availability payments ≠ zero risk The myth of “let’s do a PPP to avoid public debt” Long-term maintenance is where real value lies Procurement speed vs. lifetime cost - these are two things you need to understand. #PPP #Infrastructure #ProjectFinance #PublicPrivatePartnership #SPV #RiskManagement #InfraDeals #MegaProjects #PPPProcurement #VicenteValencia #Vilentia #InfraWisdom #InfraFails #PPPMistakes #GovernmentSpending

If you wanted a magic trick, you should have called a magician. PPPs are not built on blind optimism — they’re built on well-priced risk. If your KPIs, deductions, or contract terms make 80% of bidders run for the hills, you don’t have a PPP. You have a trap. Projects with overly aggressive risk transfer, subjectivity in performance monitoring, KPI regimes designed by bureaucrats, not operators… Not only kill competition, they raise costs and become a time-bomb. Let's dive. #PPP #Infrastructure #PublicPrivatePartnership #ProjectFinance #RiskManagement #KPI #MegaProjects #Contracting #InfraDeals #VicenteValencia #Vilentia #BrutalTruths