Project Finance in Construction: A Structured Guide to Assessment - Softcover

Merna, Tony; Chu, Yang; Al-Thani, Faisal F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444334778 ISBN 13: 9781444334777

Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Project finance has spread worldwide and includes numerous industrial projects from power stations and waste-disposal plants to telecommunication facilities, bridges, tunnels, railway networks, and now also the building of hospitals, education facilities, government accommodation and tourist facilities.

Despite financial assessment of PF projects being fundamental to the lender’s decision, there is little understanding of how the use of finance is perceived by individual stakeholders; why and how a financial assessment is performed; who should be involved; where and when it should be performed; what data should be used; and how financial assessments should be presented.

Current uncertainty in financial markets makes many sponsors of construction project financings carefully consider bank liquidity, the higher cost of finance, and general uncertainty for demand. This has resulted in the postponement of a number of projects in certain industry sectors. Governments have seen tax receipts drastically reduced which has affected their ability to finance infrastructure projects, often irrespective of the perceived demand. Equity providers still seek to invest, however there are less opportunities due to market dislocation. Due to the demand for global infrastructure it is believed that project financings will return to their pre-crunch levels, or more so, however lenders’ liquidity costs will be passed on to the borrowers. Lenders will also be under stricter regulation both internally and externally.

The steps outlined in the guide are designed to provide a basic understanding for all those involved or interested in both structuring and assessing project financings. Secondary contracts involving constructors, operators, finance providers, suppliers and offtakers can be developed and assessed to determine their commercial viability over a projects life cycle.

Special Features

• a structured guide to assessing the commercial viability of  construction projects
• explains economic metrics to use in the decision making process
• detailed case study shows how stakeholders apply the concept of project finance

About this title

About the Author

Anthony Merna is senior partner of Oriel Group Practice, a multidisciplinary research and consultancy practice based in Manchester and a visiting lecturer to Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester. He has been teaching Project Finance for the last 14 years to a number of UK and overseas universities, businesses and government agencies.

Yang Chu is a graduate of the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester and a research consultant with Oriel Group Practice specialising in the areas of project finance and risk modelling. He is currently carrying out risk management research at Manchester Business School.

Faisal Al-Thani is Senior Development Manager, Middle East for Maersk Oil based in Doha and a board member of the Marsh International Risk Council.

From the Back Cover

Project finance in construction procurement has spread worldwide from power stations and waste-disposal plants to telecommunication facilities, bridges, tunnels, railway networks, and now also to the building of hospitals and schools.

Despite a financial assessment of PF projects being fundamental to the lender’s decision, there is little understanding of how the use of finance is perceived by individual stakeholders; why and how a financial assessment is performed; who should be involved; where and when it should take place; what data should be used; and how financial assessments should be presented.
The steps outlined in this guide provide a basic understanding for all those involved in structuring or assessing project finance. Secondary contracts involving constructors, operators, finance providers, suppliers and offtakers can be developed and assessed to determine their commercial viability over a project’s life cycle.

Any uncertainty in financial markets prompts sponsors of construction project financings to carefully consider bank liquidity, the higher cost of finance, and general uncertainty for demand. This results in the postponement of projects and the drastic reduction of governments' tax receipts, which in turn affects their ability to finance infrastructure projects.

Project Finance in Construction offers a structured process for determining the commercial viability of large construction projects procured with project finance (PF). It explains how to use economic metrics in the decision-making process and provides a detailed case study showing how stakeholders apply the concept of project finance.

This guide will enable students and academics involved in project finance as well as project managers worldwide to develop their own assessment structures and be confident in their use.

Despite a financial assessment of PF projects being fundamental to the lender’s decision, there is little understanding of how the use of finance is perceived by individual stakeholders; why and how a financial assessment is performed; who should be involved; where and when it should take place; what data should be used; and how financial assessments should be presented.
The steps outlined in this guide provide a basic understanding for all those involved in structuring or assessing project finance.  Secondary contracts involving constructors, operators, finance providers, suppliers and offtakers can be developed and assessed to determine their commercial viability over a project’s life cycle.

Any uncertainty in financial markets prompts sponsors of construction project financings to carefully consider bank liquidity, the higher cost of finance, and general uncertainty for demand. This results in the postponement of projects and the drastic reduction of governments' tax receipts, which in turn affects their ability to finance infrastructure projects.

Project Finance in Construction offers a structured process for determining the commercial viability of large construction projects procured with project finance (PF).  It explains how to use economic metrics in the decision-making process and provides a detailed case study showing how stakeholders apply the concept of project finance.

This guide will enable students and academics involved in project finance as well as project managers worldwide to develop their own assessment structures and be confident in their use.

Edition details

• Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444334778
• ISBN 13: 9781444334777
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192