• Serious scarcity of quality infrastructure projects, both geographically and by industry sector.
• Cuts in investment spending to reduce government deficits.
• Presence of private companies, willing to invest and pay for more efficient services.
• Traditional services tariff structures cause heavier impacts on end users rather than on public sector.
• Enhanced quality of project design and consequent extension of schedule and increase on costs.
• More transparency required by governments and agencies on project costs.