Frankfurt, 16 January 2023 – For TA Europe, this project is a significant contribution to its European infrastructure portfolio and, in particular, to the optimisation of the Belgian highway infrastructure. “It has been a great pleasure working with colleagues from Jan De Nul and Willemen to ensure this project can be initiated and carried out”, … Read more
Infrastructure
TA Europe supports refurbishment of Brussels ring road R0/A201 – with an eye on nature,
TA Europe supports social infrastructure in Uruguay
Montevideo, 10 March 2022 – A neat playground outside, surrounded by soft green grass. Immaculate white walls leading into a wide entrance hall. The sound of at least a dozen children’s voices in the background, chatting and humming. Would you have thought that we are in a school in Latin America – in Uruguay, to … Read more
TA Europe nominated for ‚Technical Adviser of the Year’ for Europe & Africa
Essen, 22 February 2022 – TA Europe has been shortlisted for the ‘Technical Adviser of the Year’ for Europe & Africa for the IJGlobal Awards 2021. The IJGlobal Awards honor achievements on deals across the infrastructure and energy sectors in all regions around the world for their outstanding performance. We are very glad about the … Read more
TA Europe contributes to successful Financial Close of PPP Road Project B 247
Essen, 30 September 2021 – TA Europe has acted as Lenders Technical Advisor (LTA) for the winning Consortium of the B 247 PPP Project, led by VINCI Concessions Deutschland GmbH. The financing for this project has successfully been completed on 23 September 2021 – within a record time of two months. It is the first … Read more
TA Europe supports education of Syrian refugee children
Our TA Europe 2020 Christmas donation goes to the charity Zeltschule (www.zeltschule.org). We want to support Syrian refugee children who lost all social infrastructure by enabling them to read, write and calculate. As technical advisors, we are well aware that the construction of schools is indispensable – as parents, we know how important learning is … Read more
TA Europe launches its own assessment tool for EP4
Equator Principles (EPs) are widely used in infrastructure projects. They help the parties involved to assess environmental and social risks, e.g. the effects of climate change or the impact on endangered species or the affected communities. Recently, equator principles have become even more important, especially for the financial institutions providing the funding for public-private partnerships. As … Read more
TA Europe contributes to successful opening of the new section of A7.2 highway
Munich, 25 June 2020 – The 5km section of the A7.2 between Grossenrode and Northeim West has been re-opened to traffic recently after successful revamping. As Lenders Technical Advisor (LTA), TA Europe works closely with VINCI Concessions and Eurovia on the monitoring activities of the construction of the project and systematically reports to the Lenders … Read more
TA Europe advises AviaRent on the acquisition of care homes in Germany
Munich, April 6, 2020 – TA Europe advised the investor AviaRent Invest on their largest investment of the last ten years. The asset manager acquired care properties worth €185 million for the European Social Infrastructure (ESI I) fund, which it set up two years ago together with Primonial. TA Europe carried out the complete technical due … Read more
Avoiding cross-contamination is key
Hospitals around the world are currently making every effort to create new capacities for intensive care patients. But not every ward is suitable for this. Hospital managers should exercise special caution to prevent contamination of the air in other areas of the hospital. Ulf Engel, expert for technical building management and Senior Consultant at TA … Read more
Opening of soundproof tunnel on the A7 motorway in Hamburg
After a 5-year period of construction, the new soundproof tunnel on the A7 was opened last week. This tunnel was the last piece of the A7 to be completed and the building consortium delivered the project successfully on time. With this completion, TA Europe has achieved another milestone as supporting lenders’ technical advisor to the … Read more
The Bankruptcy of Carillion – Lessons Learned and the Role of LTAs in Future PPP Projects
TA Europe attended the recent IPFA event in London aiming to understand more about the lessons learned from the bankruptcy of Carillion. In particular, the importance of the LTA’s scope was pointed out during this event. For instance, different courses of action can be implemented to provide banks with added value and additional security to … Read more
Dr Norayr Badasyan joins as PPP consultant
Dr Badasyan is an infrastructure expert focused on technical, economic and financial due diligence of PPP projects. His expertise also includes project finance and cost-benefit analysis of infrastructure investment projects. Prior to joining our team, Dr Badasyan was a member of the research team of Professor Alfen at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar focusing on economic and … Read more
