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PMF to set KPIs for the first PPP Custodial Services Project in Italy

PMF has been selected by the Italian Autonomous Province of Bolzano (PAB) for setting up the contractual list of Key Performance Indicators and designing Penalty System in light of PPP Custodial Services Project awarding.

Bolzano PPP Prison, a 18-year concession contract for designing, constructing and operating a 220 inmates facility, is the first project of this kind being awarded in Italy under PPP arrangement, and sets out a landmark example for the others to come in the highly sensitive Custodial Services sector.

PMF has been hired by PAB as part of the legal, financial and technical team entrusted with assisting PAB in drawing tender documents, providing support during bid, throughout negotiation with Preferred Bidder until concession awarding.

PMF has worked out a comprehensive performance measurement system consisting on a set of 120 different Operational Performance Assessment indicators grouped in 11 Services, varying from Building Maintenance to Catering, Laundry, Cleanup, Security and BIM software systems, to even Sporting and Recreational Activities for the inmates.

PMF designs urban waste management masterplan for Taranto

Taranto Municipality has awarded PMF the new urban waste management planning for the city.

Taranto, with a population of more than 200,000 residents, is one of the most challenging cities in southern Italy due to its complexity and mix between residential and industrial areas. Besides hosting an important commercial and military port, Taranto is the seat of ILVA factory, the largest European steel and iron foundry.

PMF will design the complete overhaul of household and commercial solid waste collection, treatment and disposal, giving large emphasis to refuse recycling through proper segregation at source and efficient downstream recycling.

Door-to-door system full implementation over the whole territory, combined with cutting-edge technology collection systems (ECP – Engineered Collection points) strategically located in the city will be the key answers to address the issues posed by the city.

PMF Technical Director participates as keynote speaker at the Third China-UAE Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance (CUCIBF 3), Shanghai November 7 – 8th, 2018

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University of Dubai has invited Alberto Germani, PMF Technical Director, as keynote speaker to address the PPP and Islamic Finance Panel at the Third China-UAE Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance (CUCIBF) held in Shanghai last November 7 – 8th. The Conference was organized by the Chinese Islamic Finance Club, jointly with UAE Ministry of Economy, Dubai Center for Islamic Banking and Finance and other prime Emirati and Chinese Organizations to discuss funding opportunities, challenges and socio-economic implications relative to the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Panel featured international experts and Islamic Finance scholars. Starting from reviewing positive experience of past Public Private Partnerships in transportation worldwide where Islamic Finance have been successfully employed, the Panel discussed how structuring selected sections of railway corridor as Islamic Finance assets backed PPPs can be instrumental for contributing to the successful delivery of the Belt and Road project as a whole.

More at https://www.hbmsu.ac.ae/news/third-china-uae-conference-on-islamic-banking-finance-concludes-successfully-amid

PMF picked for Rome beaches waste management engineering services

Municipality of Fiumicino near Rome has named PMF Contract Director for maintenance and waste management services of public marine areas stretching along 22 Kms of coastal area and including some of the most popular beaches among Roman sunbathers.

Most of sites being supervised by PMF are also classified as protected natural reserves, and, as such, special cleaning strategies had to be devised in order to preserve their unique environment.

This is the second beach maintenance engineering contract in a row to be awarded to PMF this year, after 15 km of exclusive shoreline to be looked after in Salento, in the southernmost Italian Adriatic coast.

PMF chairing Workshop on Public Private Partnership at 4th Annual Roads and Highways Conference in Singapore

Great day at Workshop on Public Private Partnership within the context of 4th Annual Roads & Highways Roads and Highways Conference held in Singapore on last 9 – 11 April. All participants were very satisfied for the level of discussion raised and variety of topics passionately debated amongst attendees.

We hope that anything being discussed will be now put in practice for successful delivery of participants’ goals and initiatives.

Sincere thanks go to Singapore Land Transport Authority for hosting the visit at its Traffic Control room, allowing Conference participants to get informed about its cutting-edge ITS.

Region of Lazio (Italy) approves 16 PMF projects in the environmental sector

The Italian administrative body of Lazio Region, housing the City of Rome, has approved 16 projects submitted by PMF on behalf of various Municipalities of Lazio, relative to the construction of community aerobic composting plants and Municipal collection facilities for sorted recyclables (Eco-centres), both opened to public for self-use.

Total amount financed by the Region on PMF projects accounts for more than 3.5 million euros.

PMF invited as keynote speaker at 2nd China UAE Conference on Islamic Finance

Alberto Germani, PMF Technical Director, will be attending as keynote speaker the 2nd China – UAE Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance, to be held in Shenzhen (China) on Sept. 10 & 11th 2017. Main theme picked for Conference second edition is Islamic Finance – Paving the Way for Belt and Road initiative.

The Conference is organized by Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University Dubai Center for Islamic Banking and Finance, Dubai Islamic Economy Development Center, Shenzhen Institute for Belt & Road Economic and Trade Strategy,  China Islamic Finance Club and ZhiShang Inter-culture Communication, in alignment with the initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to establish Dubai as the Capital of Islamic Economy and in support the “Belt and Road” Initiative.

Capri PPP commercial multi-sporting complex tender officially released

International tender for Capri PPP commercial multi-sporting complex has been officially released on the market today by the Municipality of the Isle of Capri.

Interested participants in bidding for design, finance, construction, operation & management concession of the facility can log on Capri official website (http://www.cittadicapri.it) for infos and bid documents download. Proposals submission deadline is set for November 21, 2017.