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    Infrastructure advisory group

    Designing and delivery of a better future through major programmes and investments in the fabric and functioning of society.

    Infrastructure is the backbone of any functioning economy. Effective modern infrastructure can keep pace with changing needs and allow businesses and communities to prosper.


    KPMG have invested in assembling a highly skilled, multifaceted Infrastructure Advisory Group that can support across the infrastructure lifecycle, from development to delivery and ongoing operations. We work side by side with clients, wherever they sit in the ecosystem – public sector bodies and departments, infrastructure owners, project developers, contractors, corporates, financers – to help deliver projects that meet the needs of our communities today and into the future.

    The UK needs world class infrastructure to compete on a transforming world stage: our mission is to be the team that brings key stakeholders together and creates and support the delivery of solutions fit for the future. Advising our clients on what infrastructure they build, how it is delivered, and how it is managed once operational.

    Gordon Shearer
    Gordon Shearer

    Partner, Head of the Infrastructure Advisory Group and Deal Advisory Lead for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

    KPMG in the UK

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    How we can help?

    We have extensive credentials across a wide array of major infrastructure programmes, working with both the public and private sector. We have developed a comprehensive suite of services, aided by market-leading data and technology tools, that bring value, clarity and cut-through whichever stage of the journey your project is at, delivered by diverse team of quantity surveyors, commercial experts, architects, lawyers, accountants, project managers, civil servants, regulatory experts, financiers and many other professions:

    Infrastructure Development and Strategy

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    Infrastructure Strategy, Economics and Transactions

    In today’s constrained financial environment, where much current infrastructure is aging, networks are congested, and the climate emergency is creating new and tougher environmental challenges, infrastructure projects must have a clearer strategic rationale behind them than ever.

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    Infrastructure Funding, Financing and Structuring

    Getting appropriate financing in place is crucial for any project. The right structuring is key to a public or private deal. Value for money and return on investment will be paramount to all parties.

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    Modelling and Regulatory Finance

    Infrastructure projects are long-term, complex and subject to many variables. Sophisticated modelling techniques are needed that take account of downside (and upside) risk factors, now and in the future, with granular projections across multiple scenarios.

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    Business Cases

    Without a business case, every project will remain just an idea. In the public sector, stringent guidelines must be followed to gain funding and approval, as per the Green Book or the Five Case Model. For private projects, a compelling business case to the board will be no less key.

    We provide in-depth advice for key business case elements, from strategy and ambition to risks, projections and financial models. We can act in an advisory capacity, or take ownership and compile it for you – it’s a spectrum we’re happy to discuss.

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    Infrastructure Delivery and Operations

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    Operating model transformation

    Infrastructure and government clients are being challenged to do far more, and often for less. Improved performance, streamlined operations, enhanced value for money, effective partner collaborations, delivery against social, environmental and wider economic objectives – all of these have become key, and require reimagined operating model approaches.

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    Commercial advisory and assurance

    You need confidence that you are contracting with the right partners and that the project is progressing as expected against targets.

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    Programme advisory and capital excellence

    Today’s infrastructure projects are complex and demanding – requiring optimised delivery across portfolios with sophisticated planning and scheduling together with rigorous programme controls. This needs to be underpinned by a high performance culture across individuals and teams.

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    Infrastructure Life Cycle

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    Infrastructure Asset Management

    Economic volatility and rapid market shifts mean infrastructure players must broaden their view of capital investment and asset management programmes – from a traditional asset management approach to a more holistic understanding of how assets link to organisational objectives and long-term outcomes.

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    Sustainability and Regulation

    Stakeholder expectations around sustainability are growing, while evolving regulation is moving at pace, raising the risk of non-compliance. Meeting today’s targets, and future-proofing for tomorrow, has become a key concern.

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    Cost and Value Optimisation and Benchmarking

    Value for money is a key consideration – both when building an asset and through its operational life. Whatever the economic weather, cost optimisation is a priority.

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    Infrastructure Technology and Innovation

    The integration of new, smart technology into the operation of infrastructure assets drives efficiency, lowers costs and can also extend useful life.

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    Our experience & client results

    We work across sectors and with public and private bodies to deliver transformational infrastructure.

    Read some of our recent success and find out more about how KPMG works in your sector.

    We provided comprehensive advice to a flagship national building program. Our work involved:

    • Developing the case for tens of billions of government investment over more than 10 years.

    • Developing the benefits case, operating model and economic analysis to support the case.

    • Commercial support and framework design in relation to procuring main works and delivery partners

    • Enhancing performance with custom dashboards for superior data management, focusing on cost, schedule, and risk.

    • Managing and reporting on vast amounts of data, providing clear insights through summary reports and detailed analyses to improve decision-making across the project lifecycle

    Industry transformation and new Arm’s Length Body: Re-designing how an industry works together to operate

    • Developed an operating model for a new government arm’s length body to deliver transport services in a better way with better relationships to the private sector, including mapping the services that would be provided by the body and other partners in the industry

    • Designed in detail the new body’s organisational model and core processes including roles and responsibilities,

    • Worked extensively with government funders and existing organisations that would join the new body to ensure buy in on the proposals

    KPMG has been on an ambitious capital programme to promote economic development and regeneration. A flagship project in the programme is the redevelopment of an exhibition and conference centre.

    We advised a council on the structuring and public issuance of an over £400m index-linked bond, rated by Moody’s, to finance the project. This is the largest index-linked issuance in the capital markets by a UK local authority to date securing finance terms which are not available through conventional PWLB borrowing as well as diversifying its sources of finance.

    KPMG was engaged to help secure freeport status for Freeport partners to deliver their ambitions in offshore wind (floating and fixed-bottom), hydrogen, carbon-capture and alternative fuel sectors. Freeport status helps to deliver a step change in investment to an area by leveraging significant tax and customs relief, as well as seed capital funding.

    Programme transformation in science industry: assessing capabilities to target areas of change

    • Used capability maturity assessment tool to guide design and implementation of a new target operating model
    • Effectively integrated the change within a wider transformation programme
    • Provided strategic challenge and advice to improve the programme’s governance arrangements

    Our innovative approach supported a Water provider in systematizing data for the PR24 Price Review program. Our achievements include:

    • Creating a robust database and model using Power BI, setting the foundation for immediate and long-term strategy for PR24.
    • Offering interactive data visualization that empowered stakeholders to focus on critical data for informed decision-making.
    • Synthesizing unstructured financial and asset data, we provided a streamlined, clear, and actionable data framework that transformed the planning and execution of key priorities for PR24.

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    Our people

    Gordon Shearer
    Gordon Shearer

    Partner, Head of the Infrastructure Advisory Group and Deal Advisory Lead for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

    KPMG in the UK

    Gordon is Head of our Infrastructure Advisory Group at KPMG, leading a team of circa 400 that advises clients on major infrastructure projects.

    He also leads KPMGs ESG offering across Deals and the firm’s offer in net zero services across Infrastructure Government and Healthcare. Gordon’s expertise predominately centres on the commercialisation, business case development and financing of low carbon interventions.

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    Read enough? Get in touch with our team and find out why organisations across the UK trust us to make the difference.

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