Chris Glynn

AMP Capital Investors has ended its $7bn partnership with Brookfield Asset Management and decided to establish an internal listed infrastructure group. Veteran analyst and Australia native Tim Humphreys will head the team.

The Puerto Rico Public Private Partnerships Authority has published an RFQ for a recently unveiled juvenile treatment facility in San Juan. The project is the first social infrastructure development in Puerto Rico.

A consortium pairing Ferrovial company Cintra with SNC-Lavalin is the preferred bidder to add an extension to Highway 407 in Canada. A contract should be finalised in the first quarter.

Consortia led by ACS, Cintra, OHL and Vinci are interested in a project that would convert Interstate 77 in North Carolina into a toll road. An RFP is expected in Q2.

Ohio State University is committed to moving forward with a potential on-campus parking concession that could net the school $375m. An RFP is being developed.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has opened bidding for its Interstate 70 improvement project. An unsolicited bid from Parsons last year prompted the process.

Better than expected portfolio growth propelled John Laing Infrastructure Fund to success in its first year as a publicly-traded business. The fund garnered an additional £157m in capital.

Wyco Power and Water is looking for a partner to develop an infrastructure, pipeline, hydropower and water storage project. Interested parties should submit their proposals by April 6.

Law firm Nossaman has promoted three of its infrastructure staff, including Brandon Davis, to partner. LA-based Nossaman is ‘bullish’ on the infrastructure industry in 2012.

Allen & Overy in a recent client memo stressed that legal opposition to privatisation is finding an audience in Washington, DC, and warned that the industry better do something to stop it.