Infrastructure projects

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Infrastructure is a broad term which can encompass a wide range of sectors and types of projects, ranging from schools, hospitals, roads and railway lines to wind, waste and water projects, oil and gas facilities, pipelines and processing plants. These may be domestic UK projects or international projects.

Infrastructure projects can frequently be high value and complex and the parties will need to understand, and ensure that the contractual arrangements provide for, the commercial, strategic, technical, geographical and political factors involved in such projects and the associated risks.

Due to the broad spectrum of issues involved, infrastructure projects will often involve lawyers from a number of practice areas including construction, projects, corporate and banking.

For guidance on energy projects, see: Energy projects for construction lawyers—overview.

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The parties involved

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