Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 6 SWOT
Analysis — 7 Australia Infrastructure
SWOT — 7 Australia Political SWOT — 7
Australia Economic SWOT — 8 Australia Business Environment
SWOT — 8 Market Overview — 9
Australia — 9 Global Overview — 10
Mega-Urban Regions: Opportunities And Challenges For
Infrastructure — 11 Mega-Urban Regions: Investment
Opportunities And Risks — 12 Table: The World' s 30 Largest
Urban Agglomerations — 14 Table: The World' s Richest
Cities In 2020 By GDP — 18 Table: The World' s
Fastest-Growing Urban Areas — 20 Major Infrastructure
Developments And Key Projects — 22 Transport
Infrastructure Overview — 22 New And Ongoing
Projects — 22 Airports — 22
Ports — 23 Roads — 23
Rail — 24 Energy And Utilities Infrastructure
Overview — 26 New And Ongoing
Projects — 26 Power Plants — 26
Pipelines — 28 Water Projects — 28
Construction Overview — 30 New And Ongoing
Projects — 30 Residential
Construction — 30 Commercial
Construction — 31 Industrial
Construction — 31 Tourism
Construction — 32 Major Projects — 33
Australia—Major Infrastructure Projects -
Transport — 33 Table: Australia Major Infrastructure
Projects – Utilites — 35 Table: Australia Major
Infrastructure Projects – Construction — 36 Table:
Australia--Economic And Construction Data — 37 Business
Environment — 42 Asia Pacific Infrastructure Business
Environment Ratings — 42 Table: Asia Pacific
Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings — 45 Limits Of
Potential Returns — 45 Risks To Realisation Of Potential
Returns — 46 Project Finance Ratings: Outlook For Asia
Pacific — 46 Introducing BMI' s Project Finance Ratings:
Outlook For Asia Pacific — 46 Table: Design And
Construction Rating — 48 Table: Commissioning And
Operating Rating — 49 Table: Overall Project Finance
Rating — 50 Foreign Direct
Investment — 51 Labour Force — 51
Legal Framework — 53 Tax Regime — 53
Macroeconomic Outlook — 54 Table: Australia - Economic
Activity — 55 Political Outlook — 55
Company Monitor — 57
WorleyParsons — 57 Maunsell ANZA — 60
Leighton Holdings — 62 Country Snapshot: Australia
Demographic Data — 64 Section 1:
Population — 64 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 65 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 65 Table: Vital
Statistics — 65 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 66 Table: Employment Indicators,
2001-2006 — 66 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 66 BMI Forecast Modelling — 68
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts — 68 Construction
Industry — 69 Sources — 69 Business
Environment Ratings — 69 Ratings
Overview — 70 Table: Infrastructure Business Environment
Indicators — 71 Project Finance Ratings
Methodology — 72 Construction
Risks — 73 Operating Risks – Commercial
Construction — 74 Operating Risks – Energy and
Utilities — 75 Operating Risks
–Transport — 76
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