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Volume 4, Issue 3
1 March 1997
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Review Article| March 01 1997

The Private Finance Initiative Available to Purchase

G. OWEN;
G. OWEN
Oriel Group Practice, c/o Mrs J Carey, Department of Civil Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 IQD, UK
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Oriel Group Practice, c/o Mrs J Carey, Department of Civil Engineering, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 IQD, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1365-232X
Print ISSN: 0969-9988
© MCB UP Limited
1997
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (1997) 4 (3): 163–177.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021046

This paper outlines the concept of the Private Finance Initiative. It covers some of the basic PFI mechanisms and provides the reader with a general understanding of PFI and the purpose it serves. The paper will look at how the policy has been received specifically within the construction industry and the problems highlighted to date.

Keywords:
Bidding projects, Bodies of influence, Financial structures, Health care, Prisons
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