Technical consultancy group formed by Sergent & Landry, the giant US power engineering company, together with PMF and UAE-based Sustainable Water Power Consultants (SPWC), has been awarded by ACWA Power the role of Owner Engineers for utilities’ infrastructures of Red Sea Project, the luxury tourism development on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.

The group will provide ACWA Power with required engineering services during design and construction, comprehensive of technical coordination, supervision, review and approval for a wide range of utility infrastructures, ranging from power generation (mostly relying on renewables) to water desalination, wastewater treatment and solid waste management.

PMF will be entrusted with design review and technical consultancy of the whole waste management cycle, from collection system to refuse disposal, recycling techniques and required plants construction to ensure zero-waste goal and carbon-neutral environment.

Red Sea Project, located along KSA shores, aims at being one of the most advanced and attractive tourist facilities in the Gulf area. made initially by 3,000 hotel rooms (to be extended up to 8,000), 7,500 m² of retail, F&B and cultural buildings, a full-scale water park and other amenities, immersed in a pristine coastline of unparalleled environmental value. Project’s construction is set to commence on next 2022 and last until 2030, when Phase 2 will be fully completed. Visitors are expected to raise from 300.000/year initially to 1 million/year when the development will be fully operational.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After entrusting PMF with Performance measurement and penalty system design of first PPP in Custodial Services sector in Italy, the Italian Autonomous Province of Bolzano (PAB), through his participated company Südtiroler Informatik AG, has assigned our Company with the task of designing Performance measurement system and setting KPIs of another landmark PPP project.

The initiative, named Service Center Plus and Smart Working, consists of supply and operation of an IT innovative and integrated communication platform, providing optimized IT services to Province of Bolzano’s public institutions and enabling users to access smart- and remote-working.
Overall contract value, inclusive of investment and operations, is worth EUR 130 mil, whereas concession duration is set on 16 years.

The project is regarded by PAB as of the highest priority, given the urgency imposed by the current pandemic of allowing an increased number of employees to work remotely logged on software access.

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In view of beach summer season 2020, set to officially open from next June 1st, Fiumicino Municipality started today cleaning and maintenance works of its 22 public breaches and 6 natural reserve areas, for a total of more than 400.000 m2 of sandy pristine coastal area.
This year kick-off works are particularly important due to the Covid-19 contingency that Fiumicino, as any tourist destination, has to cope with.
Reopening public beaches without delay is a strong signal given to citizens, tourists and beach operators that summer season, in spite of disruption caused by the current emergency, will be conducted at its best, drawing millions of people on Municipality shores in full respect of safety rules issued at national and regional level.

Beside ensuring compliance to rules enforced ad-hoc for the current pandemic, cleanup works will be carried out with usual care and respect to the environmental issues, in accordance to direction received from LIPU (Italian Bird Safeguard Association) and other Environmental Associations.
PMF as in-charge Execution Director together with Fiumicino Municipality Environment Office was present at the start of the works which, as per the schedule, will continue uninterruptedly until 26 May p.v.

In times where keeping cities clean is of strategic relevance, Taranto sets a good example of what can be achieved putting together a meaningful strategy, strong citizenship commitment and operators' efficiency. PMF together with Taranto Municipality and AMIU, jointly engaged to accomplish this goal.

Very enlightening session took place last Jan 16th at the Ecowaste Exhibition and Forum within the framework of Abu Dhabi WFES 2020, where future plans of Investment opportunities in the Waste Sector have been unveiled, with substantial recourse of private capital and expertise.

The conference, chaired by Eng Abdul Mohsin Al Katheeri, Head of Investors Support Working Group at Tadweer – Abu Dhabi CWM and participated by Tadweer top representatives, shed light on the development and implementation of sustainable and integrated programs that contribute to the Emirate’s overall waste generation in line with Abu Dhabi Environment Vision 2030.

PMF, based on its expertise in Waste PPP concessions, is ready to support industrial players, private operators and investment companies bidding for DBFO initiatives in recycling, treating and disposing waste facilities proposed to the market by Tadweer.

PMF has been selected by the Italian Autonomous Province of Bolzano (PAB) for setting up the contractual list of Key Performance Indicators and designing Penalty System in light of PPP Custodial Services Project awarding.

Bolzano PPP Prison, a 18-year concession contract for designing, constructing and operating a 220 inmates facility, is the first project of this kind being awarded in Italy under PPP arrangement, and sets out a landmark example for the others to come in the highly sensitive Custodial Services sector.

PMF has been hired by PAB as part of the legal, financial and technical team entrusted with assisting PAB in drawing tender documents, providing support during bid, throughout negotiation with Preferred Bidder until concession awarding.

PMF has worked out a comprehensive performance measurement system consisting on a set of 120 different Operational Performance Assessment indicators grouped in 11 Services, varying from Building Maintenance to Catering, Laundry, Cleanup, Security and BIM software systems, to even Sporting and Recreational Activities for the inmates.

Taranto Municipality has awarded PMF the new urban waste management planning for the city.

Taranto, with a population of more than 200,000 residents, is one of the most challenging cities in southern Italy due to its complexity and mix between residential and industrial areas. Besides hosting an important commercial and military port, Taranto is the seat of ILVA factory, the largest European steel and iron foundry.

PMF will design the complete overhaul of household and commercial solid waste collection, treatment and disposal, giving large emphasis to refuse recycling through proper segregation at source and efficient downstream recycling.

Door-to-door system full implementation over the whole territory, combined with cutting-edge technology collection systems (ECP – Engineered Collection points) strategically located in the city will be the key answers to address the issues posed by the city.

Municipality of Fiumicino near Rome has named PMF Contract Director for maintenance and waste management services of public marine areas stretching along 22 Kms of coastal area and including some of the most popular beaches among Roman sunbathers.

Most of sites being supervised by PMF are also classified as protected natural reserves, and, as such, special cleaning strategies had to be devised in order to preserve their unique environment.

This is the second beach maintenance engineering contract in a row to be awarded to PMF this year, after 15 km of exclusive shoreline to be looked after in Salento, in the southernmost Italian Adriatic coast.

Great day at Workshop on Public Private Partnership within the context of 4th Annual Roads & Highways Roads and Highways Conference held in Singapore on last 9 - 11 April. All participants were very satisfied for the level of discussion raised and variety of topics passionately debated amongst attendees.

We hope that anything being discussed will be now put in practice for successful delivery of participants’ goals and initiatives.

Sincere thanks go to Singapore Land Transport Authority for hosting the visit at its Traffic Control room, allowing Conference participants to get informed about its cutting-edge ITS.

The Italian administrative body of Lazio Region, housing the City of Rome, has approved 16 projects submitted by PMF on behalf of various Municipalities of Lazio, relative to the construction of community aerobic composting plants and Municipal collection facilities for sorted recyclables (Eco-centres), both opened to public for self-use.

Total amount financed by the Region on PMF projects accounts for more than 3.5 million euros.

Alberto Germani, PMF Technical Director, will be attending as keynote speaker the 2nd China - UAE Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance, to be held in Shenzhen (China) on Sept. 10 & 11th 2017. Main theme picked for Conference second edition is Islamic Finance - Paving the Way for Belt and Road initiative.

The Conference is organized by Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University Dubai Center for Islamic Banking and Finance, Dubai Islamic Economy Development Center, Shenzhen Institute for Belt & Road Economic and Trade Strategy,  China Islamic Finance Club and ZhiShang Inter-culture Communication, in alignment with the initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to establish Dubai as the Capital of Islamic Economy and in support the "Belt and Road" Initiative.

Tender for the awarding of 30 USD million, 7-year waste collection service contract at Santa Marinella (Rome, Italy) has been officially published by the Municipality. Offers are expected to come from leading waste management companies nationwide and internationally.

PMF has taken care of drafting the project and preparing tender technical and legal documentation.

PMF will advise the Municipality of Santa Marinella throughout tender process until awarding.

PMF Waste management plan prepared for the City of Santa Marinella, 70 kms north of Rome (ITA), has been officially presented on last 23rd January at press conference held by city's Mayor. The 7-year, 28 Euro million contract for city sweeping, door-to-door collection, recycling and disposal of municipal waste will be announced for tender in the upcoming weeks.

PMF has introduced an articulated set of KPIs against which winning contractor's level of service provided will be measured and sanctioned in case of underperformance. In this way awarding Administrations can continuously monitor providers and achieve the desired high-quality level of public services outsourced.

PMF and Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA, the Italian worldwide leading industrial plant manufacturer, have signed a 5-year cooperation agreement for joint designing and development of wastewater and hazardous water treatment plants.

By virtue of the agreement PMF is now able to promote a series of flexible, innovative and revenue generating facilities suitable for MENA, Asian and African markets.

PMF has been commissioned from Bidders' side to provide support in tendering waste management services for two most important schools under construction in Abu Dhabi by Aldar.

PMF Managing Director Alberto Germani has invited to attend as guest speaker the upcoming Marcus Evans “Project Delay Management and Claims Assessment" Conference scheduled on next 25-27 April 2016 in Riyadh (KSA).

PMF has been appointed by Advanced Environment Services, the Waste Management operator of UAE leading Group Bin Butti International Holdings (BBIH), to assist the Company in its bid for major Abu Dhabi Airport cleaning and WM contract, currently being tendered by in-charge Authority ADAC.

PMF has been entrusted by AES Advanced Environmental Services, part of Abu Dhabi-based Bin Butti International Holding LLC, with strategic consultancy provision to its Waste Management business division.

PMF advisory tasks include strategic and operating plan development, planning and rollout of new investments in plants and equipment, restructuring of existing organizational structure and new standards implementation.