PORTS AND AIRPORTS – The transport sector, for a country of large dimensions like Brazil, has always been of fundamental economic importance and, therefore, probably the target of the main infrastructure investments made in recent decades. Allied to the exponential growth of commodities exports, the need to increase these two types of equipment, Ports and Airports, proved to be necessary and, only recently, viable.

With the end of a cycle of economic stagnation that occurred in the mid-1980s and 1990s, and subsequent stabilization of the currency in the 2000s, the federal government started its Infrastructure Investment programs, however, now following an economy model globalized, it transferred the responsibility for managing these assets to the private sector, generating a series of opportunities for the implement of more modern and better managed equipment.

In this environment of modernization of Transport Structures, Court, together with its partners, had the opportunity to develop his first Project Development works, coordinating the participation in different Projects of Airports, Aerodromes and even a Soybean Terminal.

SPORTS EQUIPMENT - With this growing economic movement, among other investment opportunities in infrastructure equipment, opportunities for the construction of various Stadiums and Olympic Centers throughout the country have emerged, primarily to attend the International World Cup and Olympic Events, but also, in a second moment, to generate regional development poles, with the construction of peripheral equipment to serve the population.

Within this typology of Project, a constant concern not only with meeting deadlines, costs and strict programs required by sports associations, there was also a concern for the sustainability and social issues of these Projects. Since a large part of the equipment was given to the responsibility of the private sector, the carrying out of Demand and Market Studies linked to the Investment and Operational Costs of the projects brought a much more complex reality to Project Development than the simple construction of Stadiums dedicated to a single event.

In this complex environment of Economic Modeling and Investments, Court once again played a fundamental role in the preparation of Planning, Cost Surveys and Cash Flow used in the Business Plans of some of the most important equipment implemented in this Sector.








  

ENERGY GENERATION – Encompassing another of the fundamental sectors to support the growth of a more mature economy, the Energy Sector shows itself as the 'engine' for the development of the domestic economy. With the technological increase in the transformation industries, as well as in the secondary and tertiary sectors, the consumption of electric energy has been showing exponentially deficient and of poor quality.

Although the Electric Energy Sector does not show a risk of collapse as has occurred in the past, it is very fragile in relation to its generation cost. We can relate that a more economical 'engine', since it consumes fewer resources, reduces the cost of all production activities that depend on electricity, so efficient Generation Projects have a direct and substantial impact on the entire country's growth.

In recent years, among all other Infrastructure Projects, Court has developed complete Business Plans for Power Generation Projects including Demand Studies, Market, Investment Costs, Operation, Economic Modeling and Financial Structuring.







  

SEWER TREATMENT – Historically, the Basic Sanitation Sector has been shown to be a deficit sector in Brazil. With population growth reaching a disproportionate peak to what had been happening until the 70s, the demand for expansion of this sector quickly became necessary.

Due to the high cost of installation and the possibility of implementing palliative solutions such as Basic Units, Emergency Care and/or Regional Hospitals that literally 'remedied' the problem of Basic Sanitation, for many years Investments in Collection and Sewer Treatment Systems was neglected. Once with some stabilization of population growth and the possibility of greater opening of the private market for this area, the Basic Sanitation Sector has been gradually demanding more projects and thus further improving this niche, which is also fundamental for economic growth and which directly impacts the quality of life and the workforce of the population.

With several projects for the implementation of Collecting Networks and Sewage Treatment System, Court also had the opportunity to operationalize large Investment Projects in Sanitation for the Private Sector, complemented with its wide field experience as well as some of the main Business Plans aimed at these types of Concessions.