Yesterday afternoon, 29 May 2018, BAM PPP – together with the Levvel consortium members Van Oord and Rebel – reached financial close with Rijkswaterstaat on the Afsluitdijk PPP project in the Netherlands. BAM Infra will be providing the design, construction and long-term maintenance in conjunction Van Oord Nederland. The contract value of the project is €550 million.
The Levvel consortium shareholders and equity providers are BAM PPP PGGM (46%), Van Oord Aberdeen Infrastructure (46%) and Rebel (8%).
Senior debt will be provided by the European Investment Bank using its Structured Finance Facility. Other facilities will be provided by Belfius Bank NV/SA, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH en Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. The financing is guaranteed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the central pillar of the Juncker Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe.
Rebel is the consortium financial advisor. Other consultants involved include legal advisers De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and BDO LLP as model auditor. Nauta Dutilh (legal), Atkins (technical) and AON Global Risk Consulting (insurance) advised the lenders.
Project details
The project involves the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the reinforced Afsluitdijk for a period of 25 years. On the Wadden Sea side, the causeway will be raised and reinforced with new facing. For this work, the consortium will use ‘Levvel-blocs’, innovative concrete elements that have been developed specially for the Afsluitdijk. The drainage locks at Den Oever will be expanded. If the water level in the Wadden Sea is high, then natural drainage is no longer possible. Levvel is therefore building two large pumping stations in Den Oever. Levvel’s discharge solution consumes as little energy as possible; “Natural discharge if possible, pumping if necessary”. This way, in the future, sufficient water can be drained from the IIsselmeer to the Wadden Sea in all weather conditions.
For the construction of the new pumps and the extra discharge capacity, the existing monumental “Spuisluizen” (drainage locks) in Den Oever remain intact and will be renovated. The innovative character of the project is also shown in the application of a floodgate of fiber-reinforced plastic in the fish migration river. In addition, the A7 will become safer by widening the emergency lanes. The design of Levvel pays attention to recreation and ecology, through construction of a cycle path on the Wadden Sea side along the entire length of the Afsluitdijk, ecological facilities along the dyke and fish-friendly pumps.
Further information:
- BAM PPP: Vicki Harris, +44 (0)141 779 8634, [email protected]
- Royal BAM Group (Press): Arno Pronk, +31 (0)30 659 86 23, [email protected]
- Royal BAM Group (Analysts): Joost van Galen, +31 (0)30 659 87 07, [email protected]
- PGGM (Press): Maurice Wilbrink, +31 (0)30 277 97 35, [email protected]
Date
30/05/18
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