For U.S. Contractors Abroad · International Practice

Bank-funded construction, prequalification, and in-country partners.

Bank-funded construction is a different business than domestic bidding, and it pays for the firms who learn it early.

We analyze and plan
We create the opportunity
We introduce and endorse
You win

What you get from us

Positioned through the agency, long before prequalification.
Qualified project opportunities Projects fed to your firm through our experience and network.
Unmatched access Relationship-building meetings with decision-makers that would take years to earn.
Our personal endorsement We put our reputation on the line supporting your firm as the winner.
Untapped markets We analyze your needs, then look where you have not competed.
Work likely to be won Knowledge means pursuits that are high quality and likely to succeed.

What we do

Eligibility, prequalification, local partners, and political risk stop most contractors before they start. We identify the projects two to three years out, position you through the executing agency, and assemble the in-country partnership the bank will expect to see on the team.

How we work

STEP 1 Analyze your business Your needs, strengths, and capacity, so every pursuit fits work you can win.
STEP 2 Plan where the margin is Untapped sectors, geographies, and funding sources where more money can be made.
STEP 3 Open the right doors Meetings with decision-makers that would otherwise take years to earn.
STEP 4 Position you to win Access plus market knowledge means pursuits likely to succeed.

Where we open doors abroad

A $150 billion market your competition decided was too complicated
The banks Procurement policy, eligibility, and the loan pipeline before it is public.
Executing agencies The client of record, who prequalifies and awards.
Ministries Governments shaping scope, packaging, and delivery method.
In-country partners Local contractors, sureties, and the joint ventures the banks expect.
Export credit & USTDA U.S. financing tools that make an American bid competitive.
EPC primes International primes who need a U.S. builder on the team.

Who we have worked with

Development banks, export agencies, and the international firms that build the work.

U.S. Trade and Development Agency · United Nations Development Business · Inter-American Development Bank · Khatib & Alami · Halliburton / Brown & Root · AECOM · Stantec · HDR · HNTB · Moffatt & Nichol · 3M · Lennar · AvalonBay Communities · Lincoln Property Company

Why that variety matters

We work every side of a bank-funded project: the lenders, the ministries, the executing agencies, and the firms who deliver. That is why we see a program two to three years before it is procured.

Where we deliver

The development banks Home market
World Bank, IDB, ADB, AfDB, and EBRD, plus the ministries and executing agencies that turn a loan into a project.
Twenty countries 20 countries & territories
Five continents of work, and a U.S. practice that keeps us credible with every one of them.
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Tell us about your project — where it is, what stage it has reached, and what you are trying to win. We reply promptly.

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