More work planned than at any time since the 1990s, and fewer skilled workers than at any point in living memory. The contradiction shaping Portuguese building.
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Teixeira Duarte: A Century-Old Contractor and the Cost of Concentration
Six businesses, 22 countries and a century of history — plus the clearest lesson in Portuguese business about what single-market exposure costs.
Brisa: How Portugal’s Motorways Became a Pension Fund Asset
1,500 kilometres of Portuguese motorway, owned by pension funds in Amsterdam, Seoul and Zurich. How infrastructure became a financial product.
Portugal’s High-Speed Rail: A €4.8 Billion Bet Paid Over 30 Years
A 1h15 journey between Lisbon and Porto, built through three concessions and paid for across three decades. The structure, the numbers and the fiscal risk.
Mota-Engil: The Portuguese Contractor That Grew Up in Africa
Its first thirty years were spent entirely in Africa. Today Mota-Engil earns most of its money there again — with a Chinese state group holding a third of the equity.