Brief History CRG is an international consortium of three companies who came together to bid for road construction projects under the Irish Government’s National Development Plan (NDP), 2000-2006.   The NDP allowed for a Public Private Partnership Programme (PPP) to fund the construction of several infrastructure projects, three of which were won under tender to CRG, namely the Dundalk Western By-pass PPP Project, Waterford By-Pass PPP Project and Portlaoise By-Pass PPP Project.. Public Partnership The Irish Government under its National Development Plan (NDP) 2000 – 2006 allowed for a Public Private Partnership Programme to fund the design, construction and maintenance of several key infrastructural projects. The National Roads Authority (NRA) along with the relevant Local Authorities are the Public Sector partners, they award the contracts under tender competition and oversee all elements of the construction and maintenance of the roads. 14 construction projects were put out to tender, of which CRG won three of these projects. For further detailed information please refer to the NRA website on www.nra.ie The organisations involved in the CRG companies are - NTR, Royal BAM, Iridium and Land Securities Trillium. NTR Royal Bam Iridium Semperian NTR plc is the leading private sector developer, financier and operator of public and environmental infrastructure in Ireland. Established in 1978 as National Toll Roads, NTR began business as a developer and operator of toll roads. Today, NTR concentrates and successfully operates in five sectors Roads, Renewable Energy, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment and Telecommunications. Royal BAM Group nv is active in the Construction and property, Civil engineering, Public-private partnerships, Mechanical and electrical contracting and Consultancy and engineering sectors. In addition, BAM has an interest in a dredging company that operates worldwide. Iridium S.A. is part of GRUPO ACS, being recognised as World Leader by PUBLIC WORKS FINANCING since 1994 with a number of transport concessions – motorways, airports, ports and railway – all around the world. Current concessions include the Thames Gateway (A13) project and Darrington – Dishforth (A1), both under construction in the UK. Semperian owns and manages over 100 assets with a value of £1.3 billion. Its team of over 140 people ensure that public sector partners and investors alike, enjoy the beneftis of an unrivalled body of experience in the sector. Semperian is founded upon long term relationships between the public sector and our investors, many of whom are public pension funds.