Seeing projects on the ground changes how international contractors underwrite risk.
- 2024
- Construction
BIP’s immersive track is built on a simple premise: you cannot diligence a market from a hotel ballroom alone. Construction participants spent a full afternoon on active sites around Erbil.
Local developers walked guests through sequencing, materials logistics, and the labor realities that rarely appear in glossy investment decks.
International contractors used the visits to stress-test assumptions about schedule risk, subcontractor depth, and quality control — then brought sharper questions into the next morning’s dealroom.
At least three JV conversations that began as “exploratory” on day one left Erbil with draft scopes and named workstreams.
