A bridge development project involves the planning, design, and construction of a structure to span a physical obstacle like a river, road, or valley. It starts with feasibility studies, site analysis, and engineering assessments to determine the best location and design. The project includes securing permits, budgeting, and coordinating with stakeholders. During construction, safety, durability, and minimal environmental impact are key priorities. The goal is to improve connectivity, reduce travel time, and support economic activity.
This Finance Model provides a dynamic (up to 15 years) forecast and profitability analysis for a Bridge development and operating scenario. The main purpose of the model is to enable users to get a solid understanding of the financial feasibility of the project and to evaluate the return to investors.
The structure of the template follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.
Model Structure
* Setup Assumptions
This section is used to input all the assumptions for the project.
It includes assumptions for Project Timing, Bridge Development Budget, Revenue Assumptions (Toll Collections and Ancillary sources), Direct & Indirect Operating Expenses, Capital Expenditures, Uses & Sources of Cash, and Debt Financing
* Development Budget
This section includes all assumptions for the Bridge development.
It includes Land Costs, Hard Costs , Soft Costs, Development Contigencies and Development timing
* Loan Schedule
Loan amortization Schedule of project's debt including an optional moratorium and interest-only (IO) period.
* Scenarios
Scenario Ananysis for Bridge Traffic, Revenue, and OpEx using 3 different approaches (Base, Upside and Downside scenario).
* Project Cash Flows and Return Metrics
Presentation of Project's Cash Flow and Returns including the below reports:
– Monthly and Quarterly Project Cash Flow per Year
– Annual Project Cash Flow
– Financing and Tax Supporting Schedules
– Breakeven Analysis and Key Performance Indicators
– Unlevered & Levered Project Return Metrics (IRR, MOIC, Payback, NPV)
– Project Dashboard including performance metrics and charts
* Investors Distribution Waterfall
A Private Equity 2-Tier Investors Distribution Waterfall Model including LPs Preferred Return (Hurdle Rate)
* Project Executive Summary
Professional Executive Summary report containing all of the high-level relevant information for review and is designed to be easy to read, print, and save to pdf. The report includes Project General Info, Timing, Sources, and Uses of Cash, Operations Summary and Key Metrics, Project and Investor return metrics.
Instructions on the use of the model are included in the Excel file.
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