The Alberta Infrastructure has announced the selection of a preferred team for the development of five schools PPP project in Alberta, Canada. 

The preferred bidder is a consortium Concert-Bird Partners, comprised of Bird Capital Limited Partnership, Bird Design-Build Construction Inc., Concert Infrastructure Ltd., Ainsworth Inc., BR2 Architecture and Wright Construction Western Inc.. Financial close is expected in the third quarter of 2021. 

The project involves the development of five high schools under the Design, Build, Finance, and Maintain (DBFM) contract. The schools will include two in Edmonton, and one each in Blackfalds, Leduc, and Langdon. Together, the schools will accommodate around 7,000 students.