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Japan Is Making Infrastructure Suppliers Part of Security Review
Japan has updated guidance for screening critical equipment and maintenance arrangements across essential services. Operators must disclose suppliers, control relationships, manufacturing locations and risk controls before specified infrastructure is introduced or outsourced.
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Mark and Focus Monthly · September 2026
The Rules of Delivery
Five apparently unrelated decisions reveal how governments and institutions are changing the way policy commitments become operating results.
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Busselton Is Converting Water Security Into Procurement
Australia has released the construction tender for a A$59.1 million Busselton water project, moving a new inland source, treatment plant and storage from planning toward delivery for 7,000 additional connections.
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UK–Philippines Infrastructure Finance Now Needs a Project Pipeline
The United Kingdom and the Philippines have finalized a financing framework that can bring UK Export Finance support to priority Philippine infrastructure.
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Durban Is Using a Planned Shutdown to Build Water Reliability
eThekwini will interrupt Southern Aqueduct supplies for 48 hours to connect two major chambers under Work Package 6. The disruption is a controlled step in replacing an aging bulk-water system that serves southern and central Durban.
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Brazil Is Building Rural Water Intelligence From the Sensor Up
Brazil’s Giságua model combines field sensors, remote transmission and predictive tools to help public operators detect rural supply failures and water-quality risks.
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Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Benefits for Urban Resilience
Rooftop rainwater harvesting turns fast roof runoff into a local supply for irrigation, sanitation and cleaning while easing pressure on drainage systems.
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Canada’s Tilbury Decision Tests Coordinated Impact Assessment
Canada has approved the Tilbury Phase 2 LNG expansion after a substituted British Columbia assessment, relying on legally binding federal conditions and provincial mechanisms to reduce duplication while retaining environmental and Indigenous protections.
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