Public funds have to struggle against limitations to cover the cost of all the infrastructure required in for a country's development. This has led on a generalised basis to the use of extra-budgetary methods to finance works. The process is now becoming widespread throughout the developed world and it has made for an appreciable increase in bidding.
FCC Construcción usually takes a stake as a partner in consortiums created to bid on government tenders, if analysis of the concession in question shows suitable long-term returns.