In the eastern part of Manchester, HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions GmbH, designed, financed and renewed the Wright Robinson Sports College. Since it handed over the new school to the client in September 2007, the company now also is responsible for operating the facility. The Sports College was HOCHTIEF's first public-private partnership (PPP) project in the field of public-sector building construction abroad. To realize the project, HOCHTIEF and Barclays Private Equity plc established the project company Manchester Schools Services Ltd. in which both partners hold a 50 percent share.

The new schools complex for 1,800 pupils has a size of 19,000 square meters and features state-of-the-art sports facilities. The college covers an area of just under 14 hectares, including exterior premises. The project volume totals around EUR 170 million.