"Only big companies with hefty asset levels are allowed to bid for PFIs and the need for consortiums demonstrates that even big companies sometimes have trouble meeting the PFI rules, " says James Hastings of the Construction Forecasting and Research group.

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For example, in Ohio arcane and extremely inefficient rules (insisted upon by labor unions) have raised the cost of public construction well above that of private sector counterparts.

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The clean-up process might be hindered by pro-union rules such as the Davis-Bacon Act, which increases the cost of federally funded construction projects.

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Surely, they won't be like Renaissance Venetians who, when feeling punk, wantonly harvested the Padua garden, necessitating the construction of a wall, big gates, and columns at the entrance etched with the rules of conduct.

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The private construction of a whole new city, Lavasa, has been halted over the brazen flouting of planning rules, presumably with the connivance of politicians.

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