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This Trend Will Significantly Impact Public and Private-Sector Leaders
Public officials in government are asking difficult questions about how to deliver critical infrastructure projects. Their concern is real, and their questions are valid because the trend of delivering large projects through public-private partnerships (P3s) is...
North America’s Infrastructure Projects Are Healthiest in the World: 2022 Project Momentum INdex
North America's infrastructure projects are meeting deadlines and being completed more efficiently than in any region in the world, according to the 2022 Construction Project Momentum Index released by GlobalData, North America's construction sector was given a 1.31...
New 2020 Census Datasets Postponed Until 2023
The Census Bureau announce that several rounds of 2020 Census data on U.S. residents will be made public on 2023. The data, regarding age, sex, race and household relationships of U.S. residents, will be released on May 2023. The following month (June 2023), data on...
Nebraska Passes P3 Bill
Nebraska's Governor signed a law late last month which allows the state's Department of Transportation to enter public private partnerships. The state will likely use the P3 model for an upcoming state expressway project. From the Bond Buyer: Nebraska is likely to use...
Legal Issues in Broadband Public-Private Partnerships: Finding a Private Partner
A growing number of local governments are coming to see fiber broadband networks as essential infrastructure for the 21st century, infrastructure that is capable of driving and supporting simultaneous progress in just about every area of significance to their...
What 24 P3 Projects Taught Researchers About Innovation
P3 projects are understood to be uniquely ripe for innovation, as they combine procurement and long-term collaboration between parties. But what kinds of conditions create the most innovative P3 projects? Researchers in Belgium studied 24 P3 projects, through surveys...
Federally-Funded Infra Projects Must Use USA Materials: New Guidance
In accordance with the "Build America, Buy America" sourcing guidelines in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, contractors working on federally-funded infrastructure projects will be required to procure US manufactured construction materials. The 17-page...
Weather-Related Disasters Creating Need for Public, Private-Sector Services
Climate change has been the cause of immeasurable damage over the last few decades, and there is no end in sight. In addition to the tragic loss of lives, natural disasters have impacted at least some part of the infrastructure in every region of the country. To halt...
The Era of the Broadband Public-Private Partnership: New Trends and Opportunities in the Wake of COVID-19
A remarkable wave of public-private collaboration in broadband is underway—a wave that began in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and will likely reach a crest in the next few years as many tens of billions of dollars of public and private capital are invested...
$420 Million in Federal Funds Headed for Rural Water Infrastructure
Through funding made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the US Department of Agriculture announced that it will invest $420 million in rural water infrastructure. The funding will be distributed to 132 projects in the 31 states. Furthermore, Reuters also...
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