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CivMetrics believes in measuring and presenting critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. Our data covers selected critical types of community development, construction and programs. CivMetrics also seeks to provide macro context along with the micro details. See our actionable data and information regarding local economics, demographics, and market conditions. This includes data, RFPs, financing documents and other information on housing, labor, business conditions and demographics. Select any of the CivMetrics targeted topics for updated data, developments and directories.
CivMetrics Data, Documents and News
CivMetrics collects critical data, information and documents regarding local development, construction and governance. See our actional data and documents, including RFPs, financing documents and the latest stats on local metrics such as housing, labor, demographics and business conditions. Select a CivMetrics topic below for target data and documents.
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Development & Housing
Local development, housing and construction projects, including large public construction projects.
Economics
Data on employment, inflation, labor markets, local GDP, housing, and other critical measures of local economic and business conditions.
Infrastructure
Large infrastructure, such as airports, transit, ports, stadiums and other large scale projects.
Incentives
Credits and incentives in connection with new local development, expansion or company relocations.
Civic Services
Non-profit and government services, including large private service organizations, cultural institutions, and units of local government.
People & Livability
Demographics and livability information, such as crime, weather, pollution, health, and other quality-of-life measures.
Latest News
High-Profile Tech Startup Secretly Tested Its Predictive Policing In New Orleans
Palantir Technologies, founded by Peter Thiel and one of the most valuable privately-held companies in Silicon Valley, is named after magical stones in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth that allowed its users to see great distances even through solid rock. One unfortunate...
Massachusetts Trial Court Eliminates “Court Reporter” Position As Transcripts Become Automated
Despite some misgivings over the effectiveness of automated court recordings, the Massachusetts Trial Court will abolish all court reporter positions by June 30 this year. In their place will be an advanced digital audio recording system called For the Record....
Training Police Like Olympians: Data-Driven Use-of-Force Simulations Take Page Out of Elite Athletes’ Book
Expect use-of-force simulations to become increasingly sophisticated and data-driven in 2018. And in becoming so, police training will begin to mirror how elite athletes train for an event. Making simulations as real as possible has obvious benefits. And they are...
Tackling Trauma: Using Data to Mitigate Risks in School Sports
One of the biggest risks facing school administrators can't be found on the classroom, but rather on the field: many administrators around the country are worried sick about concussions and brain trauma stemming from football. Some 170,000 schoolchildren are treated...
The Weaknesses of Country Risk Maps
Country risk maps, with their bright colors and seemingly precise numerical values, are an excellent way to help clients visualize the data and the analysis that these maps are based on. They are easily digestible tidbits of information that are often used to compare...
Report: Insurers Who Dive Into AI Will Be in Industry-Leading Position
In 2017, an insurance technology start-up named Lemonade received a claim, verified it against its files, examined it for fraud, pronounced it valid, and paid the claim. All of these operations were done in three seconds. People were more than amazed. Everything about...
How the US Can Improve Workplace Injury and Illness Data
Thirteen people die every day in the United States as a direct result of their work. An industrial robot malfunctions, construction scaffolding collapses, a crucial relief valve sticks and workers die. Scores more die every day from diseases and other medical...
Researchers Show How Temporal Clustering Can Improve Flood Modeling
While severe weather events like Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Harvey dominate the news for weather-related disasters, the majority of insurance claims for weather-related events come from much more mundane, small-scale weather phenomena. Insurance companies have...
FEMA’s Models Drastically Underestimate Flood Risk, Study Says
The development of a newer, higher-resolution maps of the continental United States has a revealed a problem, according to researchers. At least 43 million people in the US may be affected by a 100-year flood, three times more than federal estimates currently predict,...
Could AI-Driven Insurance Reduce Gun Violence?
American has debated gun control for decades and it is now further away from a political solution than ever before. With mass shootings averaging one a week so far this 2018, gun control proponents have been loud and vocal. Gun advocates cling to their interpretation...
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