Aug 4th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

  Public-private partnership (P3) engagements are continually becoming more common and that is because of two basic reasons. First, significant amounts of funding are required – but rarely available – for large and complex projects that carry multi-million-dollar project costs. Secondly, many projects require specific types of unique expertise that public entities do not have […]

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Aug 2nd 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
unpsplash healthcare photo
unpsplash healthcare photo

Billions of dollars are available throughout the country for new healthcare facilities, and many of them will be designed to provide mental health services. The needs related to behavioral health are great in America, and the growing number of individuals waiting for services and support is escalating at alarming rates. Because of that, the upcoming […]

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Jul 28th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
unsplash office computers
unsplash office computers

Technology is evolving so fast that it’s almost impossible to stay current with the newest offerings. The benefits and capabilities are extremely significant. Because of that, billions of dollars are currently available for technology modernization in public entities at every jurisdictional level of government. Federal funding is available for both state and local government officials, […]

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Jul 26th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
partnership handshake
partnership handshake

Looking into the short-term future, it’s clear that public funding is not adequate to cover all the country’s critical infrastructure needs. That’s why it has become common for Congress to place new stipulations on grant funding that is available to state and local governments. These changes now incentivize, or in some cases mandate, private sector […]

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Jul 21st 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
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architecture g6e7d98286 1280

Big construction and development projects are extremely prominent in the government sector. Funding is being consolidated from federal grants, economic development budgets, state allocations, and local bond elections to tackle big initiatives that will create not only jobs but also provide ongoing revenue generation for governmental entities. Examples of projects currently on launch pads throughout […]

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Jul 19th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities, Water Projects by Mary Scott Nabers
water treatment plant pixabay
water treatment plant pixabay

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated the largest amount of funding ever to be invested in the country’s water resources.  More than $50 billion was earmarked to specifically improve the country’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. In addition to that funding, almost every state has also increased its funding commitments to improving water infrastructure.  Water […]

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Jul 14th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities, Public-Private Partnerships (P3) by Mary Scott Nabers
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infrastrucutre pixabay

Procurement, like everything else, is continually evolving. That is especially true today because so many procurements are large, complex, and one-of-a-kind. The increased use of public-private partnership engagements is also spurring changes in the way projects are procured. Additionally, a large percentage of the federal funding currently available for infrastructure projects calls for private sector […]

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Jul 12th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
Rendering of the Ala Wai bridge. Courtesy of the city and county of Honolulu.
Rendering of the Ala Wai bridge. Courtesy of the city and county of Honolulu.

The director of a federal program with a very long name – Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity – just announced that more than $2 billion has just been awarded to officials at the state and local levels of government. The new funding was allocated to various types of new infrastructure projects throughout the […]

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Jul 7th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
Jesse Hall. Courtesy of the University of Montana.

It is impossible to predict with certainty the total success of any new, complex project, but public officials strive to do everything possible to lessen risk factors. A feasibility study is one way to examine the practicality of any project. The final report outlines risks and evaluates all aspects of a project including the economic […]

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Jun 28th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

America’s infrastructure, which includes every critical component of life for citizens, is receiving long-overdue attention. With available funding, cities, counties, institutions of higher education, school districts and hospitals are launching projects of every size and type, and most of the funding is coming from the federal government or private sector investments. It is important to […]

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Jun 21st 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

Federal funding is still flowing to state and local government officials. Approximately $306 billion appears to currently be in transition. Most of this funding is coming from one of the very first large funding bills passed by Congress – the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The funding is available for a wide variety of projects […]

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Jun 16th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

Although Congress began passing bills to make historic and massive amounts of funding available to state and local governments a couple of years ago, much of the funding is still waiting to be claimed. There are two reasons for that. The federal government does not move quickly. Once the legislation was signed, funding was directed […]

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Jun 14th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

America’s airports are abuzz as big changes take place. Upgrades, expansions, diverse transportation options, and all kinds of new amenity projects are either underway or being prepared for launch. Planning is rampant as air travel is modernized, made safer and more convenient. However, the current activity and the projects underway at airports today will likely […]

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Jun 9th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

It would be difficult to think of any type of contracting or technology solution that could not find an immediate implementation opportunity somewhere in the United States today. Project launches scheduled to start through 2023 and 2024 ‘cover the waterfront’ and they all require construction, engineering, security, landscaping, all types of technology and more. The […]

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Jun 7th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

There’s an abundance of federal funding just waiting to be lavished on passenger rail projects in America. A massive amount of assistance and support will be available for light rail transit, heavy rail transit, commuter rail, intercity rail and high-speed rail projects throughout the country. Many of the earliest projects will launch first in the […]

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Jun 2nd 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

America’s water systems have languished for decades, and a day of reckoning is finally here. Throughout America, water infrastructure is in dire need of attention, repairs and immediate upgrades but that is about to change. The inattention to critical water needs was never intentional, the problem was funding. There simply was never enough revenue to […]

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May 31st 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

Even as a potential recession dampens the enthusiasm for commercial spending plans, the public sector continues to advance large, complex projects of record-breaking magnitude. This is partially because public officials have many funding options, and they are faced with critical infrastructure needs. Many are using alternative funding and innovative methods to deliver infrastructure projects of […]

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May 26th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

It is that time of year again – hurricane season! Unfortunately, natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more destructive. Within the last couple of decades, the U.S. has faced a dramatic rise in the number of weather-related disasters and the cost of damages has exceeded $1 billion. Throughout the 2000s, the country experienced an […]

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May 24th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

Late last year, a survey of 38 state IT directors found that over half were focused on modernizing old legacy technology systems. The officials also reported having difficulty finding and retaining employees with the expertise required to carry out legacy modernization efforts. Because of that, technology contracting firms are in high demand to modernize legacy […]

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May 19th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
Photo courtesy of the University of Tennessee Knoxville

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is spearheading a federal initiative to make STEM curriculum (science, technology, engineering and math) a fundamental priority in America’s education system. Federal officials will increase funding to support the implementation of high-quality STEM programming for students. The new federal initiative is already having a noticeable impact on public university […]

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May 17th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers
Photo courtesy of the San Jacinto Museum

Sites listed on the National Park Service’s Register of Historic Places are getting lots of attention, and there is an abundance of funding available for upgrades to facilities located on them. Funding and support are available because these sites and the benefits they provide preserve the country’s legacy and also spur economic development in regions […]

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May 12th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, News, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

The new federal budget – the one proposed for 2024 – requests $74 billion to upgrade government technology. This reflects a 13% increase over the amount of federal money allocated for technology in 2023. The allocation is long overdue. In fact, it is almost impossible for public entities to manage mandates with the outdated technology […]

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May 10th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

Government can be extremely confusing, and it is often difficult to get information about how things work. So, now that there is so much public funding available for projects of all types, it seems important to raise the visibility of good funding sources and try to help people know how to access them. Infrastructure investment […]

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May 5th 2023 | Posted in Mary Scott Nabers' Insights, News, Opportunities by Mary Scott Nabers

Local governments have no shortage of reasons to invest in new parks. The available funding is incredibly abundant. It’s available because park enhancement projects deliver so many critical benefits – coastal resilience, economic development, greener environments, community enhancements and improved connectivity. Public park projects can be funded from many sources, but one very lucrative source […]

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