America’s shifting social, political, economic, and environmental conditions have created rapid change. Leaders in industry and government are scrambling to respond. Their immediate focus appears to be on worker shortages, increasing costs, supply chain disruptions, and public safety but those issues are only at the top of an issues iceberg that looms large. In 2021, […]
The McKinney City Council authorized a draft request for qualifications (RFQ) on May 17 for the McKinney Housing Finance Corp. to enter a public-private partnership (P3) with a co-developer to build an affordable housing community of apartments. McKinney officials are interested in partnering with an experienced real estate developer to secure land in four Census […]
San Antonio International Airport is accelerating several major components of its $2.5 billion Terminal Development Plan (TDP) by streamlining the procurement process for building a new Terminal C and upgrading Terminal A. In an update to the City Council on May 18, Director of Airports Jesus Saenz outlined procurements scheduled to begin in the next […]
Rhode Island – A potential public-private partnership (P3) is one of the delivery methods the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is considering for development of the new Dorrance Street Transit Center at the intersection of Dorrance and Dyer streets in Providence. RIPTA released a request for expressions of interest (REOI) to gauge initial industry interest […]
Massachusetts – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools (BPS) that would invest $2 billion to construct and renovate district facilities, many of which date to the 1950s. The Green New Deal will accelerate work to decarbonize the city’s building sector, while delivering improvements to environmental health, justice, and safety […]
For entirely too many years, millions of U.S. citizens have struggled with little, if any, access to broadband. However, plans are evolving quickly now to resolve that problem. Congress has approved dozens of funding programs that allocate billions for broadband. State legislators throughout the U.S. also have allocated billions for broadband connectivity. The broadband expansion […]
Someone asked me recently if public-private partnerships (P3s) are just a fad or a delivery method that will ultimately be the country’s future. There’s no doubt about the answer. Public-private partnerships are here to stay. The federal government, realizing that public funding alone cannot cover critical infrastructure needs, continues to provide funding incentives, tax credits, […]
The University of North Texas (UNT) System will host a virtual pre-solicitation meeting at noon May 18 for programming and design services for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) building on its Dallas campus. Planned as an approximately 115,000-square-foot facility, this new building will feature flexible teaching and collaborative research laboratories, and active learning […]
The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) will spend $53 million connecting existing hiking, cycling, and running trails and building new ones using surplus revenues under a Tolls to Trailways plan. HCTRA’s plan envisions a network of 236 miles of trails, mostly adjacent to the county toll road system, accessible to runners, cyclists, and others. […]
Washington, D.C. – More than $240 million from the U.S. Department of the Interior is being invested in 46 projects to repair aging water infrastructure and increase drought resilience. The program, facilitated through the Bureau of Reclamation, includes significant repairs on canal linings, dam spillways, and water pipeline replacements. Projects selected for funding on May 9 […]
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