Almost every correctional facility in America is old, inefficient, costly to operate and overcrowded. Very few have adequate space for education and rehabilitation services and almost none have critical care space for healthcare and mental health services. The U.S....
A less known, and often overlooked, federal program, the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), continually provides millions in funding to support projects that upgrade, repair, or improve the sustainability of historic sites and facilities. The federal law that created...
School doors will open for the start of the 2023-24 school year with many campuses under construction. Hundreds of new planned construction and renovation projects will launch during this current school year. In fact, billions of dollars have already been approved for...
Bridge projects currently in the planning phases are abundant throughout the country. Most are large and complex and the majority fall into the category of critical infrastructure. The examples that follow point to commonalities that can be found in planning...
City and county budgets for 2024 are either approved or about to be approved throughout the country. Analyzing the planned expenditures for upcoming projects provides interesting insight into upcoming contracting opportunities of all types. Construction projects are...
CPS Energy, owned by the city of San Antonio, will launch a request for proposals soon for up to 50 megawatts of additional community solar arrays, up from six megawatts capacity today. The utility aims to secure federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. An...
The Department of the Interior announced a $152 million investment under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West. Six water storage and conveyance projects are expected to develop at least 1.7 million...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Is it possible to build solar farms on three closed landfill sites? Waco intends to find out by conducting a feasibility study for the project. Bids for the solar farm construction could open in mid-2024, with construction beginning when the 238-acre Waco Regional...
California — The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San) received a $227.5 million boost to help construct the Harvest Water Program, a conjunctive-use project that will supply treated wastewater to agricultural lands and provide wildlife...
Ports across the United States are always active, but they are rarely as busy as they are currently. New project launches have become the norm, and there is an abundance of funding available now and for the next several years for critical infrastructure projects at...
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...
For the first time in history, the Texas A&M System will receive over a billion dollars in new funding from the state of Texas. The $1.19 billion in funding allows the A&M System to act on three priorities: keeping college affordable, keeping Texas prepared to...
California — The Board of Governors for the California Independent System Operation (CAISO) recently approved a strategy to build thousands of miles of high-voltage transmission lines. The $7.3 billion Grid Modernization Plan works toward decarbonizing energy...
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...
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...
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...
