He may be the President-elect, but by trade, Donald Trump is a billionaire businessman and developer. Most believe it was his business acumen that resulted in his successful campaign for the presidency. And while some of his campaign promises were a little unconventional – a wall between the U.S. and Mexico strong enough to stop […]
Companies in water-related industries will soon be inundated with prospects for government contracting opportunities as a result of passage of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN). After months of debate and give-and-take, the long-awaited comprehensive federal water bill was just approved by the U.S. House and Senate and should be signed into law by President Barack Obama very soon.
Millions of voters went to the polls last week. After voting for state and national leaders, Texans cast affirmative votes for almost $5B in bond packages. Voters approved more than $4.8 billion in local bond elections – creating immediate contracting opportunities worth millions of dollars for companies of every size and type throughout the state. […]
While hundreds of infrastructure projects languish for want of funding, experts say that last year alone, the top 30 global infrastructure equity funds raised enough capital to finance $724 billion dollars’ worth of these projects. Funding is not a problem! Interestingly enough, the United States was home to five of the top 10 and 10 […]
You don’t have to live in Flint, Michigan, to be the victim of exposure to less-than-safe drinking water. A recent report by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) estimates that last year, millions of Americans were served by water systems with multiple lead-related violations. The violations point to the increasing need for upgrades to water […]
Toll roads, clean and renewable energy, water and wastewater treatment plants – not the typical projects one would expect to find in the investment portfolio of a public pension plan. Remarkably, these types of income-generating, long-term asset infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly appealing, attracting billions of public pension investment dollars annually in the United States. […]
America’s infrastructure is crumbling – our roads, bridges, schools and water plants. While government officials are eager to address these growing needs, funding sources are scarce. There is an alternative solution to paying for infrastructure projects with funding other than local, state and federal allocations. But, according to a report released this week by the […]