Hundreds of local government officials are scrambling because their 2018 plans for affordable housing projects have been turned upside down as a result of the new tax bill. Most were planning to use federal tax credits for upcoming projects. The federal tax credits in the past have accounted for funding at least half of all […]
Here’s a market segment worth monitoring in 2018 – social infrastructure. If social infrastructure is not a familiar term, think of it as construction related to social services – healthcare (hospitals), education (schools and universities), public facilities (courthouses, prisons and administration offices) and transportation projects of all types. Social infrastructure projects are often public-private partnership […]
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, coastal cities will, without question, soon be reviewing flood prevention infrastructure planning. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other governmental agencies are too stretched at the moment to help, but most regions don’t intend to wait. The devastation caused by flooding has become entirely too […]
At a time when there is scant funding for roads, bridges, water treatment plants, broadband expansion and airport expansions, there seems to be ample funding for urban renewal in most of the country’s major cities. The reason is understandable…infrastructure projects are large and have usually been funded by the state or federal government. Unfortunately, that’s […]
Fourteen percent of all commercial buildings in the United States are owned by federal, state or local government bodies. And that 14 percent is having a major impact on the reduction of energy consumption in this country. Spurred by a presidential executive order for federal buildings to reduce energy intensity (consumption of energy per square […]
Finding something on which U.S. voters can agree is a difficult task these days. Here’s an exception. The majority of registered voters participating in a recent national survey agree that the nation’s infrastructure – from roads and bridges to railways, dams and water pipelines – is in dire need of repair. According to the results […]
Success in the $1 trillion government marketplace boils down to perfecting your strategy. Three important strategies – planning, influencing and teaming – are discussed in Onvia’s 3 Expert Strategies for High Impact Government Sales strategy guide. Strategic Partnerships, Inc. President and CEO Mary Scott Nabers joined two other government contracting experts in sharing guidelines and […]