Month: March 2014

There was a great editorial in the Economist newspaper this last week (March 22nd-28th). The world's infrastructure deficit according to the World Economic Forum is $1.0 trillion/year. Spending runs at $2.7 trillion and the need is $3.7 trillion. For reference,...

Impact Infrastructure, with Autodesk and Stantec hosted a workshop at the Globe 2014 Conference in Vancouver this week. The Business Case Evaluation Workshop was on "Prioritizing Investments for Sustainable Public Infrastructure Projects". Many communities are...

The term "business case" for infrastructure projects is being used for two very different types of analysis: A public private partnership (PPP or P3) business case involves a review of whether a P3 approach will deliver value for taxpayers or Value for Money (VfM)....

New Toronto office at the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) in the Annex, Toronto. Located at 720 Bathurst (South of Bloor). Two of the Toronto office's vehicles are shown in the picture too.

In the past year, Impact Infrastructure, LLC has released the Business Case Evaluator (BCE) for Stormwater Management and has completed the prototype for the Business Case Evaluator for Transit. These modules have been affiliated with the Institute for Sustainable...

For decades, cost-benefit analysis has helped municipal, state/provincial, and federal governments to justify infrastructure investments and communicate the benefits of these investments. Cost-benefit analysis can be used to prioritize spending and allocate funding to...

I am presenting this week at: EUCI's Canadian Transmission Summit, March 10-11, 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Transmission Summit March 10-11, 2014 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Summary This talk will discuss how business case analysis can be standardized...