Month: July 2014

I like a clean desk and desktop. Infraworks, Civil 3D and Commuter I have a couple of icons from software I am using a lot. Here is my current desktop. Over the next couple of posts I'll try to explain why each of these if blowing my mind with the current capabilities...

Use of the Value of Statistical Life (VSL) Approach for Valuing Heat Mortality Risk To the extent possible, Impact Infrastructure (II LLC) has followed EPA guidance for valuation of risk in AutoCASE. The EPA itself has not opined on the appropriateness of valuing the...

This is the last installment of a four-part blog post on CBA-BIM(Review: 1, 2, 3). Today, I’ll talk about how CBA-BIM can be used for informed, socially equitable, and defensible sustainable infrastructure and resiliency decisions. CBA-BIM for Informed, Socially...

In the last episode of Marrying Cost-Benefit Analysis with BIM (CBA-BIM) I got to the meat of CBA-BIM - the linking of geography and economics. This episode will present an example. Example: Transit Infrastructure and Social Equity How much local residents will...

From: Pima County » Government » Regional Flood Control District » Floodplain Management » Low Impact Development Cost Benefit Study "Pima County Regional Flood Control District (RFCD) and Pima Association of Government (PAG) contracted with Impact Infrastructure, LLC...

In the last episode of Marrying Cost-Benefit Analysis with BIM (CBA-BIM) I introduced the concept and talked about the benefits of CBA-BIM. The meat of CBA-BIM is the linking of geography and economics. Distance decay functions – Linking Economics and Geography...

There are annoyances to living in Canada. Being the lesser, poor, cousin of the US (or as Bike Snob NYC says United States of America also known as Canada's gratuitous undercoating etc.) we have to put up with deadlines and conference calls on Canada Day (July 1st)...