Price is Not Value
The pandemic has highlighted some important price/value mismatches and I’d like to explain how what we, at Autocase, do and how it fits into the post-pandemic world.
Economics
Post-Pandemic Stimulus – Autocase’s post-pandemic call to arms – Part 4
All governments, infrastructure planners, designers and decision makers need to adopt a triple bottom line cost benefit analysis approach for building and infrastructure decisions to ensure that users, the environment and all stakeholders are best served by a post-pandemic stimulus package.
Setting a New & Better Course – Autocase’s post-pandemic call to arms – Part 3
As we re-build the economy, we need to make sure that what we build reflects our values and that “public values help shape private value”. We need Triple Bottom Line Costs Benefit Analysis (TBL-CBA) to measure value and set priorities.
Reassessing What is Essential and Important – Autocase’s post-pandemic call to arms – Part 2
It has been noted that despite the pandemic, the natural world doesn’t care and perhaps even doing better since the economy has been shuttered. As we re-build we need to remember that the economy serves us, economic growth is not an end in and of itself.
Back to Normal – Autocase’s post-pandemic call to arms – Part 1
It is becoming increasingly clear that people want a different “normal” after the pandemic. As governments spend, we hope we take the opportunity to think, debate, review, and plan for a smart recovery to a better quality of life. Autocase’s post-pandemic call to arms – Part 1
How to Fix the Canada Infrastructure Bank
The Canada Infrastructure Bank should give us projects for the people and the planet as well as profit.
It is Time to Reclaim the Public Interest
As we rush towards possibly environmentally damaging projects or other get-someone-rich-quick schemes we need to make sure we are doing so with our eyes wide open. Cost Benefit Analysis reduces all dimensions of a decision – people, planet, profits – to one: net welfare. Are we, as a group, better off? This well-established and standardized approach needs to be used much more to guide us in our project and policy decisions. CBA values society’s best interests, the public interest.
People, Data & Automation Trends
Two big trends will dominate the future for architects, engineers, and planners.
GIS and Autocase to Optimize Stormwater Value
Where is the best place for a rain garden? If water quality or urban heat island is my primary concern which green infrastructure feature should I use?
Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis Make the Case for Green Infrastructure in Pima County
How an Arizona County Quantified the Business Case for Two Green Infrastructure Development Sites—and Got the Go-Ahead for Even More
