How to Think Like A Developer: Getting the Most from Public/Private Partnerships
By Amanda Arnold, AICP and Mike Scholl, EDFP Have you ever wondered why one redevelopment project moves forward while another one stalls? What makes it work for the developer? How can a jurisdiction create incentives for developers, and what should those incentives be? Too often communities are left asking, “Did we give away too much?”… Read More »
Tags: commercial real estate, economic development, financing, funding strategies, Grants, negotiation, Public Private Partnership, real estate development, real estate funding, Urban Planning
How Much Weight is Too Much for a Bridge? Engineers’ Ratings Have the Answer
In mid-May of 2018 a driver crossing a bridge in the Town of Lafayette in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, noticed something was wrong with the bridge. Town officials quickly saw the problem – the bridge had a major crack in the deck, and a pier pile holding up the bridge had buckled, causing the bridge to… Read More »
Tags: Bridge Closure, Bridge Design, Bridge Inspection, Federal Highway Administration, Load Ratings, Pier Pile, Structural Design, Structural Inspection
How Do You Know What Roads are Good Candidates for Mill and Overlay?
By Mark Petersen, PE Structural layer coefficient. Excavation below subgrade. K values. Cold in-place recycling. If those terms aren’t familiar to you, not to worry. Transportation engineers are well-versed in the vocabulary of road repairs, and you can rest assured that what’s happening on the other side of those orange barrels is for the benefit… Read More »
Tags: Alligator Cracking, Asphalt, Concrete, Highway Design, Highway Engineering, Longitudinal Cracking, Mill and Overlay, Roadway Rehabilitation, Transverse Cracking