Not a week goes by that I don’t receive a telephone call or a question from someone asking general bid protest questions. While a bid protest dispute will largely differ based on whether it is a local, state or federal project, here are some ways you can prepare:
In a room filled with more than a hundred highway and bridge contractors, yesterday Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam helped kick off the Tennessee Road Builder Association’s "Day on the Hill" event. Haslam’s was a welcome voice to this group of business men and women who wanted to hear about ideas for growth, as well as
Last week, I spoke at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Road Builders Association. Fellow speaker and lobbyist, Dave Bauer of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, gave a legislative update on the status of Federal transportation funding. During his talk, Dave suggested that Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) can help, but are not
My friend Kent Starwalt of the Tennessee Road Builder’s Association sent out a legislative update this morning about the tension between Obama Administration and the Republican controlled Congress on infrastructure investment.
According to the Stateline article, the divisions over transportation investment include high-speed rail, roads, bridges and access to high-speed internet:
The
This must be the week for transportation. Yesterday, I received an update from the Tennessee Road Builder’s Association about the acquisition of right of ways on Federal funded projects. According to a memo from TDOT’s Chief Engineer Paul Degges, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will be enforcing its policy that all property must be
As I drove into work this morning, Nashville Public Radio had a piece this morning about TDOT’s resistance to borrow for bridge construction. In case you did not know, TDOT employs a pay-as-you go method, which means the state will not borrow for new projects even when it has the opportunity.
Last year, the
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program was created under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) with a $1.5 billion dollar multi-modal discretionary grant program. It was designed to provide support for innovative transportation projects of national, regional, and local significance. The TIGER program included projects that were often difficult to fund under
If you are a contractor, you love hearing about these types of boxing tales: Contractor works his butt off. Owner benefits from the accelerated work. Contractor seeks early completion bonus. Owner rejects the claim based upon technicality. Contractor fights in court … fights on appeal … and wins!
That is exactly what happened in
In a new federal report released last week entitled "An Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment"(pdf), the Department of the Treasury, Council of Economic Advisers outlined why now is an optimal time to increase investment in transportation infrastructure.
The short twenty-five page report is, according to AGC, "a sobering reminder of the tremendous economic costs