Shalini Vajjhala from re:focus partners discusses innovative ways to conceive of and finance solutions that increase resiliency and either reduce costs or stop financial losses.
Challenges in Replication and Scaling of PEDs – Technical and Organisational ...Dirk Ahlers
Presentation at: NordicEdge 2021 Smart City Research Symposium | Workshop: Positive Energy Districts as vehicle towards smart and sustainable cities | 22.09.2021
Dirk Ahlers, Annemie Wyckmans
NTNU – Smart Sustainable Cities Group
Fortum is developing new digital services for consumers as part of its mobility strategy. This includes Plugsurfing, which handles users, contracts, and billing for over 65,000 charging points across 200+ networks. Fortum aims to invest in, collaborate with, and co-create with startups to provide clean, free energy and reduce personal car ownership through mobility as a service platforms.
The Sharing Economy in the Transportation IndustryMichaelGraff14
The document summarizes the sharing economy in the transportation industry. It discusses how ridesharing services like Uber satisfy consumer needs for accessibility and flexibility without long-term commitments. It also notes the massive growth potential of the sharing economy from $14 billion in 2014 to an estimated $335 billion by 2025. However, it raises ethical dilemmas around how ridesharing impacts pre-existing taxi companies and drivers. The document proposes a new concept called "UberStock" that would allow drivers to invest in Uber and earn shares in the company from driving, addressing issues around driver compensation.
This document discusses different types of bikeshare systems including station-based, dockless, and hybrid systems. Station-based systems require bikes to be returned to and docked at a station, while dockless systems allow free-floating return of bikes without stations. Bikeshare systems provide opportunities to address short-distance transportation needs in dense urban areas and collect user data. However, they also face threats like theft, vandalism, and competition from other mobility services. The conclusion discusses how bikeshare systems can help promote more sustainable transportation.
This document discusses public-private partnerships and how cities can utilize technology and open data to empower communities and drive innovation. It provides examples of how Helsinki has become a leader in smart city initiatives through open data platforms, apps competitions, and living labs that bring together public, private, and community partners to collaborate on solving urban challenges. The document advocates for a smart city strategy based on open collaboration across sectors to develop digital services and technologies that improve everyday life.
This document discusses public-private partnerships and how cities can utilize technology and open data to empower communities and drive innovation. It provides examples of how Helsinki has become a leader in smart city initiatives through open data platforms, apps competitions, and living labs that bring together public, private, and community partners to collaborate on solving urban challenges. The document advocates for a smart city strategy based on open collaboration across sectors to develop digital services and technologies that improve everyday life.
Challenges in Replication and Scaling of PEDs – Technical and Organisational ...Dirk Ahlers
Presentation at: NordicEdge 2021 Smart City Research Symposium | Workshop: Positive Energy Districts as vehicle towards smart and sustainable cities | 22.09.2021
Dirk Ahlers, Annemie Wyckmans
NTNU – Smart Sustainable Cities Group
Fortum is developing new digital services for consumers as part of its mobility strategy. This includes Plugsurfing, which handles users, contracts, and billing for over 65,000 charging points across 200+ networks. Fortum aims to invest in, collaborate with, and co-create with startups to provide clean, free energy and reduce personal car ownership through mobility as a service platforms.
The Sharing Economy in the Transportation IndustryMichaelGraff14
The document summarizes the sharing economy in the transportation industry. It discusses how ridesharing services like Uber satisfy consumer needs for accessibility and flexibility without long-term commitments. It also notes the massive growth potential of the sharing economy from $14 billion in 2014 to an estimated $335 billion by 2025. However, it raises ethical dilemmas around how ridesharing impacts pre-existing taxi companies and drivers. The document proposes a new concept called "UberStock" that would allow drivers to invest in Uber and earn shares in the company from driving, addressing issues around driver compensation.
This document discusses different types of bikeshare systems including station-based, dockless, and hybrid systems. Station-based systems require bikes to be returned to and docked at a station, while dockless systems allow free-floating return of bikes without stations. Bikeshare systems provide opportunities to address short-distance transportation needs in dense urban areas and collect user data. However, they also face threats like theft, vandalism, and competition from other mobility services. The conclusion discusses how bikeshare systems can help promote more sustainable transportation.
This document discusses public-private partnerships and how cities can utilize technology and open data to empower communities and drive innovation. It provides examples of how Helsinki has become a leader in smart city initiatives through open data platforms, apps competitions, and living labs that bring together public, private, and community partners to collaborate on solving urban challenges. The document advocates for a smart city strategy based on open collaboration across sectors to develop digital services and technologies that improve everyday life.
This document discusses public-private partnerships and how cities can utilize technology and open data to empower communities and drive innovation. It provides examples of how Helsinki has become a leader in smart city initiatives through open data platforms, apps competitions, and living labs that bring together public, private, and community partners to collaborate on solving urban challenges. The document advocates for a smart city strategy based on open collaboration across sectors to develop digital services and technologies that improve everyday life.
PlaceTech Trend Talk London - First Base PlaceTech
Barry Jessup discusses First Base, a major mixed-use developer in London, Brighton, Bristol, and Oxford. First Base focuses on place creation, high quality architecture and design, genuine mixes of uses, economic and environmental sustainability, delivering social value, and embracing new technology. Jessup argues that the real estate industry is slow to adopt technology due to antiquated planning processes, Victorian construction methodologies, oligopolistic lease structures, and convoluted legal titles, making it ripe for disruption from big tech companies. First Base focuses on delivering at scale and speed, designing in smart tech, sustainability, modern lease structures, social value, and providing a "Living Lab" environment for new ideas from communities.
We invite investment, in 3 categories, into a new Resilience Brokerage Fund RESBR to be used to complete development and deployment of a unique prototyped Resilience Brokerage software Platform resilience.io into most countries of the world by 2023. Resilience.io supports planning and investment in resilient city development, and has embedded Apps for the best clean technologies to be included in project pipelines.
We invite a minimum of 4 “Core Platform Builders” to invest $5m each for a 6 year term to receive annual interest and dividends.
We invite clean technology investors to invest $2m each for a 6 year term, to receive annual interest and use of the resilience.io platform with 4 Apps for their technologies added.
We invite Geographic investors to make a minimum grant investment of $500,000 for exclusive use of resilience.io in their region/country for integrated land use planning and investment.
This document summarizes 5 major trends in parking policy in North America: 1) Rethinking the role of parking to focus on livable cities rather than an entitlement, 2) Increased use of public-private partnerships to finance parking infrastructure, 3) A focus on sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of parking, 4) Leveraging new technologies like robotic parking and payment systems to improve operations, and 5) Recognition of parking management as a professional field and means to generate revenue. Specific examples of large public-private partnership deals and technologies being adopted are provided.
Towards Engaged Cities: Technology and Civic Drivers in the USCrowdsourcing Week
By Pierrick Bouffaron. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2016. For more information and details on our next event, visit www.crowdsourcingweek.com.
Roope Ritvos Forum Virium Helsinki #1: Discovering Innovation Ecosystemsinnovationhubs
- The Helsinki innovation ecosystem has many actors including 7 universities, 4 cities, and over 10 public and public-private organizations that develop the ecosystem. Some key industries include ICT, well-being, tourism, cleantech, and design.
- Forum Virium Helsinki acts as a connector within the ecosystem by focusing on smart cities, digital service innovation, startups, open innovation, and being agile.
- The document discusses different perspectives on the Helsinki smart city ecosystem including culture, policy, supports, markets, human capital, and finance.
Understanding Smart Cities as Social MachinesDirk Ahlers
Presentation at the 4th International Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Social Machines SOCM2016 at WWW2016.
Paper is here:
http://www2016.net/proceedings/companion/p759.pdf
More details: http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~there/
Kaisa Hernberg discusses how cities can become smarter through technology-based services. As cities face problems like pollution and traffic congestion, they cannot always solve these issues alone. Traditionally, cities own and operate infrastructure and services, but a new paradigm views the city as an open platform where citizens, startups, and communities create new services and facilities. The document provides examples of Vancouver allowing tech companies to test technologies on municipal assets, benefiting companies and the city. It also discusses mobility and heating solutions emerging from sharing economies, renewable energy, and increased efficiency. For these new approaches to work, cities need openness, removed restrictions, a commitment to collaboration, and an understanding of their core roles and assets.
Presentation done at the London Summit of the Leaders the 16th April 2014.
http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/speakers-london-summit-of-leaders-11-12-april-2014
A Smart City Ecosystem enabling Open Innovation - I4CS2019Dirk Ahlers
A Smart City Ecosystem enabling Open Innovation. Dirk Ahlers, Leendert Wienhofen, Sobah Abbas Petersen, Mohsen Anvaari. 19th International Conference on Innovations for Community Services (I4CS 2019). Paper presentation, 20190625. Part of the +CityxChange project
In June 2016, with the culmination of 18 months work by the the team from IIER, Imperial College, Future Earth Ltd and the Trust, we visited Accra to debut the WASH sector prototype of our modelling app at the Accra International Conference Centre, 22nd June 2016.
resilience.io is an open-source, collaborative
human, ecological, economic, resource systems, modelling platform to enable “public good”
we also showed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGyCyxyatAQ
Globe Forum Gdansk Theme Session Innovation And IntegrationPeter Horsten
The document discusses sustainable innovation and integration through examples from various cities. It introduces William Kamkwamba, a student from Malawi who built a windmill from spare parts to power his family's home. It also discusses light rail projects in Salt Lake City and Amsterdam's efforts to become a smart city. Sustainable urban development is defined as improving quality of life through ecological, cultural, social and economic means without burdening future generations with reduced resources or excessive debt.
A smart city uses information and communication technologies to be more efficient, sustainable and liveable. It functions as a platform where citizens and businesses can collaborate and utilize data, technology, innovations and services. The city of Tampere, Finland has created a smart city ecosystem with the mission to accelerate growth for businesses and improve citizens' welfare. It focuses on six key themes: smart health, smart industry, smart mobility, smart government and citizens, smart buildings, and smart energy, water and waste. The ecosystem aims to attract talent, increase competitiveness and quality of life through collaborative projects within these themes.
Iris webinar - Creating smart city business models v4.pptIRIS Smart Cities
In this webinar, Utrecht University presents recipes to generate smart city business model ideas. Also, a blueprint for a Business Incubation Program will be showcased by incubator UtrechtInc, to guide teams behind the respective ideas to revenue and scale.
Advanced Software for Optimized Energy SystemsAdvisian
Advisian is introducing an open platform to optimize energy system design and project delivery. The platform automates design optimization for engineers by integrating building loads, solar, batteries, microgrids and other energy resources. It also connects to equipment specification and pricing databases from manufacturers. The goal is to accelerate deployment of distributed energy systems to improve energy resilience through value engineering and connecting stakeholders in the planning process. Examples shown include microgrids for municipal and community centers integrating solar, batteries and generators.
The clean tech ecosystem in Barcelona is small, but solid. New models of clean tech use IT as a key elements (cleanweb). Here some insights about its players, what works, and what needs to be improved.
Accelerating smart city roll out: blending social & economic factors to boost...IRIS Smart Cities
Replicating smart city technologies across multiple districts or across Europe is a major challenge. We need faster deployment of existing and proven pilot initiatives to stand a chance of hitting environmental targets. Deployment and adoption of solutions from a blended social and economic aspect is key to accelerating this roll out. Mauritz Knuts of Vaasa Region Development Company and Co-Chair of a European working group on replicating smart city solutions about scaling up and transferring smart city technologies spoke at a Smart Tampere event in early 2020 to discuss how to make things happen.
The document summarizes the Ghent Living Lab project in Ghent, Belgium. The Ghent Living Lab aims to tap into the creative power of Ghent citizens and digital creatives by bringing people and creative digital forces together to develop solutions to challenges. It creates a network of citizens, digital agencies, researchers, and the local government to co-create products and services closer to end-users' needs using an interactive website. Maintaining stakeholder engagement and finding the right balance between technological and non-technological solutions will be ongoing challenges for the Ghent Living Lab.
The document summarizes several topics from a publication called Skylines Volume 6 Issue 21 Fall 2015. It discusses the NYC Department of Building's plans to transform through new initiatives like a new Office of Risk Management and Industry Code of Conduct. It also mentions a 10-story timber tower project coming to NYC that was awarded funding through the US Tall Wood Building Prize Competition to encourage mass timber construction. The summary provides high-level information about the content and purpose of the document in under 3 sentences.
A New Generation of Practical Web-based Tools for Sustainability ProfessionalsSustainable Brands
In the grand scheme of things, sustainability teams -- wherever they exist -- are very recent additions to companies' formal organizational structures. As such, many of them are facing the disadvantage of no pre-existing commonly-accepted best practices or tools to use in their work. Sustainability professionals are often overwhelmed by the distance they have to cover between setting high-level goals and figuring out what specific steps they can take to make meaningful progress. This workshop, led by a thought leader with a few decades of experience in the field, former Leader of the Sustainability Transformation & Sustainability Strategy practice at Deloitte, will reveal a new wave of practical tools aiming to help automate common sustainability-team workflows.
PlaceTech Trend Talk London - First Base PlaceTech
Barry Jessup discusses First Base, a major mixed-use developer in London, Brighton, Bristol, and Oxford. First Base focuses on place creation, high quality architecture and design, genuine mixes of uses, economic and environmental sustainability, delivering social value, and embracing new technology. Jessup argues that the real estate industry is slow to adopt technology due to antiquated planning processes, Victorian construction methodologies, oligopolistic lease structures, and convoluted legal titles, making it ripe for disruption from big tech companies. First Base focuses on delivering at scale and speed, designing in smart tech, sustainability, modern lease structures, social value, and providing a "Living Lab" environment for new ideas from communities.
We invite investment, in 3 categories, into a new Resilience Brokerage Fund RESBR to be used to complete development and deployment of a unique prototyped Resilience Brokerage software Platform resilience.io into most countries of the world by 2023. Resilience.io supports planning and investment in resilient city development, and has embedded Apps for the best clean technologies to be included in project pipelines.
We invite a minimum of 4 “Core Platform Builders” to invest $5m each for a 6 year term to receive annual interest and dividends.
We invite clean technology investors to invest $2m each for a 6 year term, to receive annual interest and use of the resilience.io platform with 4 Apps for their technologies added.
We invite Geographic investors to make a minimum grant investment of $500,000 for exclusive use of resilience.io in their region/country for integrated land use planning and investment.
This document summarizes 5 major trends in parking policy in North America: 1) Rethinking the role of parking to focus on livable cities rather than an entitlement, 2) Increased use of public-private partnerships to finance parking infrastructure, 3) A focus on sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of parking, 4) Leveraging new technologies like robotic parking and payment systems to improve operations, and 5) Recognition of parking management as a professional field and means to generate revenue. Specific examples of large public-private partnership deals and technologies being adopted are provided.
Towards Engaged Cities: Technology and Civic Drivers in the USCrowdsourcing Week
By Pierrick Bouffaron. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2016. For more information and details on our next event, visit www.crowdsourcingweek.com.
Roope Ritvos Forum Virium Helsinki #1: Discovering Innovation Ecosystemsinnovationhubs
- The Helsinki innovation ecosystem has many actors including 7 universities, 4 cities, and over 10 public and public-private organizations that develop the ecosystem. Some key industries include ICT, well-being, tourism, cleantech, and design.
- Forum Virium Helsinki acts as a connector within the ecosystem by focusing on smart cities, digital service innovation, startups, open innovation, and being agile.
- The document discusses different perspectives on the Helsinki smart city ecosystem including culture, policy, supports, markets, human capital, and finance.
Understanding Smart Cities as Social MachinesDirk Ahlers
Presentation at the 4th International Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Social Machines SOCM2016 at WWW2016.
Paper is here:
http://www2016.net/proceedings/companion/p759.pdf
More details: http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~there/
Kaisa Hernberg discusses how cities can become smarter through technology-based services. As cities face problems like pollution and traffic congestion, they cannot always solve these issues alone. Traditionally, cities own and operate infrastructure and services, but a new paradigm views the city as an open platform where citizens, startups, and communities create new services and facilities. The document provides examples of Vancouver allowing tech companies to test technologies on municipal assets, benefiting companies and the city. It also discusses mobility and heating solutions emerging from sharing economies, renewable energy, and increased efficiency. For these new approaches to work, cities need openness, removed restrictions, a commitment to collaboration, and an understanding of their core roles and assets.
Presentation done at the London Summit of the Leaders the 16th April 2014.
http://www.summitofleaders.co.uk/en/speakers-london-summit-of-leaders-11-12-april-2014
A Smart City Ecosystem enabling Open Innovation - I4CS2019Dirk Ahlers
A Smart City Ecosystem enabling Open Innovation. Dirk Ahlers, Leendert Wienhofen, Sobah Abbas Petersen, Mohsen Anvaari. 19th International Conference on Innovations for Community Services (I4CS 2019). Paper presentation, 20190625. Part of the +CityxChange project
In June 2016, with the culmination of 18 months work by the the team from IIER, Imperial College, Future Earth Ltd and the Trust, we visited Accra to debut the WASH sector prototype of our modelling app at the Accra International Conference Centre, 22nd June 2016.
resilience.io is an open-source, collaborative
human, ecological, economic, resource systems, modelling platform to enable “public good”
we also showed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGyCyxyatAQ
Globe Forum Gdansk Theme Session Innovation And IntegrationPeter Horsten
The document discusses sustainable innovation and integration through examples from various cities. It introduces William Kamkwamba, a student from Malawi who built a windmill from spare parts to power his family's home. It also discusses light rail projects in Salt Lake City and Amsterdam's efforts to become a smart city. Sustainable urban development is defined as improving quality of life through ecological, cultural, social and economic means without burdening future generations with reduced resources or excessive debt.
A smart city uses information and communication technologies to be more efficient, sustainable and liveable. It functions as a platform where citizens and businesses can collaborate and utilize data, technology, innovations and services. The city of Tampere, Finland has created a smart city ecosystem with the mission to accelerate growth for businesses and improve citizens' welfare. It focuses on six key themes: smart health, smart industry, smart mobility, smart government and citizens, smart buildings, and smart energy, water and waste. The ecosystem aims to attract talent, increase competitiveness and quality of life through collaborative projects within these themes.
Iris webinar - Creating smart city business models v4.pptIRIS Smart Cities
In this webinar, Utrecht University presents recipes to generate smart city business model ideas. Also, a blueprint for a Business Incubation Program will be showcased by incubator UtrechtInc, to guide teams behind the respective ideas to revenue and scale.
Advanced Software for Optimized Energy SystemsAdvisian
Advisian is introducing an open platform to optimize energy system design and project delivery. The platform automates design optimization for engineers by integrating building loads, solar, batteries, microgrids and other energy resources. It also connects to equipment specification and pricing databases from manufacturers. The goal is to accelerate deployment of distributed energy systems to improve energy resilience through value engineering and connecting stakeholders in the planning process. Examples shown include microgrids for municipal and community centers integrating solar, batteries and generators.
The clean tech ecosystem in Barcelona is small, but solid. New models of clean tech use IT as a key elements (cleanweb). Here some insights about its players, what works, and what needs to be improved.
Accelerating smart city roll out: blending social & economic factors to boost...IRIS Smart Cities
Replicating smart city technologies across multiple districts or across Europe is a major challenge. We need faster deployment of existing and proven pilot initiatives to stand a chance of hitting environmental targets. Deployment and adoption of solutions from a blended social and economic aspect is key to accelerating this roll out. Mauritz Knuts of Vaasa Region Development Company and Co-Chair of a European working group on replicating smart city solutions about scaling up and transferring smart city technologies spoke at a Smart Tampere event in early 2020 to discuss how to make things happen.
The document summarizes the Ghent Living Lab project in Ghent, Belgium. The Ghent Living Lab aims to tap into the creative power of Ghent citizens and digital creatives by bringing people and creative digital forces together to develop solutions to challenges. It creates a network of citizens, digital agencies, researchers, and the local government to co-create products and services closer to end-users' needs using an interactive website. Maintaining stakeholder engagement and finding the right balance between technological and non-technological solutions will be ongoing challenges for the Ghent Living Lab.
The document summarizes several topics from a publication called Skylines Volume 6 Issue 21 Fall 2015. It discusses the NYC Department of Building's plans to transform through new initiatives like a new Office of Risk Management and Industry Code of Conduct. It also mentions a 10-story timber tower project coming to NYC that was awarded funding through the US Tall Wood Building Prize Competition to encourage mass timber construction. The summary provides high-level information about the content and purpose of the document in under 3 sentences.
A New Generation of Practical Web-based Tools for Sustainability ProfessionalsSustainable Brands
In the grand scheme of things, sustainability teams -- wherever they exist -- are very recent additions to companies' formal organizational structures. As such, many of them are facing the disadvantage of no pre-existing commonly-accepted best practices or tools to use in their work. Sustainability professionals are often overwhelmed by the distance they have to cover between setting high-level goals and figuring out what specific steps they can take to make meaningful progress. This workshop, led by a thought leader with a few decades of experience in the field, former Leader of the Sustainability Transformation & Sustainability Strategy practice at Deloitte, will reveal a new wave of practical tools aiming to help automate common sustainability-team workflows.
The document summarizes the seven steps to real estate investments and financing using public-private partnerships (PPPs), as presented at a real estate conference in Turkey. It begins with an introduction and definitions of key terms. The seven steps are then outlined and include: ensuring PPP expertise, assessing the macroeconomic and environmental impacts, evaluating project risks, structuring the financing, conducting feasibility studies, preparing cash flow statements, and ensuring good corporate governance. Two case studies of successful PPP projects are provided: the Lekki Toll Road project in Nigeria and the Ji'nan Wastewater Treatment project in China. The presentation concludes that following PPP best practices can effectively deliver infrastructure projects that benefit both the public and private sectors.
How to Save a Planet - On a Budget: Hour 2: Public Private Partnerships for R...Social Media Today
The webinar discusses financing green infrastructure projects on a budget through public-private cooperation. It features speakers from Siemens Financial Services, CH2M HILL, and the US Green Building Council who will discuss stimulus programs, the economic case for renewable infrastructure investments, and examples of green infrastructure projects financed through innovative public-private models. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions and share thoughts on social media using the #GreenFinance hashtag.
Construction Sector| The United States| Analysis and Commentarypaul young cpa, cga
Total Construction
Construction spending during June 2021 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,552.2 billion, 0.1 percent (±1.2 percent)* above the revised May estimate of $1,551.2 billion. The June figure is 8.2 percent (±1.3 percent) above the June 2020 estimate of $1,435.0 billion. During the first six months of this year, construction spending amounted to $736.5 billion, 5.4 percent (±1.0 percent) above the $698.8 billion for the same period in 2020.
1. Construction Materials – https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/news/construction-materials-shortage
2. Input costs - https://www.bdcnetwork.com/construction-input-prices-continue-rise
3. Outlook - https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/270560923/global-infrastructure-construction-market-2021-industry-outlook-present-scenario-of-manufacturers-analysis-and-research-study-by-2027
4. Lumber - https://theorca.ca/visiting-pod/lumber-seen-as-the-bad-guy-for-rising-housing-costs/
5. 3D - https://constructionreviewonline.com/machinery-equipment/7-advantages-of-using-a-3d-printer-in-construction-projects/
6. Automation - https://constructionreviewonline.com/management/construction-industry-goes-robotic/
7. Robots - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-how-robot-carpenters-could-help-solve-canadas-housing-crisis/
8. Robots - https://www.forconstructionpros.com/construction-technology/news/21271661/purdue-construction-robots-can-match-building-materials-to-bim
9. Technology - https://www.rhumbix.com/10-new-construction-technology-trends-to-watch/
10. Risks - https://riskandinsurance.com/sponsored-3-ways-the-construction-industry-can-build-resiliency-into-risk-management/
11. Infrastructure https://infrastructurereportcard.org/
Empowering citizens to turn them into co-creatorsof demand-driven public services. CO-CREATION methodology, supporting platform and tools. Ecosystem of co-created artefacts. Open Government enablling
Optimize Process Management to Improve Business Outcomes - Webinar, September...Aconex
This document discusses collaboration challenges on infrastructure projects and how Aconex's collaboration platform can help address them. It summarizes experiences from the US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District and other global projects. Aconex provides a single integrated platform for information and process management across the project lifecycle. It allows for greater visibility, control and structure of key project processes like RFIs and submittals. The platform has been used on over $800 billion in projects worldwide.
GR is a professional consulting firm providing, consulting, documentation and representation with authorities in offering one stop Liaison solutions. to navigate the complex government approval process, resolve regulatory, bureaucratic and other hurdles to achieve their commercial objectives..
We are a team of qualified and experienced professionals with a proven track record serving a broad spectrum of clients- MNCs, Indian Corporations, Global Trading Organizations.
We bring a broad range of experience and network to offer services that provide end to end solutions in successfully addressing all the regulatory and licensing requirements, obtaining government clearances, and liaison across all related government agencies, across all types of business verticals..
We work closely with our clients to develop strategies and implementation plans that provide concrete savings to the bottom line.
"We are an interface between an entrepreneur and Govt. and regulatory bodies having solutions to all your problems."
Project Management:
Project Management methodology is based on best practices taken from PMI (USA) and PRINCE 2 (APMG –UK) standards.
Extensive experience in Deploying resources with experience in projects that involve
Value Engineering, Designing and Building Green Infrastructure
Optimum land use based on topography and impact on the environment
Infrastructure development (roads, traffic, water supply, electricity and waste management)
Shopping Malls with Multiplexes and Multilevel Parking
Rich experience in project management software such as MS Project and Primevera
This document discusses some of the key contractual and governance challenges for smart city projects. It notes that smart cities require huge investments but also long payback periods with significant risks. There are many stakeholders involved and impacts on citizens. Engaging the private sector poses challenges around commercial models for providing public services. Other challenges include establishing clear revenue models, regulatory risks, legal issues around data privacy and network security, and ensuring competition. Financing smart city projects and establishing the appropriate regulatory framework are also difficult challenges that will require innovative solutions.
Sarah Fahmy, of the Strategic Content Alliance, on the challenges faced by library, cultural heritage and other related sectors with the current financial situation.
Looks at the consequences for digital projects at this time, but also shows how these problems can be mitigated.
Private and Public Partnerships Move MainstreamKerry Carey
All across the country, infrastructure projects are in need of repair, and creative organizational solutions are in-demand. Public-Private Partnerships are long-term contracts between a private party and a government entity allowing for an alternative approach to federal, state and municipal construction projects. The private party bears a large share of risk and management responsibility, and remuneration is linked directly to performance. This webinar discusses the nature of this collaboration across sectors.
Presented by:
Gregory Fitch
Black and Veatch
View the on-demand webinar: http://cpe-wpi.hs-sites.com/construction-project-management-webinar-series
Ensuring community participation is key to inclusive economic growth and social reforms. A social equity model based on public-private partnerships that includes local communities as partners can help make growth more inclusive. Such a model establishes collaborative community structures on the ground to ensure social equity along with infrastructure growth. It leverages the public sector's delivery capabilities, private sector expertise, and creates an institutional structure to promote awareness. Financing is easier when the government, corporations and community all take part in the infrastructure value chain.
This presentation was held during the 5th GIB Summit, May 27-28 2015.
The presentation and more information on the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation are available on www.gib-foundation.org
This document discusses tools for implementing community benefits programs in California. It provides an overview of the legal authority for such programs, key considerations in designing them, and examples from Santa Monica, Berkeley, San Diego, and Mammoth Lakes. The document recommends distinguishing baseline requirements from community benefits, using economic analysis to demonstrate reasonable relationships, establishing clear procedures, and monitoring programs over time.
This slide deck was used at my presentation during PM Labs in Moscow on Nov 18th 2010.
The purpose of this session was to demonstrate best in class practices for IT product and service development. It showed tools and techniques that allow project and product managers to select most promising idea, develop, and successfully launch it in the market
Public-Private Partnerships - Business & Legal IssuesLou Milrad
This document discusses public-private partnerships (P3s) and provides an overview of their key aspects. It defines P3s as cooperative ventures between public and private sectors that allocate resources, risks, and rewards to best meet public needs. The document outlines various P3 models and their characteristics. It also addresses the advantages and challenges of P3s, how to allocate risks, examples of P3 experience in Canada and other countries, and generally positive public opinion of P3s.
Analytics play a critical role in supporting strategic business initiatives. Despite the obvious value to analytic professionals of providing the analytics for these initiatives, many executives question the economic return of analytics as well as data lakes, machine learning, master data management, and the like.
Technology professionals need to calculate and present business value in terms business executives can understand. Unfortunately, most IT professionals lack the knowledge required to develop comprehensive cost-benefit analyses and return on investment (ROI) measurements.
This session provides a framework to help technology professionals research, measure, and present the economic value of a proposed or existing analytics initiative, no matter the form that the business benefit arises. The session will provide practical advice about how to calculate ROI and the formulas, and how to collect the necessary information.
This document discusses value capture as an alternative infrastructure funding method and decision-making tool. It defines value capture as collecting a portion of increased land and property values generated by new public infrastructure to help fund the infrastructure. The document argues that value capture could help fill Australia's infrastructure funding gap by capturing some of the economic benefits of infrastructure projects that currently only benefit private landowners. It provides examples from other countries where value capture has successfully funded a significant portion of infrastructure costs. The document recommends Australian governments undertake pilot programs to explore applying value capture approaches.
The Virginia Tech Modeling and Simulation Center provides modeling and simulation services to support economic development, education, and decision making for complex problems. The Center focuses on environmental restoration, emergency response, energy optimization, and more. It has state-of-the-art hardware and software for visualization, GIS, and virtual reality. Current projects include modeling groundwater contamination and remediation, air particulate loading, soil remediation, and energy system design optimization. The goal is to support businesses, attract new companies, and create jobs in Virginia.
Similar to NJ Future Lincoln Institute Resiliency Symposium 10 30-14 Vajjhala (20)
This document summarizes a presentation about new green infrastructure rules in New Jersey. The presentation discusses key changes to rules regarding stormwater management, including new definitions of green infrastructure, major development, and regulated surfaces. It outlines requirements for using green infrastructure best management practices to meet water quality, recharge and quantity standards. The presentation also addresses interim implementation activities until the new rules take effect in 2021 and training available from the NJDEP. The purpose is to help developers understand and navigate the new requirements.
NJ Redevelopment Forum 2020 - Morning Plenary - MallyaNew Jersey Future
This document outlines a policy roadmap to promote health equity and help all New Jersey residents live healthy lives. It identifies 13 policy priorities across 3 areas: healthy children and families, healthy communities, and high-quality equitable health systems. The priorities include improving maternal and child health, ensuring access to housing, food, and transportation, expanding access to mental health services, and fostering collaboration across state agencies. The next steps are to engage stakeholders and fund community groups to help implement the recommendations.
NJ Redevelopment Forum 2020 - Morning Plenary - HollisNew Jersey Future
This document discusses the impacts of climate change on public health and environmental justice communities through the built environment. It notes that climate change is exacerbating health issues like asthma and heat-related illnesses. Those most at risk include the homeless, outdoor workers, children, elderly, and low-income communities and communities of color. As the climate changes, adaptation is needed in how infrastructure is built to protect vulnerable groups and ensure more resilient communities. The document calls for policies and market incentives to reflect climate change risks and for urgent action on climate change as a public health emergency.
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Governor Parris Glendening gave a presentation on climate change, inequity, and the role of redevelopment at the New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum on March 6, 2020. He discussed how climate change and demographic shifts are threatening communities and exacerbating inequities, and how redevelopment can help address these challenges by creating more walkable, transit-oriented, and resilient places that meet the needs of changing demographics. Redevelopment, smart growth, and transit-oriented development were presented as ways to confront these threats and build more equitable and sustainable communities.
The document is a presentation on the Pinellas Gateway/Mid-County Area Master Plan. It includes images and diagrams showing the proposed redevelopment of the area with a transit hub, multi-use trails, green infrastructure, manufacturing and industrial buildings, and open multi-purpose spaces. The presentation discusses attracting specialized manufacturing and implementing complete streets and safe intersections as part of the redevelopment. It concludes by thanking the audience and providing contact information for more details on the Gateway Master Plan.
This document summarizes key information from Sean D. Moriarty, Esq., Chief Advisor for Regulatory Affairs at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, on climate change challenges facing New Jersey and two executive orders signed by the governor to address these issues. It notes that sea levels are expected to rise significantly in New Jersey by 2100 and beyond, and that Executive Order 89 establishes a statewide climate change resilience strategy while Executive Order 100 directs regulatory reforms to mitigate and adapt to climate change through reducing carbon emissions and incorporating climate risks into land use regulations. Stakeholders are invited to provide comments on New Jersey's climate protection efforts.
This document discusses approaches to urban resilience for cities. It identifies various shocks and stresses that cities face such as flooding, economic inequality, inadequate infrastructure, and more. It also outlines levers that cities have within their sphere of influence to help address these challenges, such as their expense and capital budgets, government assets, procurement processes, zoning laws, tax policies, and ability to form partnerships. Infrastructure focused initiatives through partnerships between government and other sectors can help cities tackle a variety of stresses.
This document provides information about establishing and operating a stormwater utility. Some key points:
- Over 1,700 stormwater utilities operate in the US, ranging from populations of 88 to over 3 million served.
- Utilities are created by ordinance and provide dedicated funding for stormwater management services.
- Services typically include infrastructure, permitting compliance, education, and more.
- Fees are usually based on impervious surface area using an Equivalent Residential Unit. Credits can incentivize green infrastructure.
- Partnerships can help smaller municipalities by sharing services, equipment, and expertise. Various financing options are also available.
This document discusses 13 lessons learned about implementing green infrastructure. It begins by describing proposed changes to New Jersey regulations that would require non-structural stormwater management strategies and minimum standards for recharge, runoff quality and quantity to be met using green infrastructure for major developments disturbing over 1 acre of land. It then provides lessons such as locating green infrastructure strategically, maintaining it long-term, using engineered soil, capturing water from all areas, and how green infrastructure can benefit and engage communities. The overall message is that green infrastructure is an effective approach for managing stormwater and achieving regulatory goals while creating aesthetic and ecological benefits.
The document summarizes New Jersey's stormwater management rules. It discusses amendments made in 2018-2019 that were adopted in March 2020, with an effective date of March 2021. Key changes include requiring the use of green infrastructure to manage stormwater close to its source, establishing drainage area limitations for certain GI BMPs, clarifying definitions, and requiring stormwater quality, quantity, and recharge standards to be met on-site for each drainage area.
This document outlines a collaborative project between New Jersey Future, the Village of Ridgewood, and Age Friendly Ridgewood to create an aging-friendly community in Ridgewood. It was funded by the Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation. The project aims to improve pedestrian safety and mobility, expand housing diversity and affordability, and create a more vibrant downtown area. Main goals include engaging residents, improving intersections for pedestrians, exploring housing options for older residents, improving street furniture and lighting at bus stops, and implementing a phased plan for sidewalk and crosswalk improvements.
This document discusses smart growth and form-based code approaches to community planning. Smart growth encourages compact, walkable development with a mix of uses, housing types, and transportation options. Form-based code regulates physical form to achieve a specific urban context. It uses standards for streets, blocks, and building heights/types to create predictable, vibrant neighborhoods. Both approaches aim to integrate development, reduce sprawl, foster livability and sustainability for people of all ages.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Isaac D. Kremer, Executive Director of the Metuchen Downtown Alliance, about creating an age-friendly community through tactical urbanism projects. Some key points:
- Since 2009, $100 million has been invested in Metuchen through redevelopment projects focused on arts/culture, food, greenery, public spaces, streets, and storefront improvements.
- Examples of tactical urbanism projects that enhanced public spaces and the pedestrian experience include a sidewalk piano, guerrilla art installations, parklets, bike share programs, and street furniture.
- Storefront improvement consulting and small grants helped fund 30 facade renovations, increasing property values and attracting new businesses.
AARP works to promote livable communities for people of all ages. They define a livable community as having affordable housing, community services, and transportation options to facilitate independence. As America ages, more older adults want to remain in their homes and communities for as long as possible. AARP advocates for walkable neighborhoods with a variety of housing, transportation, healthcare and other services to support aging in place. Their initiatives like community challenge grants and age-friendly networks help communities become more livable for residents of all generations.
Cars were tearing along streets in Detroit at high speeds of up to 20 miles per hour in the summer of 1917, dodging pedestrians and horse teams, resulting in 31 people being killed in car crashes within two months and many injuries that were not recorded.
The document discusses some of the challenges involved in managing redevelopment plans (RDPs) in Jersey City, New Jersey. It notes that Jersey City has 87 RDP areas adopted since 1952 to redevelop and revitalize parts of the city. However, RDPs can become outdated and fail to account for changes in surrounding contexts. Other challenges include reconciling density standards between plans, amending plans, and ensuring plans support current trends in mixed-use and transit-oriented development. Redeveloping areas with expired or obsolete plans also poses difficulties.
This document discusses the adaptive reuse of old buildings by giving them new lives. It highlights how preserving historic buildings can revitalize neighborhoods while providing environmental benefits over new construction. The presentation provides several case studies of old buildings from the early 20th century that have been adaptively reused as hotels, apartments, and office spaces. It argues that adaptively reusing existing structures is more sustainable than demolishing them to build anew.
The document summarizes New Jersey's Land Bank Law, which allows municipalities to establish land bank entities to address vacant and abandoned properties. It describes the legal precedents that led to the law, including two cases where the courts found that land banking was not a valid public purpose for eminent domain. The summary explains the basics of how land banks can be established and operated under the new law, including their powers, procedures for acquisition and disposition of properties, requirements for public databases and community involvement, and the constitutional questions surrounding the use of eminent domain for land banking.
This document discusses the work of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Brownfield and Community Revitalization to promote revitalization in communities like Perth Amboy. It highlights how the office works with communities beyond traditional regulatory programs to support redevelopment opportunities. The office helped redevelop an abandoned steel plant in Perth Amboy into a new public park through partnerships that addressed environmental issues and community priorities.
This document discusses opportunity zones and the tax incentives provided under the Opportunity Zone program. It provides an overview of what opportunity zones are, where they are located, and the key tax benefits for investors including deferral of capital gains taxes, partial exclusions of capital gains, and the ability to exclude capital gains accrued on opportunity zone investments held for over 10 years. It also discusses eligible opportunity zone investments, the structure of opportunity funds, and some examples of recent deals.
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8. Infrastructure Innovation
Putting the focus on resilience
Designing flexible networks and whole systems
Capturing costs and benefits across multiple sectors
Reframing success to include “avoided losses”
Linking systems design and project finance
Iterative process of design and deal structuring
Aggregating projects across sectors
Reframing sequencing and delivery
Focus on where cities are currently losing money
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14. What is the Future of Infrastructure Finance?
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