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5-Year, $3.7-Billion Chicago Capital Projects Plan Clears Finance Committee, Headed for Council Vote

ENR Construction

The city of Chicago's new five-year capital plan calls for road, sewer and Lake Michigan and Chicago river work, but requires $1.4 billion in new borrowing for the first two years alone.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

Construction Marketing

Even infrastructure projects like roads and sewers. The goal of every construction project management is to complete the project, and the balancing of resources, finances, time, and feasibility plays a crucial role in its completion. . Tall skyscrapers, tourist attractions, factories, homes.

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Can Looser Zoning Rules Help the Housing Shortage? Biden Thinks So

Pro Builder

Local regulations on environmental protection and road, school and sewer capacity often have strong support among residents, who generally want to keep property values high. Housing Policy + Finance. Read More. . Government + Policy. Affordability. Government + Policy.

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How NAHB Members Can Benefit From Biden’s New Infrastructure Measure

Pro Builder

For the past three years, the NAHB has been fighting to restore an exemption for water and sewer contributions in aid of construction (CIAC). . The new law ends a tax liability for builders installing new water or sewer infrastructure to support additional housing in areas served by a corporate, for-profit water utility.

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The benefits and drawbacks of mixed-use development

The Korte Company

Examples of this include: A single or significantly fewer costly sewer tap-ins. Depending on where these developments are planned, a municipality may have to improve roads, sewers and electrical services. Financing is another concern. But they’re still comparatively more difficult to finance.

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What were the "Experts" thinking?

PSMJ Resources

Some of these problems are simply a failure of supposedly responsible individuals not following long established and fundamental financing practices. One of the basic rules in financing any purchase is that you match the length of the financing to the usable life of the assets. The simplest example is car financing.

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New Partnership Releases Guide To Stimulate Private Investment In Natural Infrastructure

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In the wake of Superstorm Sandy and 2012’s unparalleled extreme weather events, a new green infrastructure financing guide was released by the NatLab consortium—a collaboration between the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Nature Conservancy , and sustainable asset management firm EKO Asset Management Partners.