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Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

One of the greatest fiscal challenges facing our elected officials is dealing with aging infrastructure. As the population grows and shifts, new classrooms must be built and equipped to meet our children’s needs. As roads and bridges wear out, they must be repaired or replaced to ensure our safety. And as outdated water lines begin to crack and fail, they must be upgraded to carry clean drinking water safely and efficiently. These examples are just a few of the demands confronting government officials as they struggle with the daunting task of matching limited funds to seemingly unlimited needs.

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Tags: TACIR, Tennessee, Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, TN
Posted in Funding, Infra Views, Local, Roads, Schools

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Better Buses: Three Ways to Improve School Transportation, in Under 3 Minutes

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017

School buses might not grab headlines, but they are a critical part of American K-12 education, providing millions of kids with a safe way to get to and from school each day.

But America’s school transportation system needs work — it’s expensive, inefficient, and slow to adjust to the changing education landscape.

To help people understand why we should be thinking differently about school transportation, we created a simple, 3-minute video explaining how school transportation works and doesn’t work for students, schools, and communities and how we can start thinking about solutions.

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Tags: Bellwether Education Partners, School Buses, school transportation
Posted in Buses, Equity, Public Transportation, Schools, Show Us Your Infra, Transit

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Broadband in Schools: Fulfilling Our Promise to America’s Students

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017

In 2017, the progress made possible by E-rate modernization continued, reducing the number of students without high-speed Internet access by 5.1 million and the number of schools without 21st-century broadband infrastructure by 45%, thereby setting the stage for the nation to deliver on our promise of digital equity by 2020.

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Tags: E-rate modernization, Education Superhighway, EducationSuperhighway, K-12, schools
Posted in Broadband, Equity, Funding, Infra Views, National, Schools, Technology

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Spending on educational facilities breaking records throughout the U.S.

Monday, September 25th, 2017

In 2016, about $88.9 billion was spent in educational construction work in the United States. That’s the largest year-over-year dollar value increase since 2008. And with enrollments increasing in classrooms in Pre-K to post-secondary public schools and colleges and universities, that trend is expected to continue, creating thousands of contracting opportunities for private-sector firms.

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Tags: Education, Mary Scott Nabers, PPPs, Strategic Partnerships Inc.
Posted in Guest Post, National, Private Investment, Schools, The Infra Blog

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Miles to Go: Bringing School Transportation into the 21st Century

Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

Despite its symbolic value, the yellow school bus creates significant operational and environmental inefficiencies in many districts—inefficiencies that increasingly drain district budgets, hamper families’ access to high-quality schools outside their neighborhoods, and damage the environment.

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Tags: Bellwether Education Partners, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, School Buses
Posted in Buses, Funding, Infra Views, National, Schools

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Interested in upcoming opportunities? Best not to overlook thousands resulting from bond elections

Friday, March 31st, 2017

General contractors, engineers, technology, security and architectural firms watch school bond elections carefully because the bond packages represent upcoming opportunities worth billions of dollars. One must wonder why thousands of other types of firms are not watching bond elections as diligently also…Here are just a few examples of school bond issues that were either recently approved or are up for approval in May of this year.

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Tags: Bonds, Construction, Contracts, Mary Scott Nabers, school bonds, Strategic Partnerships Inc.
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2017 Infrastructure Report Card

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Our nation is at a crossroads. Deteriorating infrastructure is impeding our ability to compete in the thriving global economy, and improvements are necessary to ensure our country is built for the future. While we have made some progress, reversing the trajectory after decades of underinvestment in our infrastructure requires transformative action from Congress, states, infrastructure owners, and the American people…Our nation’s infrastructure challenges are significant but solvable. Through strategic, sustained investment, bold leadership, comprehensive planning, and careful preparation for the needs of the future, America’s infrastructure will be improved and restored.

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Tags: 2017 Grades, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Infrastructure Report Card, Report Card
Posted in Aviation, Bridges, Dams, Drinking Water, Energy, Highway, Infra Views, National, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Schools, Seaports, Transit

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ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

ASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of current infrastructure conditions and needs, assigning grades and making recommendations to raise them. The 2017 Report Card found the national grade for infrastructure to be a D+. So what does that mean? Watch to find out and learn more at www.infrastructurereportcard.org

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Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Infrastructure Report Card, Report Card, Video, YouTube
Posted in Bridges, Broadband, Dams, Drinking Water, Energy, Highway, National, Public Transportation, Roads, Schools, Show Us Your Infra, Transit

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Get the Lead Out: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water for Our Children at School

Monday, February 20th, 2017

The health threat of lead in schools’ water deserves immediate attention from state and local policymakers for two reasons. First, lead is highly toxic and especially damaging to children — impairing how they learn, grow, and behave. So, we ought to be particularly vigilant against this health threat at schools and pre-schools, where our children spend their days learning and playing.

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Tags: drinking water, Flint, Lead, Michigan, PIRG, Public Health, Public Safety, schools, toxic, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Water Crisis
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2016 Report Card for Tennessee’s Infrastructure

Monday, October 10th, 2016

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE) TENNESSEE CHAPTER Executive Summary Tennessee, the “Volunteer State,” the “Country Music Capital of the World,” boasts the official slogan, “Tennessee – America at Its Best.” Already, Tennessee has been named “Best place to move to.” What would it take for Tennessee to be known as the “Home of America’s […]

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Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Infrastructure Report Card, Tennessee, TN
Posted in Aviation, Bridges, Dams, Drinking Water, Infra Views, Inland Waterways, Local, Public Parks & Recreation, Roads, Schools, Transit

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Archive for the ‘Schools’ Category

Building Tennessee’s Tomorrow: Anticipating the State’s Infrastructure Needs

Better Buses: Three Ways to Improve School Transportation, in Under 3 Minutes

Broadband in Schools: Fulfilling Our Promise to America’s Students

Spending on educational facilities breaking records throughout the U.S.

Miles to Go: Bringing School Transportation into the 21st Century

Interested in upcoming opportunities? Best not to overlook thousands resulting from bond elections

2017 Infrastructure Report Card

ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card

Get the Lead Out: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water for Our Children at School

2016 Report Card for Tennessee’s Infrastructure

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