This article appeared in Buildings Magazine on Octoboer 1, 2018. Governments with networks of public buildings have unique opportunities to structure competition around building systems to produce both dramatic savings in life cycle cost and improvements in level of service. Examples of this include a school system, with multiple elementary, middle and high schools, is
Robert Wall’s December 29, 2018 article The Last 747: Airlines Dump the Jumbo Jet, Transforming International Travel remarkably captures what’s wrong with public infrastructure in 2019 – without mentioning the subject. Mr. Wall’s article is well worth reading – in full. The Boeing 747 – the giant of the sky – made its last flight
By John Brown Miller Governments with networks of public buildings have unique opportunities to structure competition around building systems to produce both dramatic savings in life cycle cost and improvements in level of service. An example is a school system, with multiple elementary, middle and high schools. This is a network of public buildings –
By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by civil + structural Engineer on August 1 2018.] This is Part 3 in a three-part series on the emergence of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Infrastructure. Part 3 describes a prototype application of the ERM methodology built by the author in Microsoft Excel™. To recap, ERM has emerged as
By Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published on line by Transport Topics on July 27, and in print on August 6, 2018.] Miller was professor of civil engineering at MIT, chair of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law, and is an expert on infrastructure procurement. Support for infrastructure has been historically a non-partisan issue,
By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by DC Velocity on July 16, 2018.] In 1987, Hong Kong burst onto the world’s infrastructure stage with a series of 30-35 year build/operate (life cycle) projects for tunnels, rail, water, and ports. When Hong Kong rejoined China in 1997, much of the colony’s core assets had been rebuilt, with
By: Dr. John Brown Miller The Trump administration’s Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America will add the measurement of outcomes against infrastructure plans to federal grant policy. That is a revolutionary change for the better. The program includes $200 billion in new, direct federal spending over a ten-year period, designed to attract $1.3 trillion in
Pavlov’s Dogs and Federal Infrastructure Dollars By: Dr. John Brown Miller Miller was professor of civil engineering at MIT, chair of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law, and is an expert on infrastructure procurement. Miller is on LinkedIn and Twitter @JohnBrownMiller In a famous behavior psychology study, Ivan Pavlov’s dogs showed that human behavior
Infrastructure Cash Flows Offer Path to Better Service and Substantial Saving By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by TheHill on March 17, 2018.] We know what we have in our wallets, how it got there, and where it goes as it leaves. We make simple calculations to confirm that money coming in justifies expenses
By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by civil + structural Engineer on December 1 2017.] This is Part 2 in a three-part series on the emergence of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Infrastructure. To quickly recap Part 1, ERM has emerged as a $22 Billion market segment, with a more descriptive name – “the