Our crumbling infrastructure can be fixed if we change how we fund capital investments and maintenance. By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by Route Fifty on December 18 2017.] In the United States, we routinely separate “capital” activities from “maintenance and repair” activities. This made sense in 1916, when Congress began funding the US
By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by THE HILL on November 22 2017, without charts.] This is the third in a three part series on infrastructure. As American infrastructure continues to decline, the endless debate whether “public” or “private” infrastructure is “cheaper” is much more amusing than substantive. The four typical cash flows
By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published by THE HILL on November 21, 2017, without charts.] This is the second part in a three part series on infrastructure. President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure proposal has highlighted the role of the federal government in state and local infrastructure projects. State and local governments hold approximately $4
By: Dr. John Brown Miller [Originally published THE HILL on November 20, 2017, without charts.] This is the first part in a three part series on infrastructure. The “design-bid-build” project model is one of several proven methods for delivering infrastructure. It’s been the model of choice since 1916, when Congress began funding the U.S. highway
By: Dr. John Brown Miller Miller was previously a professor of civil engineering at MIT, chairman of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law and is an expert on infrastructure procurement. This is the first part of a three-part series on infrastructure. Thanks to @TheHill for publishing a three-part series on infrastructure issues
By: Dr. John Brown Miller Note: The following piece was published online on July 27, 2017 by The Hill, with the headline: “Look to the past to find a way forward on infrastructure” Miller was previously a professor of civil engineering at MIT, chairman of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law and