An Overview of P3s, CIDs and Smart Cities With Malaika Rivers - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Smaller cities often face challenges in meeting grant matching requirements and complying with expenditure limitations. During the 2026 legislative session, the Oregon legislature passed a bill to help mitigate some of those...more
Design-bid-build remains a widely used delivery method for tunnel projects, yet disputes often arise from subsurface conditions, risk allocation and misunderstandings about the roles and responsibilities of project...more
The Illinois legislature recently passed House Bill 1437 (H.B. 1437), which delays implementation of the fringe benefit payment mandates for apprentices on projects subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (“IPWA”). As...more
In this edition of Development Incentives Quarterly, we welcome Alex Beres, executive director of the Clinton County Port Authority. We discuss how he got his start in economic development, what “success” in economic...more
Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker...more
Orders the Administrator of the General Services Administration in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to submit recommendations to advance the policy that federal public buildings should be...more
We’ve reported in the past that public agencies are more frequently demanding certain off-site public improvements to accommodate proposed private developments as a condition of entitlement approval. These can range from...more
Québec continues to grapple with a metaphorical “perfect storm” in its infrastructure and project world. Several factors converge at the same time, such as...more
Traditional contracting has, in recent years, come under increasing criticism for being, among other things, unable to handle increasingly complex projects as there is little incentive for employers and contractors alike to...more
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has issued an opinion that the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and its Physical Activities Regulations are largely unconstitutional....more
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) filed a third-party lawsuit against a contractor’s performance bond surety (“Surety”) alleging the Surety must indemnify RIDOT for the contractor’s indemnity obligations...more
The White House has provided updates on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure Act). Notably, the White House released fact sheets for providing detailed information about announced...more
Continuing our series of articles reviewing the lesser publicized aspects of the American Rescue Plan Act guidance (hence, the “B-sides” moniker), here we address the U.S. Treasury’s issued guidance as it relates to spending...more
In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talks podcast, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole sits down with Malaika Rivers, partner at Lexicon Strategies, to discuss the formation of public-private partnerships, and how these...more
Effective September 1, 2021, the Texas legislature enacted new, increased notice requirements for purchasers of land lying within a public improvement district (PID). These notices are now required to be given to purchasers...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation, Senate Bill No. 7, that reenacts a streamlined litigation process for certain “environmental leadership development projects” and extends eligibility to additional...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 30, 2020 – December 4, 2020... November 30, 2020: After releasing a pre-publication...more
Municipalities in Ohio have broad authority to make a wide variety of public improvements. Many municipalities use that authority to provide critical infrastructure to their communities. Municipalities commonly desire to...more
Q&A with Jane Bird on partnership, governance and the private sector - Jane Bird delivered the afternoon keynote at the Toronto Region Board of Trade's 5th Annual Transportation Summit. She spoke about the characteristics...more
On August 15, 2019, the California Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) issued its first inverse condemnation opinion in more than 22 years in the case City of Oroville v. Superior Court of Butte County, Case No. S243247...more
PennDOT recently awarded the second phase of a local state highway improvement project to Allan Myers, L.P., one of the top nonunion construction and materials companies building infrastructure projects throughout the...more
On June 5, 2019, the California Supreme Court (“Court”) heard oral argument in the case City of Oroville v. Superior Court of Butte County, Case No. S243247 (“Oroville Case”). This case is notable because it is the first time...more
Many public agencies and utilities have easements for water or gas pipelines or electric transmission lines. Those easements typically contain express rights to construct, operate, and maintain the facilities, including...more
A special parcel tax is still “applied uniformly to all taxpayers” even though it may affect individual taxpayers differently, a California appellate court recently held....more
RESIDENCY QUOTAS FOR CITY CONTRACTORS - OHIO SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN MARCH. THE CASE: On March 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio is set to hear oral arguments on City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio, Supreme...more