Whenever possible, we choose Low Impact Development or “Green Infrastructure” approaches for our transportation, land development, and site development design projects.  We love "Green Infrastructure” solutions and think you should too!  

What is Low Impact Development (LID)?

Every project manager knows that understanding the drivers of a project’s progress at any point in time is essential for forecasting milestone completion dates.  With the intense financial and regulatory pressure most energy projects are under to be completed on-time, understanding a project’s critical path (and what can be done to manipulate it) is, well….critical!

Read our eBook on 6 Tips for Public Agencies to Hire the Right Consultant

As a consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to respond to hundreds of local, county, and state government Public Works Requests for Proposal (RFP). RFPs are the best way to ensure a quality consultant selection. I’m one of the weird guys who actually enjoys participating in the process and we put a lot of time and energy into understanding a client’s needs, researching project drivers, preparing a solid proposal response, and attending interviews (the most important part).

The following document contains a short list of RFP “Tips” designed to help public works agencies prepare better RFPs. Click the image below to read it!

Introducing the MacKay Sposito Technical Blog for Energy, Public Works and Land Development Markets

At MacKay Sposito, our business is complex, and it’s sometimes challenging to describe what we do and who we serve. We played around with a few ideas, and settled on an analogy that uses land, since it’s one element that ties our business together.