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F R O M ACEC I T O YOU ENGINEERING NC. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
AMERICAN COUN- CIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF
ENGINEERING COMPANIES Public/Private Partnerships CHAIRMAN Edward Mulcahy
Needed to Ease Infrastructure PRESIDENT David A. Raymond Funding Pain VICE
PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS Mar y Ann Emely DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS and MEDIA
Alan D. Crockett Despite the recent reauthorization of TEA-21 and other
current water, energy and facilities legislation, the demand for new
infrastructure continues to outpace STAFF EDITOR Andrea Keeney the
revenues allocated at the federal, state and local levels. As a result,
policymak- akeeney@acec.org ers are increasingly turning to innovative
private solutions to deal with the infra- 202 682-4347 structure deficit.
ACEC EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Public/private partnerships are nothing new.
Many ACEC member firms have Edward Mulcahy, TranSystems Corporation, Kansas
City, Mo.; grown beyond a traditional design role to collaborate with
government agencies on Gar y Link , HNTB, Kansas City, Mo.; Judith Nitsch,
a wide range of services, including con- Judith Nitsch Engineering, Inc.,
Boston; structing, operating and maintaining facil- David A. Raymond,
ACEC, Washington, D.C. ities. Some even develop financial arrange- ACEC
STAFF EDITORIAL TEAM ments that have traditionally been the Ed Bajer, Jeff
Beard, Ann Brandstadter, Steve Hall, responsibility of owners. Charles C.
Kim, Deirdre McKenna And public owners, faced with difficult THE MAGAZINE
GROUP decisions regarding the need to both man- MANAGING EDITOR age
complex projects and raise revenues, Richard Brunelli are finding the
public/private path increas- ART DIRECTOR ingly attractive. Jeff Kibler As
this trend continues, ACEC finds PROJECT MANAGER itself with multiple goals
in the public pol- Mar y Mieszczanski icy arena. We are committed to
preserving and expanding our industry's role in deliv- ADVERTISING SALES
ering infrastructure to the public, includ- Patrick Brookover ing using
non-traditional delivery systems Director and public/private financing
mechanisms. At the same time, we continue to argue ACEC that government at
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example, the Council's advocacy of a new highway bill to expand investment
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advocacy of a Water-21 program to boost investment in water and wastewater
infrastructure, underscores Engineering Inc., Volume 16, Number 5 ISSN
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