Sentences with phrase «for public sector projects»

The construction team has advised clients extensively on Building Information Modelling (BIM) and incorporation of BIM protocols and obligations into construction contracts, appointments and supply chain contracts following the Government's statement requiring fully collaborative 3D BIM for public sector projects as a minimum by 2016.

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday directed that a template for public sector projects valuation be set up to drive down the cost of contracts in the country which he said was higher than what obtains in other parts of the world.

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And Gillam notes that he's mostly avoided chasing after large - scale public - sector or tendered projects, although the company is part of a consortium that's signed on to build a $ 90 - million central campus for Barrie, Ont.

The private sector has matched public funds dollar for dollar in 2017 to support the Historic Heart of Perth project, which aims to revitalise the east end precinct through public art and streetscape improvements.

For Canadians the SkyDome became a monument to the inability of the public sector to deliver large scale infrastructure projects on time and on budget.

Although Toronto's SkyDome was a marvel of structural engineering, it is an all too familiar reminder of flawed financial and project planning for major infrastructure in the public sector.

Unfortunately, the plan presented by his advisers, Peter Navarro and Wilbur Ross, suggests an approach based on tax credits for equity investment and total private sector participation that will not cover the most important projects, not reach many of the most important investors, and involve substantial mis - targeting of public resources.

For 30 years, Zen Piotrowski implemented IT projects in an impressive range of industries: healthcare, insurance, banking, financial services, retail, manufacturing, and public sector accounts.

As shown in a recent study for the Broadbent Institute by the Centre for Spatial Economics, well - chosen public investment projects can pay for themselves over time by increasing private sector productivity and thus the future tax base.

FAO collaborates with the public sector, the private sector and civil society to develop and implement food loss and waste prevention and reduction solutions through: i) Advocacy and awareness raising; ii) Collaboration and coordination of world - wide initiatives on food loss and waste reduction; iii) Research to evidence for policy, strategy, legislation and standards development; iv) Support to investment programmes and projects.

Funding for the renovation — an almost 50 - 50 split between public and private sectors — has been a problem since the project was announced in July 2008.

«The UK's current financial situation means that there is likely to be limited opportunity for large public spending infrastructure projects and attention may have to shift to user charging and private sector investment in new infrastructure.

Sue Percy, CIHT Chief Executive said: «We all know that the UK's current financial situation means that there is likely to be limited opportunity for large public spending infrastructure projects and we will need a mature debate about the role of user charging and private sector investment in new infrastructure.»

Independent evaluation of projects before private - sector involvement was recommended by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in a 2013 report, which also calls for the creation of an oversight entity for public - partnership agreements and other changes to the state's P3 policies.

The public - sector incentives, from both the state and Amherst, are considered crucial for the project to advance.

According to him, Jonathan directed the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Okonjo - Iweala, to work along with other relevant stakeholders both in public and private sector including international consultants to come up with what «we believe should be the comparative template about cost of projects particularly civil engineering projects including supply executed in the country to address criticisms on the cost of projects».

Crafting a new uniform policy for the public sector and barring taxpayer funding for settlements is a positive step, said the National Employment Law Project's Patricia Smith.

«Now that an increasing number of PFI deals are in their operational stage, and change will inevitably be needed over time, the public sector has to raise its game to get a better outcome and use the guidance and resources available, particularly as changes made to operational projects have not always provided value for money.»

Some funding for such work is available from the European Commission's Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS) fund, set up to provide aid for nuclear safety, distribution and public sector projects in the former Soviet Union.

«By opening The City's dark fibre infrastructure to the private and public sector, non-profit companies, and academia, we help enable the development of projects like quantum encryption and create opportunities for further research, innovation and economic growth in Calgary,» said Tyler Andruschak, project manager with Innovation and Collaboration at The City of Calgary.

Under this programme, joint projects are being initiated between public - sector institutions and private - sector industries for technology - based production of high - value - added goods.

For further study of public sector projects (like the human - caused global warming project), I highly recommend reading Nevil Shute's first - hand account in the 1930's of the competition between private enterprise and government to build a rigid airship (blimp).

GENYO is the first national centre devoted to genomics that integrates the Public Administration, the University and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical business sector, which would allow the integration of research in all its phases, from the generation of knowledge to its development in clinical and pharmaceutical applications, the development of new projects and services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated to human genetic variability, such a cancer and rare diseases, diabetes, hypertension or degenerative diseases, among others.

Research by Alicia Munnell and colleagues at Boston College's Center for Retirement Research, published in 2011, challenges whether public - sector job security has been greater in recent years, noting that «the peak - to - present drops in employment for state - local and private - sector workers can be projected almost perfectly based on the educational attainment of the respective sectors.»

This latest project has been an excellent example of collaboration between the public and private sectors and we look forward to working with the Education Funding Agency to deliver state of the art facilities to support its objectives for creating outstanding learning environments for students.»

Graduates starting work now on average earnings will never have the opportunity of a final salary pension scheme (unless they work in the public sector), will have to save for many years for their first property deposit whilst at the same time paying an additional tax of 9 % of everything they earn in excess of # 21,000 in a 30 - year project to repay their student financing.

Most notably, he introduced a plan to address what his administration projected would be a $ 3.6 billion deficit by limiting collective bargaining for certain public - sector employees through the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, known as Act 10.

What this means, for the education sector in particular, is that public bodies are increasingly looking for contractors to not only deliver projects, but also support local supply chains and learning and skills programmes within schools and colleges.

The Finance Project is an independent nonprofit research, consulting, technical assistance, and training firm for public - and private - sector leaders nationwide.

The Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation, Inc. seeks to raise funds and secure donations from individuals and private - sector organizations to support programs and projects not affordable through public funds to provide enhanced learning opportunities for students in Milwaukee Public ScPublic Schools Foundation, Inc. seeks to raise funds and secure donations from individuals and private - sector organizations to support programs and projects not affordable through public funds to provide enhanced learning opportunities for students in Milwaukee Public Scpublic funds to provide enhanced learning opportunities for students in Milwaukee Public ScPublic Schools.

Some of their most significant projects involve promoting charter schools to inject market competition and «choice» into the public sector, as well as using cash bonuses (merit pay) for teachers and to «incentivize» students.

26) Virginia: As the «public private partnerships» industry recovers from its shock at the state's increased risk - shifting toward the private sector on any P3 deal for the I - 66 managed lanes project, Skanska, Fluor and ACS remain in the running.

Three weeks ago at the Birth to Five Water Cooler produced by Advancement Project California, which included discussions with leading gubernatorial candidates, Newsom said he was «vehemently against» private for - profit charter schools, and that more scrutiny is needed of how the growing charter school sector is spending public funds.

For example, due to the variety of indigenous languages in India, the public sector comes up with a project called Aakash to provide up to 220 million tablets to students.

The UK's game development sector, which has often lacked access to public funding for projects and concepts, can now take advantage of the new Video Games Prototype Fund, which launched today.

Specializing in: • Developing exhibitions internationally, securing loans from institutions and private collections • Strategic planning and project management for museums and foundations • Site - specific installations by artists, designers and architects • Building and developing institutional and private collections of contemporary and modern art globally • Creating strategic partnerships between private funding sources, museums and cultural institutions • Initiate and oversee local and global fundraising projects • Collaborate and facilitate with partnering institutions • Serving as active board member in the private and public sector • Historic building preservation and conservation

The Museum's Education and Community Department continues to create access programmes for all sectors of the public, and to work on specific projects to animate IMMA's exhibitions throughout the year.

Education and Community The Education and Community programme continues to create access for all sectors of the public, and to work on specific projects to animate IMMA's exhibitions and provide in - depth exploration of IMMA's Collection throughout the year.

«Arteko Container» is a project within the framework of Bilbao Art District (BiAD), a public - private initiative whose main objective is to support and promote the visual arts sector in Bilbao, converting the city into a meeting point for the different artistic agents and disciplines, as well as bringing art closer to the public.

His first working experiences in the art sector he gained at Emzin, Institute for Creative Production and Arts Magazine as an editor and head of the projects (1997 − 2002), continued at Pristop, consultancy and communications company as an assistant for public relations (June - December 2003).

The Education and Community programme continues to create access for all sectors of the public, and to work on specific projects to animate IMMA's exhibitions and provide in - depth exploration of IMMA's Collection throughout the year.

EVAN: Project EVAN (Electric Vehicle ANalysis) was a comparative study undertaken by Pollution Probe with the support of FleetCarma and Fleet Challenge Ontario to establish the business case and environmental justification for fleet managers in both the public and private sectors to incorporate electric vehicle technology into their procurement and vehicle replacement plans.

Add the cost - share requirements for awardees, and the total value of the projects comes to $ 14.6 million of public - and private - sector investment.

$ 25 million for Public Sector Energy Conservation Agreement projects goes to public sector organizations for energy retrPublic Sector Energy Conservation Agreement projects goes to public sector organizations for energy retrpublic sector organizations for energy retrofits.

project, where the mayor has taken a whole series of publicly owned buildings that had fallen into disuse, and are not necessary to be held in the public sector anymore, offer them up for sale, but for sale to the best design, not the highest price.

Emma has worked in the voluntary, not - for - profit, private and public sectors with over 6 years» experience in the field of sustainability including in education and transport, specialising in implementation of processes to support project delivery, coordination and fund raising.

Since then ClimateCare has helped structure funding for projects with NGO Relief International in Ghana and secured Results Based Finance for carbon credits from the Swedish Energy Agency for a recent CDM cookstove project — proving that the Climate + Care model also has appeal for public sector funders.

Today, 10 years since ClimateCare pioneered the first ever improved cookstove project funded by carbon finance, it announced that with its corporate and public sector partners it has channelled finance into cookstove projects around the world, improving life for 6.5 million people and cutting 2.6 million tonnes of CO2.

In a wide - ranging interview, he spoke of the anti-GMO movement, the ongoing battle over labelling requirements for GM foods, and some promising public - sector GM projects in the works.

Public / Private sector partnerships are much discussed, but for many years our work has relied on connecting private business, financial markets, policy makers, NGOs and project partners worldwide, to design and deliver integrated climate and development projects.