ECONOMIC FORECASTING REVIEW - Parsons Brinckerhoff

a publication of the Strategic Consulting Group of Parsons Brinckerhoff
Volume 3 • Issue 1
May 2009
California High-Speed Rail
Vol. 3 • Issue 2
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note
EFR is a publication of the Strategic Consulting Group of Parsons Brinckerhoff.
It provides analysis and perspectives on topical issues that are germane to the
transport infrastructure sector. In this, our seventh issue, the EFR is divided into
two sections - Perspectives and Articles.
Previous issues
Volume 1
Issue 1
2006
The Perspectives section includes articles by our columnists, who articulate their
viewpoints on public policy, economics, cost escalation, and goods movement on
a recurring basis. The content in this section is time sensitive, i.e. the viewpoints
articulated in the articles are based on the best available information as of
December 2009 and are subject to change with evolving market conditions. Mort
Downey discusses future U.S. transportation funding legislation; Matt Nespoli
examines the current U.S. economic conditions and provides a viewpoint on the
future direction of the economy; Kumudu Gunasekera and Brad Ship evaluate the
construction economy and present a five-year construction escalation forecast; and
Scudder Smith discusses the implications of the economic recession on the future
of container trade.
Volume 1
Issue 2
2007
In the Articles section, Steve Lockwood espouses the need for an organized
sector-wide process to nurture the development of a technology transfer process;
Wayne McDaniel discusses the emerging market opportunity for performance
management services; Ira Hirschman analyzes the effects of fuel price on the U.S.
freight rail industry; Howard Wood and Jeff Ensor share their recent experiences
working with numerous agencies to submit TIGER grant applications; Stephen
Kuhr and Brian Reed discuss ways to develop and implement strategies to fund
regulatory-driven infrastructure improvements at a wastewater utility; Sonika
Sethi provides a methodology for estimating impacts of transportation capacity
expansion; Randy Ivory introduces iPMIS, an integrated project management
information system develop by PB; and Jignesh Mehta discusses CarbonFIT,
a sketch-planning tool that combines algorithms to estimate greenhouse gas
emissions with the power of GIS to visualize and compare various scenarios.
Volume 1
Issue 3
2007
Volume 2
Issue 1
2008
In upcoming issues, we will continue to provide analyses and forecasts of the
current and future economic landscape and cover pressing topics with the rigor
and efficacy you’ve come to expect from this publication.
About Last Issue
Kumudu Gunasekera, Ph.D.
Editor
Volume 2
Issue 2
2008
EFR
ECONOMIC FORECASTING REVIEW
Volume 3
Issue 1
2009
This issue includes a broad set of articles on topics ranging
from construction cost escalation, the stimulus bill,
freight, risk management, alternative fuels, and regional
economics to sustainability.
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