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Watertown FUDS Property Remediated
5-19-15As a subsonsultant to Charter Environmental, Fort Hill conducted real property title research and prepared a title opinion for a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) project in Watertown, MA.
Tags: FUDS, remediation, title opinion, corps of engineers, watertown, charterFixing the MBTA. More Reform & More Revenue: A Transit Agency at a Crossroads
5-19-15Fixing the MBTA
More Reform and More Revenue
A Transit Agency at a Crossroads
By William F. Lyons Jr.
Tags: Transit, MBTA, reform, Revenue, Governor, PanelWalk this Way: Urbanism Moves Into High Gear: New Research Demonstrates Higher Values for Walkable Places
3-23-15Walk This Way
Urbanism Moves Into High Gear
New Research Demonstrates Higher Values for Walkable Places
By William F. Lyons Jr.
Special To Banker & Tradesman
Tags: Walkable, Property Value, Urbanism, Locus, TransportationA New Approach Wanted: Dynamic Leader To Drive Change At The MBTA - Lack Of Leadership Leads To Poor Performance
3-19-15Wanted: Dynamic Leader To Drive Change At The MBTA
Lack Of Leadership Leads To Poor Performance
By William F. Lyons, Special To Banker & Tradesman
Tags: leadership, MBTA, Poor Performance, ManagementKevin Bernier Presents at GLOBALCON 2015
3-19-15Kevin Bernier, CEM, LEED AP, CCP, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Fort Hill Companies, presented at GLOBALCON 2015: Strategies to Meet the Next Generation of Energy Challenges. The national conference of the Association of Energy Engineers was designed to facilitate those seeking to expand
Tags: Energy, Zero Net Energy, Accelerated, DCAMM, EfficiencyUtility Poles as a Roadside Hazard: The Intersection of Roadway Design and Tort Liability
2-10-15In the United States, automobile use is extensive and pervasive. Vehicle accidents are such a common occurrence that they are considered an unavoidable part of normal activity. As a result, there is a legal duty to provide safe roadways that are clear of undue hazards.
Tags: roadway, design, tort, liability, Highway, clear zoneUtility Poles as a Roadside Hazard: The intersection of roadway design and tort liability
2-10-15In the United States, automobile use is extensive and pervasive. Vehicle accidents are such a common occurrence that they are considered an unavoidable part of normal activity. As a result, there is a legal duty to provide safe roadways that are clear of undue hazards.
Tags: highway design, roadside design, tort, liability, standard of care, clear zone, comparitive negligenceA New Strategic Framework: Development as an Instrument of American Power
1-29-15Rapid economic globalization and urbanization have created an international security environment that has radically altered the calculus of the national security of the U.S.
Tags: Development, national, Security, american, powerWater, Water Everywhere: Climate Change And Infrastructure: Riding The Rising Tide With Resiliency; Considered Planning Is Important, But So Is Action
1-19-15Water, Water Everywhere
Climate Change And Infrastructure: Riding The Rising Tide With Resiliency
Considered Planning Is Important, But So Is Action
By William F. Lyons Jr.
Tags: climate change, resiliency, sea level rise, Infrastructure, climate actionWhat if We Focus on Moving People, not Vehicles?
12-18-14Bill Lyons, President of the Fort Hill Companies, was featured in a video promoting the Barr Foundation trip to Mexico City to observe Mexico City's Bus Rapid Transit system.
Tags: Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, Transit, Mexico City, barr, sustainable, Transportation