Author: kevinlove

Managing public infrastructure has never been a simple proposition. Assets age on their own schedule, budgets don’t always follow, and the list of legitimate priorities competing for limited capital dollars is never short. In that environment, some maintenance gets deferred — not because leaders aren’t paying attention, but because trade-offs are unavoidable and something always…

Public works has never been a flashy industry. It’s the work that keeps communities functioning — maintaining roads, managing water systems, caring for parks, servicing buildings, and responding to the infrastructure problems that residents encounter every day. The work is essential, often thankless, and for decades it was managed with paper, spreadsheets, and institutional knowledge…