Economic Evaluations

The Louis Berger Group's economic services are conducted by teams of professionals educated and trained in several branches of economics, urban and regional planning, public policy, business administration, operations research, demography, finance, real estate and engineering. These skills are applied to a broad array of project, program and policy studies and address such issues as infrastructure development, travel demand forecasting, regional science, freight logistics, trade promotion and industrial sector analysis, economic development, development feasibility, policy research, strategic planning, program and project evaluation.

In the domestic U.S. market and internationally, Berger maintains a depth of personnel and specialization in several modes of transportation infrastructure including:

In addition to our in-depth knowledge of transportation infrastructure systems, Berger's economic analysis services are frequently applied to public sector agencies and private sector firms interested in the siting, master planning, development feasibility or impact assessment of residential, nonresidential, government and other institutional facilities.

The Louis Berger Group's capabilities and studies include:

Transportation Demand Forecasting

• Travel Demand Forecasting (aviation, highway, waterways, transit, freight)
• Network Assignment Models
• Value Pricing (i.e., "Congestion Pricing")
• Discrete Choice Analysis
• Econometric Modeling

Goods Movement Systems

• Commodity Projections
• Modal and Intermodal Systems Analysis
• Multi-Port Analysis
• Optimization and Facility Location

Program, Project and Policy Evaluation

• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Revenue-Expenditure Analysis
• Market Studies and Pro-Forma Financial Development Feasibility Analysis
• Project Cost Estimation
• Risk Assessment
• Scenario-Testing
• Capital Improvement Programming

Regional Economics and Forecasting

• Economic Impact Assessment
• "Competitive" Cost & Locational Analysis (i.e., labor, taxes, utilities, resources, etc)
• Economic Base Analysis and Input-Output Modeling
• Demographic and Econometric Modeling
• Gravity Models, Shift-Share, Location Quotient, Clustering Analyses
• "Turnkey" Economic Models, User's Guides and Training

Socioeconomic Impact Assessment

• Community Facility Needs and Fiscal Impacts
• Housing Market Conditions and Quality of Life
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Thematic Mapping
• Environmental and Social Justice
• Ratepayer Impacts

Market and Public Policy Research

• Survey Design, Implementation & Analysis (telephone, mail, interviews, in-person)
• Focus Groups & Workshops
• Case Studies
• Benchmarking

Trade and Investment

• Industrial Sector Studies
• Export Promotion
• Technical Assistance and Training
• Technology Assessments

Signature Project

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