Build America Investment Initiative:Federal Guide to Infrastructure Planning and Design.

"Purposes of this Guide This Guide describes the important role of planning and design – typically known as ‘predevelopment’ – in the life of an infrastructure project and provides:
• Guiding principles for predevelopment;
• Case studies highlighting how the Federal government has partnered with local and State governments and other stakeholders on predevelopment activities to advance more and better infrastructure projects; and
• An extensive list of Federal agency resources that support predevelopment through funding and technical assistance. The audience for this Guide is local, State and tribal governments, public and private utilities, non-profi t organizations, investors, project sponsors, Federal agency staff, and other stakeholders..".
Infrastructure planning