The long-awaited bipartisan US $1.2 Infrastructure bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on 15 November 2021. The "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," the single most significant federal investment in American history, contains an estimated $550 billion in new spending, which will …
The USA’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Windfall and the Importance of Asset Management
On November 5, the US House of Representatives approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Ten days later, on November 15, President Joe Biden signed the bill into law. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is considered a "once-in-a-generation" spending measure (US lawmakers, …
Are Smart City Infrastructure Systems Enough to Protect its Citizens?
What happens when intelligent city systems fail to protect their citizens from the very thing it is designed to do. "Zhengzhou's much-hyped smart city systems, which were supposed to help planners with urban management and safety, have come under heavy scrutiny after recent floods wreaked …
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7 USA Infrastructure in Dire Need of Repair
The current administration proposed a US$2 Trillion infrastructure investment to fix America’s aging and crumbling bridges, roads, public transportation, railways, water infrastructures. The infrastructure problem in the U.S. has been massive and well-known for decades, but how will spending be …
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Electric Vehicle Use and its Impacts on USA Infrastructure Demand
The uneven distribution of public EV charging stations and limited charging infrastructure across the United States impedes the country from wholly electrifying all its vehicles. But transitioning from fossil-fueled cars to electric cars is one of the solutions to reduce the country's GHG …
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Modernizing the US Infra thru Successful Public-Private Partnerships
The state of the U.S. crumbling and aging infrastructure and the cost involved in repairing it are well-documented. Why the world's largest economy has poorly maintained infrastructure is quite surprising, and the answer to it is pretty complex. The American Society of Civil Engineers …
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Asset Management Can Help Build Resilience Versus High-tide Flood Risk
The article "High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk" from DownToEarth says that the frequency of high-tide flooding around the US coasts has doubled since 2000. The frequency of these events will increase to 15 times more in the next 30 years, according to the …
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Infrastructure Investments to Ignite Recovery from the Pandemic
The impact of the pandemic is beyond human health. Economies worldwide suffered from a reduction in income, a rise in unemployment, and disruptions in transport, service, and manufacturing industries. The IPWEA article "How two local authorities in America plan to use infrastructure stimulus …
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Climate Proofing the USA’s Power Grid Infrastructure
The US power grid is not prepared for the effects of climate change, which was made evident when the power cables melted during the heatwave in Oregon in July 2021. The incident halted the light rails and causing 6,000 people to lose their electricity (Heilweil, 2021). In February, …
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Philippines Needs Asset Management for its Infrastructure Investments
The Philippine economy has been among the best performers in Asia in recent years, but its outdated and insufficient infrastructure constrains the economy. The Philippines being an archipelago, also poses costly geographical barriers to trade. To address the issue, the country has increased …
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Importance of Asset Registers in Asset Management Practice in South Africa
An article from Engineering News discusses the importance of asset registers as the foundations of infrastructure asset management in South Africa’s municipalities. In other countries, they call it asset inventories. The article chronicles the discussions during a seminar on the foundations …
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Importance of Critical Infrastructure Investments
Postponing infrastructure investments can endanger public health, a lesson that the Walkerton community in Ontario, Canada, learned the hard way when their municipal drinking water supply had E. coli and Campylobacter jejuni bacteria contamination in 2000. The water contamination sickened 2300 …
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