According to the Conversation article, "Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads," 39 percent of America’s 614,387 bridges are past their lifetime design, and 10% are almost structurally deficient, making them vulnerable to any climatic or natural shocks. Repairing these infrastructures would cost between two hundred billion dollars to almost a trillion dollars. The … [Read more...]
America’s Infrastructure Systems are Failing the People They Are Trying to Serve
But not simply because they are failing. Several of the most majorly used infrastructure systems in the USA - namely - roads, local water, and housing prone to greater risk, are overused. These systems were put in place so long ago that nobody can imagine not using them. The problem is that the systems were designed when the population was less than half what it is today. Eighty-five … [Read more...]
Asset Management Perspective on the August 2017 Unsafe Drinking Water Report USA
News21’s investigative report that around 63 million Americans are exposed to unsafe drinking water is making headlines in the USA’s major online news agencies. The report examined the Environmental Protection Agency violations on water quality and monitoring affecting places from California to New York City The USA Today reports: The findings highlight how six decades of industrial … [Read more...]
ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card and Asset Management Planning
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) releases a report on the state of the USA’s general infrastructure both on a Federal and State level every few years, with the previous report being issued in 2013. The ASCE conducts this detailed report in sixteen major target areas of infrastructure, such as Roads, Transit, Rail, Inland Waterways, Wastewater and Drinking water to name a … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Asset Management News from Europe, China, Tasmania and the USA
Inframanage.com presents some infrastructure asset management topics from Europe and from countries like China, Australia, and the USA. Read the news we have compiled. The topics listed below are very interesting. Please don't miss reading and reflecting on Ross' annotations found at the beginning of each news item. Your comments and further questions are most welcome. READ … [Read more...]
Carlisle, PA is Infrastructure Asset Management Planning for the Future of its Sewer System
In the 1950s, towns and cities across America invested in wastewater and water infrastructure, improving and constructing all the necessary systems and installing pipes in place. Then the focus of these towns and cities moved to other things until now. It becomes more obvious every day that the aging infrastructure that was out of sight and out of mind for the last 50 years is fast needing … [Read more...]
Flint, MI Deals with Safe Drinking Water Issues — Infrastructure Asset Management Planning
The mayor of Flint has sent a letter to President Obama's Director of Intergovernmental Affairs requesting the participation of the White House and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a City of Flint Technical Advisory Water Committee. Flint is forming both a water committee and a technical committee within its community to address the concern that the city has for the safety of its … [Read more...]
Infrastructure Bill: “The Rebuild America Act of 2015” — Can It Be Done?
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced new legislation on Tuesday the 27th of January, 2015 to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure. It's a five-year plan that would require $1 trillion worth of investment in the hopes of creating 13 million paid jobs. The legislation is co-sponsored by Senator Barbara Mikulski and is supported by the American Society of Civil Engineers, amongst many … [Read more...]