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In This Issue Infrastructure 

Funding Visionary Urban Redevelopment

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As urban planners use their expertise to devise strategies to secure funding, cities then can focus more attention on economic

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

Construction Scheduling for Project Success

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Creating a schedule and carefully monitoring and sticking to it throughout construction will lead to better outcomes  By Kristy Wolfe

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In This Issue Technology 

Connectivity for Smart Street Lighting

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Smart, connected lighting provides additional energy savings of up to 35 percent, bringing total energy savings up to 80 percent

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City Official's Message In This Issue 

Phoenix: Making Smart Investments for the Future

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In this first of six installments, the city of Phoenix, Ariz. dissects the passing of a transportation funding package to

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City Official's Message In This Issue 

Creating a Smart City Starts with Transportation

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After winning the U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge, the city of Columbus, Ohio details its plan to improve transportation

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Governor's Message In This Issue 

Rhode Island: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Investing In The Future

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While we address problems of the past, we are also anticipating our infrastructure needs of the future By Governor Gina

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In This Issue Resources 

Publisher’s Note

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Hello Readers in Print and Online,   Welcome to the first of six issues of the magazine planned for 2017.

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In This Issue Resources 

Editor’s Note

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Hello Readers, Welcome to American Infrastructure’s first issue of 2017! The Dow pushing over 20,000 tells me we’re all well

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In This Issue Industry Observations 

Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure Price Tag: $1 Trillion+

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The ubiquitous demand for new and improved highways and bridges has helped the government stand behind the President’s trillion-dollar infrastructure

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The Promise of Better Pavement

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 The world’s two largest full-scale accelerated pavement testing facilities have formed a partnership that promises to benefit state DOTs and

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The Longest Floating Bridge: SR 520

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At 7,710 feet-long (or roughly 2,350 meters) and 116 feet wide (or 35 meters), connecting Seattle to Bellevue, Wash., the

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Streamlined Asset Management in Spokane

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 In discussion in one form or the other since the early 1980s, the newly completed center is an innovative, combined

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2nd Avenue Subway – 8 years in the Making

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After failed beginnings and an overboard project budget, the silver lining for phase one of the Second Avenue Subway is

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In This Issue Technology 

How to Create Smarter Smart Cities

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By working to understand all facets of the issues inherent in building and sustaining urban, small cell wireless infrastructure, we

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In This Issue Transportation 

An Engineer’s Perspective on Innovation

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Are we ready to rebuild transportation infrastructure in the image of tomorrow? By Nathan Johnson, Ph.D., P.E. Last November’s presidential

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In This Issue Resources 

The AI Interview – Ed Rendell

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Ed Rendell, Co-Chair of Building America’s Future (BAF) Educational Fund and former Governor of Pennsylvania American Infrastructure: What is the

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In This Issue Resources 

The AI Interview – Marcia Hale

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Marcia Hale is President of Building America’s Future (BAF) Educational Fund. She partook in an informative discussion for Bloomberg in

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Urban Renewal at The Navy Yard

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Philadelphia’s transformation of The Navy Yard, from a military center to urban development, successfully integrates commercial and historical buildings with

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

The Success of a Main Street Renovation

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West Jefferson, N.C.’s renovation of their Main Street has improved the economy and infrastructure of the town, and most importantly,

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A New Bridge in New York

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The New York Bridge Project is creating a state-of-the-art, twin-span replacement for the 3.1-mile Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson

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In This Issue Water 

Paradigm Shift: The Growing Prevalence of Dam Removal Projects

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The removal of aging infrastructure through silted-in dams has sparked a new way of thinking for the dams that may

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Archived Features In This Issue 

Addressing Aging Infrastructure

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The Carmel River Reroute and San Clemente Dam Removal project highlights how a public-private partnership worked to solve an aging

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In This Issue Transportation 

Roundabouts: The Benefits of the “Old” New Trend

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Roundabouts can be an attractive, safe, and cost-effective alternative to standard signaled intersections By Mick Gronewold The original roundabouts constructed

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In This Issue Transportation 

Making Self-Driving Cars Safer – Where the Sensor Meets the Road

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The intersection between AV technology and the roads themselves will be essential to realize the dream to significantly reduce the

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Archived Features In This Issue 

Early Successes in Climate Fight Lead In to World’s First ZNE Ordinance

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Santa Monica reaches 20 percent reduction for greenhouse gas emissions before voting in the world’s first ZNE building requirement, whose implementation begins in

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Archived Features In This Issue 

Partnership Allows for Engineering Ingenuity in Chicago

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As the largest combined sewer overflow (CSO) facility in the world and touted as one of the engineering marvels of

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

The Necessity of True Efficiency in Infrastructure Asset Management

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Getting your assets in a row has never been easier or more accurate than with web-based, GIS asset management solutions,

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Archived Features In This Issue 

A Long-Overdue Addition to the Smithsonian

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Voters of American Infrastructure magazine have recognized the National Museum of African American History & Culture as the infrastructure Building

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In This Issue Industry Observations 

Infrastructure, the Winner on Election Day

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Voters across the nation passed $70.3 billion of bond issuances for infrastructure construction and improvements, the largest amount approved since 2006

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Governor's Message In This Issue 

Washington is Building 21st Century Infrastructure

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Using smart transportation investment strategies to address Washington state’s growing pains By Gov. Jay Inslee America’s economy has bounced back

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Supporting Water Resources Across the Nation

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Dating back to 1775 under George Washington’s command, engineer officers were appointed in the army. It wasn’t until March 1802

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KC Streetcar is Fast and Free

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Kansas City, Missouri’s downtown streetcar system opened in the summer of 2016, allowing locals, visitors, and the city itself to

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

Investing in Aging Infrastructure

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Investing isn’t just in dollars and cents, but in time, energy, and talent By Mike Drai According to Cohen and

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The Future of Municipal Management

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Beneath Kentucky’s Sanitation District No. 1 is an array of technology to manage the district’s infrastructure By Tim Wacker Infrastructure

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Governor's Message In This Issue 

TEXAS: Infrastructure is the Backbone of our Healthy Economy

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The strengths of Texas’ economy, infrastructure and skilled workforce have helped transform the state into the new ‘Silicon Valley’ By

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Bridging the Gap to Updated Infrastructure

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The Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project allows visitors and residents of Indiana and Kentucky to have a faster, less

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Innovative Stormwater Treatment for Puget Sound

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The Port of Olympia’s Stormwater Program was recognized by the APWA as the 2015 Project of the Year for its

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

Critical Infrastructure: Cyber and Physical Security Essential Components in Securing Our Nation’s High-Risk Chemicals

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As facilities continue to increase their reliance on computer-controlled systems, protecting against cyber sabotage is an increasingly essential component in

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Archived Features In This Issue 

Planning for the Unplanned

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Unprecedented flooding of 24 low-flood risk parishes in Louisiana this past summer highlights the human element of our disaster-relief infrastructure,

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In This Issue Water 

Water Reduction Strategies—A Global Overview

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The adage that you can’t manage what you don’t measure holds especially true for water, whether you’re referring to a

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In This Issue Resources 

He Said, She Said

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The plans for America’s infrastructure from the two Presidential candidates By Genevieve Smith The 2016 election has, by far, been

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In This Issue Water 

Technology Aids America’s Water Infrastructure

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A technological intervention can help much of our water infrastructure at the end of its planned life By Bob Benstead

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In This Issue Water 

Shine Versus Solution

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Water infrastructure in America requires approximately $1 trillion of repairs and upgrades for which we need to focus on long-term

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In This Issue NEWS 

2016 Pubby Awards Winners Announced

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The wait is over and results are in. We are happy to announce the outcome of the 2016 American Infrastructure Pubby Awards,

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In This Issue Resources 

Editor’s Note

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Hello Everyone, It felt as though for the first half of the year every article I read accurately described the

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Brian Usher
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The AI Interview – Brian Usher

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Brian Usher, PWLF, joins us in an update to his previous interview this past winter, covering what strides we’ve made

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

Knowing What’s Below Benefits Everyone

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has launched  “Each One…Outreach to One,” an initiative aimed

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Archived Features In This Issue 

A New Life for an Old Building

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The Atascadero City Hall serves as a historical centerpiece to the city By Genevieve Smith     Located in San

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In This Issue Transportation 

The New Standard: Bicycles and Urban Design

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In urban communities, protected bicycle lanes are on the rise because they can help prevent accidents and increase road safety

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

Utility Engineering in 3-D

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A case study of a 3-D utility engineering project on a gas main installation allowed for decreased production costs and a

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

“A Better Mousetrap”

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Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District relies on innovative manhole risers By Angus W. Stocking With a population of about 320,000,

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Energy In This Issue 

Solar Roofs Save Money and Cut Pollution

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Lancaster, Calif. implemented solar infrastructure and saves roughly $450,000 per year in energy costs alone By Rick Cunningham Public agencies

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City Official's Message In This Issue 

Kansas City Gets Smart About Infrastructure

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Kansas City’s smart city challenge grant application will serve as a blueprint for the city to forge ahead, doubling down

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Governor's Message In This Issue 

Arkansas Invests in Infrastructure Development

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It is imperative that the state of Arkansas maintain a first-rate transportation infrastructure By Governor Asa Hutchinson With Arkansas’ central

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In This Issue Infrastructure 

A National Problem with Solutions

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Public-private partnerships can help get more infrastructure needs met when given the tools to do the job By Michael Deane

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In This Issue Water 

Water Infrastructure Investments

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Aging and deteriorating water systems threaten economic vitality and public health By Susan N. Story Water is the essential underpinning

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In This Issue 

U.S. Bank Stadium Revitalizes Downtown Minneapolis

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The state-of-the-art, multipurpose U.S. Bank Stadium is poised to become one of Minnesota’s most notable pieces of infrastructure By Sergio Flores

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Archived Features In This Issue 

Structurally Safe and Sound

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When completed in 2019, the Calaveras Dam will have been rebuilt from the ground up in order to remain seismically

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Archived Features In This Issue 

Transportation Takes Flight at the Oculus

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The awe-inspiring design of the recently completed Transportation Hub in New York City allows travelers to have a quick and efficient

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