Infrastructure Beyond Just Transportation
We need an infrastructure program that does more than just repairs our bridges, roads, and highways By Ed Rendell It
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Infrastructure
AI Featured Interview: Casey Dinges
Dinges is the Senior Managing Director at American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE is the preeminent organization representation the civil
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The Age of Crumbling Infrastructure, the ‘Double Deficit,’ and Smart Investment
While the federal government once played a significant role in funding our nation’s infrastructure, the majority of this responsibility falls
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Cities, Counties and Transportation Commissions Need To Prepare For the Road Repair and Accountability Act
Signed into law by Governor Brown, the Road Repair and Accountability Act helps provide funding to fix California’s neglected roads
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Summary of Common Good’s Report: Two Years, Not Ten Years: Redesigning Infrastructure Approvals
A new process to modernize America’s infrastructure is needed to avoid these costs, stimulate vital sectors of the economy, and
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Infrastructure Resistance: Will Your Building Collapse in an Earthquake?
Four things that make buildings likely to suffer significant damage in an earthquake By David Lee and Alan Klembczyk If
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Funding Visionary Urban Redevelopment
As urban planners use their expertise to devise strategies to secure funding, cities then can focus more attention on economic
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Construction Scheduling for Project Success
Creating a schedule and carefully monitoring and sticking to it throughout construction will lead to better outcomes By Kristy Wolfe
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Winning: Three Tips to Getting Your Infrastructure Project Approved
Unless you have someone who knows the specific geographic area, the decision makers, and can identify and work to mitigate
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The Success of a Main Street Renovation
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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The Necessity of True Efficiency in Infrastructure Asset Management
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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President Trump Reiterates Need for Improved Infrastructure
In President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day speech, he restated his feelings on America’s failing infrastructure: “Today I take an oath
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Investing in Aging Infrastructure
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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Critical Infrastructure: Cyber and Physical Security Essential Components in Securing Our Nation’s High-Risk Chemicals
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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Investing in Aging Infrastructure
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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Getting Your Asset & Infrastructure Ducks in a Row with GIS
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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Knowing What’s Below Benefits Everyone
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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Utility Engineering in 3-D
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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“A Better Mousetrap”
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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A National Problem with Solutions
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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From Festivals to Football, Pre-Planning Assembly Events is Critical
A digital and shareable preplan helps mitigate the impact on lives and property when that good time comes to an
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HUD Provides a Helping Hand Through Affordable Housing
With the housing industry strengthening but still in flux, it is important to protect homeowners from another crisis and provide
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Ensuring a Secure Nation
The vision of homeland security is to ensure the U.S.—the homeland—is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards.
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How to up America’s Infrastructure GPA from a D+
America’s infrastructure is crumbling right before our eyes as many concrete, stone and wood materials are not built to withstand
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Rejuvenating electrical feeder cables to secure critical airport infrastructure
–by Steve Hightower, Novinium Dayton Power and Light is a utility company serving 515,000 customers throughout Ohio’s Miami Valley. One
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Trends in Infrastructure Finance
New methods have been increasingly utilized to great effect to help close funding gaps or to repay investments in public
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CFATS Has Made Our Nation and Communities More Secure
Department of Homeland Security and chemical facilities across the country have been working together to improve onsite security to protect America’s highest-risk chemical facilities
By Department of Homeland Security
The Dilemma of Public-Private Partnerships
An overview and insight into recent trends, advantages, and caveats of PPPs
By Manuel H. Lazerov
Making Contractor-Financing Work
Contractor-financed infrastructure projects can help the public sector tackle one of its most significant challenges. During the Great Recession, municipalities
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Asset Management for a Better Economy
The sorry condition of much of the U.S. infrastructure system is obvious to everyone from commuters and businesses to towns
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