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Posts Tagged ‘American Society of Civil Engineers’

America’s New Approach to Infrastructure … Moving from Reactive to Proactive

Wednesday, August 31st, 2022

Originally posted on Faster Better Safer, the blog of Americans for Transportation Mobility The story of America’s faltering infrastructure (deteriorating roads and bridges and strained waterways and ports) is playing out in ways that consumers, manufacturers and suppliers are feeling. Whether it’s higher home prices because the raw materials that go into the building process are […]

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2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure

Monday, March 8th, 2021
2021 ASCE Report Card

Voters and lawmakers alike have championed smart infrastructure policy and increased investment in our multimodal freight system, drinking water networks, and more. This down payment on our infrastructure bill has contributed to modest but meaningful improvements.

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The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
The economic benefits of investing in water infrastructure

Dozens of industries, like mining, manufacturing, and health care, rely directly on water and wastewater services to function. If they lost access to clean water supplies, the economic impact would be acute. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the public health benefits from safe drinking water and wastewater treatment are immeasurable.

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Status Report: COVID-19’s Impacts on America’s Infrastructure

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
Empty subway car illustrates COVID-19

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has made a difficult situation worse. A sizable portion of our existing infrastructure systems are supported with user-generated revenue streams. With the onset of the pandemic, commercial water use is down, commuters are staying off the roads and away from transit, and airports are virtually empty.

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2019 OCEA Award Finalist – SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program

Monday, April 15th, 2019

The off-ramp bridge, part of the viaduct replacement program, is the first in the world built with two columns designed to flex during earthquake tremors and then snap back into position to remain functional. The project was based on research by the University of Nevada-Reno earthquake engineering laboratory using nickel and titanium rebar surrounded by a cement-like composite.

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2019 Hawaii Infrastructure Report Card

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
Hawaii Infrastructure Report Card Grades

In an effort to help Hawaii’s residents and policy makers understand the needs of its infrastructure, the ASCE Hawaii Chapter developed this inaugural 2019 Infrastructure Report Card. This report provides an evaluation of some of Hawaii’s key areas of infrastructure, including aviation, bridges, coastal areas, dams, energy, roads, schools, solid waste, stormwater, wastewater, and drinking water. Common challenges facing Hawaii’s infrastructure across the board include aging infrastructure, lack of funding, and sea level rise.

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2019 Professional New Faces of Civil Engineering: Andrea DuMont

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

Andrea Dumont is one of two Jacobs employees named as ASCE’s 2019 New Faces of Civil Engineering.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Kristina Swallow, President, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Monday, July 9th, 2018

We didn’t get here to the state of our current infrastructure overnight. It took us decades. It took us a generation to get here. The report card obviously is a tool to help convey the condition so everybody understands what we’re talking about and the impact on our lives. While we’ve been doing it now for some time, it has taken time to build that momentum, to build the understanding so that, today, it is being regularly used as a communication point and regularly used to help drive the conversation at all political levels: at the state, federal and local levels.

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ASCE OCEA Award Finalists, Part 1: Elizabeth River Tunnels, Fox River Bridge and Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway

Tuesday, March 20th, 2018

The following projects are finalists to receive the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Civil Engineering Awards. 

The winner, one of the among five finalists, will be revealed at ASCE’s OPAL Gala, March 15, in Arlington, VA.

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2018 Report Card for Michigan’s Infrastructure

Wednesday, March 14th, 2018
2018 Report Card for Michigan's Infrastructure

Unfortunately, most of Michigan’s infrastructure is old and outdated. In older Michigan cities, some systems date back to the late 1800s. For close to a decade the state suffered from a poor economy, resulting in Michigan under investing in infrastructure repairs and replacement. Imagine not changing your car’s tires for 10 years. Now we are faced with highways that are full of potholes, bridges that are being propped with temporary supports, sinkholes destroying homes, and beaches being closed due to contamination. In general, most investments during those years were a result of emergencies. Emergency repairs can be inconvenient, cause safety issues, and are more costly than doing routine infrastructure maintenance or replacement.

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