What is asset management and what is it not? The concept of infrastructure asset management has existed long enough that some of us now fall into the trap of confusing it with something else. As the late US President John F. Kennedy puts it, the great enemy of the truth is very often not the […]
Archives for September 2016
Important Infrastructure Management Lessons from the Dakota Access Pipeline Issue
It was in May 2014 when the Dakota Access Pipeline project was first announced. Two years after, the multi-billion-dollar project by Energy Transfer Partners or ETP started the construction after getting 200 permits to build at various water crossings, which was granted by the Army Corps of Engineers. That was what the Standing Rock Sioux […]
The Aging US Infrastructure and What Clinton and Trump Plan to Do with Them
If there is one thing that the US voters can thank for, it’s the fact that both presidential candidates this coming November election have expressed support to fixing the United States of America’s aging infrastructure. The US investing on infrastructure is equivalent to the US investing in itself – for the country’s self-growth and […]
West Virginia Needs Stormwater Infrastructure Funding Now
More than two months after a flash flood killed at least 24 people and devastated more or less 1,200 homes, West Virginia is now seeing the harrowing effects of cutting back budgets on infrastructure and the slow efforts on rehabilitation and replacement of decaying public utilities. Flooding has become common in the mountainous counties of […]
Watching Stranger Things and Identifying the Demorgons of USA Infrastructure
Stranger Things, the newest mystery horror flick in Netflix, captured the hearts of viewers all over the world. Its success was attributed mainly to the 80s nostalgia featured by the 8-episode series. Besides the old school vibe, there are also other reasons why Stranger Things was propelled to the popularity that is enjoying right now […]