The United States in recent years has been facing the reality of their aging infrastructure. This can have a severe impact on their economy. Used to be the envy of other countries in terms of their advanced technology and infrastructure today, America’s infrastructure looks like an old, choking, and groaning Cadillac, which used to be […]
Aging Infrastructure USA
Cost of Renewing and Maintaining the Aging Infrastructure of the US
It is almost a general knowledge that the United States’ infrastructure system is showing its cracks literally. Most of the roads, highways, and rails are old and nearing their design life and functioning below par. Because of this government advocates are calling for more spending and investment on infrastructure. The former President Obama in his […]
Why It Is Important to Fix the USA’s Aging and Failing Infrastructure
Despite the efforts of the USA to be always at the forefront of the infrastructure industry, it still faces a problem of maintaining and modernizing its deteriorating infrastructure. Every American knows this problem: structurally defective system, functionally obsolete or outdated infrastructure system, flickering electrical grid, and inadequate funding to eliminate, if not lessen, the nation’s […]
Employing Efficient Infrastructure Management to Cope with Aging Water Infrastructure USA
According to EPA $384 billion is needed in the next 20 years for the repair of about 1 million water pipelines in the US that reaching the end of life. The aging water infrastructure in the country has now become one of the nation’s dilemmas. With an increasing number of populations in the US, keeping […]
America’s Infrastructure 2018 – How Is It Going?
There had been some ongoing issues about the aging infrastructure systems in the US, knowing that many of them are approaching the end of their lifespan. Many infrastructure management experts are seriously concerned about the current conditions of some significant systems such highways, bridges and water utilities. One study even shows that from about 600,000 […]