Halloween season already came to pass but issues in US infrastructure still remain to haunt us. The aging public utilities have long been an issue and a challenging infrastructure asset management hurdle. If you are not too worried about the current state of US infrastructure, maybe you will start showing concern when you discover the […]
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Are the US Infrastructure Systems Being Taken for Granted?
We don’t have bridges being built. We have bridges that are falling. This statement is from no other than the president-elect of the United States of America. Indeed, even if we are not infrastructure management experts, we can tell that USA is in dire need of an infrastructure revitalization. To give a glimpse of how […]
Key to Making the USA’s Infrastructure Great Again – Infrastructure Asset Management
In what some considered as a most unexpected result, the USA has chosen Donald Trump on its 58th presidential election. As he takes the reins of leading one of the most powerful countries in the world, he is also expected to finally address the long overdue problems of US infrastructure and the dire need for […]
Issues Affecting Water Utilities USA You’re Probably Not Aware of
Would you drink a glass of water, take a big swig for your future? The majority of Americans draw their drinking water from publicly-owned water facilities. On the other hand, about 11 percent of the USA population are served by privately-owned water sources and 15 percent have their own water wells. The United States, as […]
The Role of Infrastructure in Natural Disaster Management
The annals of human history have recorded a lot of natural disasters which prompted infrastructure decision support in some countries. In the most recent years, man has experienced natural calamities worldwide – hurricanes Sandy and Katrina in the US, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, to name a few. These […]