energy

White House Holds Summit to Discuss Disaster Financing and Resilient Recovery

August 03, 2016By. Whitford Remer

On Wednesday the White House hosted a Forum on Smart Finance for Disaster Resilience to “highlight innovations in disaster mitigation and resilience finance, including emerging public-private collaborations with banking, insurance, and financial services sectors.” According to NOAA the U.S. has sustained 196 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1......

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Tags: energy, natural disasters, ports, resilience

California’s Orange County Infrastructure Isn’t Improving

July 21, 2016By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

The Orange County Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers today released its 2016 Orange County Infrastructure Report Card, grading 12 categories of the county’s infrastructure, resulting in an overall grade point average of “C+.” The Report Card was developed in collaboration with the UC Irvine Civil and Environmental Engineering Affiliates, an advisory group......

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Tags: Airports, aviation, California, energy, flood control, levees, parks, report card, schools, solid waste, transportation, water

Florida’s Infrastructure Needs to Keep up with Growth

July 14, 2016By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

Impact of Florida’s Infrastructure Infrastructure is the backbone of Florida’s economy and a necessary part of every Floridian’s day. The Florida Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers released the 2016 Report Card for Florida’s Infrastructure on Thursday, July 14. The report includes an evaluation of the state’s aviation, bridges, coastal areas, drinking water,......

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Tags: aviation, bridges, coastal areas, energy, Florida, infrastructure, ports, roads, schools, stormwater, transit, wastewater

New Jersey Infrastructure Receives D+ Report Card

June 16, 2016By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

Today, the 2016 Report Card for New Jersey’s Infrastructure gave an overall D+ grade for the State’s infrastructure. The report evaluated 13 separate components of New Jersey’s infrastructure, all of which were given a grade based on the components’ condition, capacity, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation.  The transit and......

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Tags: bridges, dams, energy, hazardous waste, infrastructure, NJ, parks, ports, rail, roads, transportation, wastewater, water

State of Our Union Will Strengthen With Infrastructure Investment

January 13, 2016By. Becky Moylan

President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. Among the goals he set out was the need to build a “21st century transportation system.” He went further, posing the question of how we can utilize technology to solve our nation’s challenges. Modernizing our transportation network and offering innovative solutions to......

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Tags: Drinking Water, energy, gamechangers, President Obama, transportation

New Game Changers Report Identifies Top Trends Shaping Infrastructure

July 23, 2015By. Becky Moylan

The challenges our infrastructure faces are chronicled frequently on this blog and in the media. The Highway Trust Fund heading toward insolvency (again). Water main breaks occurring every two minutes. Congested roadways causing us each to lose time and waste gas. But that’s only half the story. Today, we released our new Infrastructure #GameChangers report,......

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Tags: energy, freight, gamechangers, surface transportation, water

Infrastructure That’s Changing the Game

July 14, 2015By. Becky Moylan

Our nation’s aging infrastructure is facing big challenges. But congested roadways and overflowing sewers are only half the story. That’s why the American Society of Civil Engineers is releasing a new report about the innovative ways communities across the country are modernizing infrastructure. Infrastructure Game Changers highlights trends in energy, freight, transportation and water......

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Tags: energy, freight, gamechangers, transportation, water

Obama Budget Goes Big on Infrastructure

February 02, 2015By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

Transportation Today’s fiscal year 2016 (FY16) budget release by President Obama was particularly generous to infrastructure programs. The President is proposing a $478 billion, six-year surface transportation (MAP-21) reauthorization proposal titled the GROW AMERICA Act paid for by taxing companies’ overseas profits. The bill length is historically similar to other long-term highway & transit bill......

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Tags: energy, highway trust fund, infrastructure, transportation, water

Harnessing the Natural Process for Clean Water in Colorado

August 20, 2014By. ASCE Staff

Let’s Envision the Infrastructure for Tomorrow America’s infrastructure needs a national commitment to bring existing infrastructure into a state-of-good-repair, and in the long term we must modernize and build in a targeted and strategic manner. This means leadership at the federal, state, and local levels of government, by businesses and individuals, to communicate the importance......

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Tags: Colorado, drought, energy, infrastructure, Prairie Waters Projec, purification, water

Planning America’s Energy Future at ASCE 2014 Shale Energy Engineering Conference

July 24, 2014By. Whitford Remer

This week, ASCE’s inaugural Shale Energy Engineering Conference was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It included three days of plenary panels, technical sessions and a visit from the Commonwealth’s Governor, Tom Corbett. In his remarks, Governor Corbett reminded the audience that 10 years ago the United States was an importer of natural gas, and today, those......

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Tags: energy, infrastructure, sustainability