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White House Holds Summit to Discuss Disaster Financing and Resilient Recovery

August 03, 2016By. ASCE Staff

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

Talk to your Members of Congress About Infrastructure this Recess

July 21, 2016By. ASCE Staff

Members of Congress headed home (and to their respective national conventions last week) and won’t return to Washington until after Labor Day. This gives you, as an infrastructure advocate, the opportunity to talk with your federal lawmakers about our nation’s “D+” infrastructure and specific legislation that they can pass this year to help improve it.......

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Tags: dams, inland waterways, levees, ports, Water Resources, WRDA

California’s Orange County Infrastructure Isn’t Improving

July 21, 2016By. ASCE Staff

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

Water Financing Experts Share Ideas to Improve Local Infrastructure

July 20, 2016By. ASCE Staff

This Tuesday, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a day-long event in Washington, D.C., for representatives from the public and private sectors to discuss emerging finance methods for addressing deficient community water infrastructure. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy opened the day stressing the need to “start thinking about these [water resources projects] as investments,......

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Tags: Atlanta, Drinking Water, economy, EPA, Georgia, HUD, Mississippi, social, wastewater, water

Pokémon Can Be Caught on Transit, at National Parks Across the Country

July 20, 2016By. ASCE Staff

In recent weeks, Pokémon Go has gone viral across the United States, with millions of users of all ages joining in on the interactive game.  Due to the huge commercial and cultural success of the game, transit agencies are getting in on the action. In the game, players use their phones to locate and......

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Tags: infrastructure, National Parks, transit

Florida’s Infrastructure Needs to Keep up with Growth

July 14, 2016By. ASCE Staff

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

Raising the Grade: How the 2016 Water Resources Development Act Can Improve America’s Ports and Inland Waterways

July 07, 2016By. ASCE Staff

In this second post of a three-part blog series, we’re looking at projects, policy changes and programs included in S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016. Read about how WRDA can improve Dams and Levees. Now up, Ports and Inland Waterways Ports and Inland Waterways: Improving the Movement of Goods and Commerce ......

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Tags: inland waterways, ports, Water Resources, water resources development act

Momentum for Water Resources Bill Builds; 30 Republican Senators Urge Floor Time

June 30, 2016By. ASCE Staff

While gun control and a Puerto Rico debt restructuring package were the central focus of the Senate in the last 10 legislative days, momentum for bringing a major, bipartisan water resources bill to the Senate floor before summer recess is growing in the halls of Congress. Efforts to bring S.2848 the Water Resources Development Act......

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Tags: dams, inland waterways, levees, ports, water resources development act, WRDA

Congratulations USDOT Smart Cities Challenge Winner, Columbus!

June 28, 2016By. ASCE Staff

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) revealed Columbus, Ohio, was the winner of their Smart Cities Challenge, showcasing an innovative transportation strategy made possible through investment in smart city technology. Like ASCE’s #GameChangers project which shows inspiring examples of innovative trends happening with our nation’s infrastructure, all 77 of the proposals submitted to the Challenge......

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Tags: 2013 Report Card, Columbus, gamechangers, innovation, Ohio, roads, Smart Cities, technology, transit, transportation, USDOT

Broad Coalition Asks Senate to Pass Water Resources Bill

June 23, 2016By. ASCE Staff

On Wednesday an initial group of 87 organizations–now up to 93–asked in a letter that the U.S. Senate pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA; S.2848) before leaving for summer recess. The coalition, led by the American Society of Civil Engineers, includes a wide range of interests—demonstrating the impact that WRDA has on......

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Tags: dams, inland waterways, levees, ports, water resources development act