Infrastructure

Catalog description

Infrastructure systems have been deteriorating at an alarming rate and resources available for their rehabilitation or replacement have been limited. This course considers the current challenges to managing infrastructure. It focuses on current issues and through case studies addresses: the social, economic and political importance of infrastructure, the ASCE Report Card and its purposes, planning approaches economic and other strategies for comparing infrastructure alternatives, sustainability, risk, and resilience. (cross-listed with CEE 5005; additional course expectations for graduate credit)