Jul 30 2010
After a busy day spent touring notable infrastructure in the Houston Area, ASCE hosted on Thursday a roundtable discussion on the 5 Key Solutions for infrastructure. Participants included Houston Mayor Anise Parker, Houston City Council member Stephen Costello, P.E., M.ASCE, and State Representative William Callegari, P.E. Similar to the solutions roundtables ASCE held earlier [...]
Jul 28 2010
In early 2010, ASCE hosted a series of roundtable discussions about the 5 Key Solutions from the 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure that brought together engineers and policy experts to begin charting a path for achieving the solutions. A summary of these events was covered in a recent issue of Civil Engineering magazine. After [...]
Jul 28 2010
By Max Frazier, ASCE Government Relations Summer Intern The Hunter’s Point Bridge has been going through the approval stage for the past ten years in the San Francisco Bay Area. The bridge is a major financial and land-use component of the 10,500 home project proposed by Lennar Developers located in the old Hunter’s Point [...]
Jul 27 2010
The failure this weekend of an 88 year old dam in Iowa has once again brought the nation’s attention to the poor state of our nation’s aging infrastructure and shown us the devastation that can be caused when that infrastructure fails. There are more than 85,000 dams in the United States, and the average age [...]
Jul 09 2010
By Max Frazier, Intern The “Gas Tax” is something that has remained untouched for 17 years, according to the Washington Post “the federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon has not gone up since 1993.” While low taxes on fuel has helped to boost the economy by cheap means of transportation, as some representatives [...]
Jul 02 2010
by Max Frazier, Intern With the polarization of the right and left becoming ever more prevalent and influential in Washington politics, it can seem to the outside observer that complaining about Congress’s apparent inactivity, is the only option. Yes, elected officials are sent to Washington by voters (YOU) to represent the needs and views [...]