Abstract: Municipalities are experiencing high inefficiency and financial burden imposed by their underperforming aging infrastructure. One-third of Canada’s municipal infrastructure is in fair, poor, and failing condition states, ...

Abstract: Keeping asphalt-surfaced highways and roads in satisfactory condition is a major challenge that departments of transportation strive to overcome. According to a recent assessment of roads in both Canada and the United ...

Abstract: Performance-based road maintenance contracts (PBRMCs) are an effective mechanism to transfer risk and responsibility of road maintenance activities to the private sector. Proper structuring of performance indicators and ...

Abstract: The massive number of infrastructure intervention activities occurring in cities leads to detrimental social, environmental, and economic impacts on the community. Thus, integrating the asset intervention activities is ...

Abstract: Operators of North America’s potable water systems are facing numerous challenges in meeting the current needs and future expectations. Even though utility management experts started building customer-driven asset management ...

Abstract: Limited research has been directed toward coastal protection infrastructure compared to other types of infrastructure, despite the increasing global population in low-elevated coastal regions and the threats posed by climate ...