Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Recent submissions
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Risk-based Life-cycle Costing of Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Construction Alternatives
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Infrastructure engineers and managers have to be aware of the economical consequences of selecting a particular rehabilitation and construction alternative for civil infrastructure units such as pavements, bridges, and ... -
Quantitative Model to Forecast Changes in Hurricane Vulnerability of Regional Building Inventory
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)This paper introduces a quantitative methodology to model the way the hurricane wind vulnerability of a region’s building inventory changes over time due, for example, to aging, structural upgrading efforts, construction ... -
Strategies of Extended Producer Responsibility for Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Buildings use large amounts of materials and produce much waste. Some building materials are recycled, but most become waste. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies require producers to be responsible for their ... -
Estimation on Regional Benefit and Optimal Level of Road Capital Stock
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)This paper measures the regional benefit of road investment in Korea, using the translog cost functions of the manufacturing industry for the four macroregions of Seoul Metropolitan Area, South-Eastern Area, South-Western ... -
Computation of Infrastructure Transition Probabilities Using Stochastic Duration Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Sound infrastructure deterioration models are essential for accurately predicting future conditions that, in turn, are key inputs to effective maintenance and rehabilitation decision making. The challenge central to ... -
Economic Input-output Life-cycle Assessment of U.S. Residential Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)We estimate the building resource requirements, electricity and energy used, greenhouse gas releases, hazardous waste generated, and toxic air releases for the construction, usage, and demolition of typical U.S. residences ... -
Forecasting Variations and Trends in Water-Main Breaks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Effective planning for the renewal of water distribution systems requires accurate quantification of the structural deterioration of water mains. Direct inspection of all water mains in a distribution system is almost ... -
Cost at Element Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Pontis is a bridge management system that performs a network level analysis suggesting specific bridge repair/retrofit projects for projected deterioration and budgets. However, Pontis is not a project level analysis that ... -
Service Life and Impact of Virginia Environmental Exposure Condition on Paint on Steel Girder Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)A number of state departments of transportation (DOTs) have established bridge management systems (BMSs) to assist in prioritizing and optimizing bridge improvement programs within budgetary constraints. Several factors, ... -
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Are We There Yet?
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Trade-offs Between Initial and Maintenance Costs of Highways in Cross-Slopes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Highway maintainability is a significant issue, which should be considered in the planning stages of a highway development process. A number of infrastructure models such as highway maintenance management systems, bridge ... -
Reconstruction of the Building Infrastructure: Two Performance Prediction Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The total value of civil infrastructure (roads, buildings, and underground services) in North America is estimated at $20 trillion. Due to its large size and the need for minimal interruption to services, maintaining the ... -
Modeling Bridge Deterioration Using Case-based Reasoning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Current bridge deterioration models used in bridge management systems are not successful in capturing the effects of bridge condition history on future condition, in performing “what if” analyses for different maintenance ... -
Service Life Prediction of Existing Reinforced Concrete Bridges Exposed to Chloride Environment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)There is a need to develop a calculation method to aid in the making of reliable predictions for the service life of bridge structures. This paper examines the basis for making service life predictions for existing reinforced ... -
Too Cautious? Avoiding Risk in Transportation Project Development
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The general public perception is that it takes too long and costs too much to get new capacity enhancing transportation projects constructed. In California, previous audits of the California Transportation Department ... -
Extreme Event Scenarios for Planning of Infrastructure Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)In project planning, several design concepts are considered to examine the potential to lower the lifecycle costs of the structure without sacrificing significant performance. Various natures of unusual and extreme events ... -
Roadmap for Modeling Risks of Terrorism to the Homeland
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, were a wake-up call for changing our past practices in ensuring homeland security. The positive results of these changes, however, are accompanied by myriad visible and invisible ... -
Markov Model for Storm Water Pipe Deterioration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Effective management of storm water pipe networks requires an accurate assessment of the structural condition of the pipes. Indeed, the recent introduction of Australian accounting standard -
Introducing the Associate Editors of the <i>Journal of Infrastructure Systems</i>
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Prioritization of Schedule Dependencies in Hurricane Recovery of Transportation Agency
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)A transportation agency must consider the efficiency of its hurricane preparedness, response, and recovery operations. This paper develops and demonstrates a methodology to identify and characterize the schedule dependencies ...