Recent events have sparked renewed interest in disaster mitigation for public infrastructures. Presidential Decision Directive 63 identifies water distribution as being among the most vital and vulnerable of our large-scale infrastructures. Water distribution networks are vulnerable to threats...

Valuation of infrastructure assets has drawn close attention in the U.S. since the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement 34 (GASB 34) was issued in 1999. GASB 34 recommends two valuation methods: the depreciation method and the modified approach. The depreciation method estimates the...

Decision-makers facing project selection decisions have a continuing need for quantitative methods that enable informed decisions to be made in the midst of system complexity. A particular source of complexity stems from the interaction of involved organizations that bring differing perspectives...

Water management worldwide is evolving towards integrating social, economic and environmental variables into the decision-making processes to increase the efficiency and sustainability of a decision's outcomes. This study aims to develop a system-of-systems decision support framework and a...

The Utility Accommodation Policy (UAP) is a collection of the regulations and practices to control the utility occupancy of all public highway rights-of-way under jurisdiction of the different States. UAPs not only help to regulate the installation of new utilities and the renovation of the...