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001 2013018493
003 DLC
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010 $a 2013018493
020 $a9780071820110 (hardback)
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040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aTA190$b.H82 2013
082 00 $a363.6068$223
084 $aTEC009020$2bisacsh
100 1 $aUddin, Waheed.
240 10 $aInfrastructure management
245 10 $aPublic infrastructure asset management /$cWaheed Uddin, W. Ronald Hudson, Ralph Haas.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill Education,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $axxii, 522 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aEdition of: Infrastructure management / W. Ronald Hudson, Ralph Haas, Waheed Uddin. c1997.
520 $a"This comprehensive resource provides thorough coverage of the tools and techniques used in planning, building, maintaining, and fixing civil infrastructure. Thoroughly updated throughout, Public Infrastructure Asset Management, Second Edition presents the framework and elements of life cycle management of civil infrastructure assets in the context of current practice. The book explains how to achieve the optimal integrated, multi-disciplinary set of strategies (design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation) necessary to manage and sustain modern public physical infrastructure assets. These include: roads and bridges / airports / ports / public utilities / water and wastewater facilities / mass transit systems / hospitals / schools / parks and recreation facilities / sports complexes. The book has been thoroughly revised to reflect the impact of built infrastructure on the environment, social concerns, new technologies and scientific developments, and the impacts of natural and man-made disasters. Covers valuation of infrastructure assets, largely in response to Government Accounting Standards Requirements such as GASB34 in the United States, PSAB3150 in Canada, and similar standards in Australia Addresses the adverse environmental impacts of deteriorating air quality, GHG emissions, excessive noise, and available mitigation strategies Includes specific approaches to sustainability including green methodologies, resource conservation, re-use of materials, renewable energy Financing models for publicly owned infrastructure and for public-private-partnerships (P3s) Addresses online infrastructure (data access, mobile apps, cloud computing) and how these infrastructure services are assessed and provided Adds new and/or updated methodologies on performance measures related to sustainability, security, level of service provisions, safety, institutional effectiveness, preservation of assets and investments, technologies for in-service monitoring, data analysis, prioritization, and decision support and knowledge management "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"This comprehensive resource provides thorough coverage of the tools and techniques used in planning, building, maintaining, and fixing civil infrastructure"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aEngineering$xManagement.
650 0 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$xManagement.
650 0 $aLife cycle costing.
650 0 $aEngineering economy.
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aHudson, W. Ronald.
700 1 $aHaas, R. C. G.$q(Ralph C. G.)