Archive for the ‘infrastructure’ Category

America is rotting from the inside

Monday, May 12th, 2008

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Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act - and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.

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I-35W bridge downed by design flaw; infrastructure issues fade from headlines

Friday, January 18th, 2008

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The flaw: Undersized gusset plates. So, case closed? It wasn’t a portentous sign of a failing national infrastructure after all? Just a sad, tragic miscalculation by an engineer four decades ago? Nope…

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