Infrastructure Management: Integrating Design, Construction, Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Renovation - Hardcover

Hudson, W.; Haas, Ralph; Uddin, Waheed

9780070308954: Infrastructure Management: Integrating Design, Construction, Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Renovation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070308950 ISBN 13: 9780070308954

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1997

Here is every concept you need to successfully manage infrastructure facilities�from roads and bridges to airports and sports complexes. This sure-fire guide shows you how to identify infrastructure needs throughout the service life of a facility...and offers a framework for infrastructure management which integrates all planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation issues. You'll find methods for database management, data collection, performance monitoring, quality control in design and construction, life-cycle analysis, and more.

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From the Back Cover:

Everything you need to successfully manage infrastructure facilities from roads to sports complexes. Learn how to prevent or reverse costly deterioration of infrastructure caused by decay, aging, and heavy usage. This comprehensive guide gives you all the tools and techniques for effectively managing roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste facilities, parks, buildings, and sports complexes. The book shows you how to maintain the infrastructure throughout the service life of a facility and offers a framework for infrastructure management which integrates all planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and renovation issues. Enhanced with detailed examples and case studies, Infrastructure Management provides you with proven methods for: Database management, analysis, and modeling; Collecting inventory, physical, and historical data; In-service monitoring and data evaluation; Performance modeling and failure analysis; Quality control in design and construction; Life-cycle cost and benefit analysis. You'll also discover how to use new concrete and composite materials. . .develop timely maintenance and rehabilitation strategies. . .and establish clear priorities in your infrastructure management plan.

Synopsis:

This edition demonstrates various infrastructure management tools and techniques for application to roads, bridges, airports, utility services, water and waste water facilities, parks, buildings, and sports complexes. It integrates planning, design, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation and renovation along with life-cycle, decision support systems, database management, analysis and modelling. Examples and case studies are included throughout.

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