摘要: |
We live in a new world - one of finite resources, limited investment, and a climate that is rapidly changing. This "perfect storm" means that doing what always worked in the past is likely to fail in the future.
In this new world, we will need to innovate, reimagine, and empirically improvise solutions to a new century of problems. We'll need to use new design
and construction approaches that incorporate high-tech materials and emerging technologies. And we must ensure that the next generation of infrastructure systems not only meets nominal expectations but has the resilience to perform during catastrophic events, and then recover quickly afterward. |