Louisiana’s Infrastructure: Making Progress, But Still a Long Road Ahead
November 12, 2025
If you’ve ever watched the news after a major storm hits the Gulf Coast, you know that Louisiana’s infrastructure faces significant external threats, which challenge and wear down an aging network of transportation and waters systems. And today, ASCE’s Louisiana Section gave us the latest snapshot: Louisiana’s infrastructure earned a ‘C-’ on its 2025 Report......
2025 Maryland Infrastructure Report Card: Key Findings, Challenges & Future Solutions
October 23, 2025
Maryland’s Infrastructure Holds Steady at a ‘C’ in 2025 Report Card The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Maryland Section has released its 2025 Report Card for Maryland’s Infrastructure, assigning the state an overall grade of ‘C’, unchanged from 2020 and matching the national average. While this grade indicates that Maryland’s infrastructure is performing adequately......
ASCE Making the Grade Webinar Examines Ports and Inland Waterways
October 07, 2025
On October 2, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) hosted a collaborative webinar focused on Ports and Inland Waterways, two of the 18 categories evaluated in the 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. In the 2025 report, Ports received the highest grade among all categories with a B, up from a B– in 2021.......
Federal Government Shuts Down as Congress Fails to Reach Spending Deal
October 03, 2025
When the clock struck midnight on October 1, government funding lapsed as lawmakers had not secured a deal to fund the government past the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The federal government shutdown comes after weeks of negotiations in Congress on whether to approve a short-term continuing resolution that would have kept the government......
Bridge Infrastructure Problems in the U.S.: Modern Challenges and Solutions
September 17, 2025
Guest post by: Bibhuti Aryal, Senior Director, Transportation, Bentley Systems Growing up in Pittsburgh, “The City of Bridges,” Fern Hollow was one of many bridges my family and I crossed on buses and on foot to get from one neighborhood to another for school, work, shopping, and more. These bridges were not just concrete structures;......
Idaho’s Infrastructure Sees Modest Progress in 2025 ASCE Report Card
September 11, 2025
Idaho’s infrastructure is improving, demonstrating that proactive state programs and contributions from the federal government and private sector can improve the systems all residents and businesses depend on. Today ASCE’s Idaho sections released its 2025 Report Card for Idaho’s Infrastructure, awarding the state an overall grade of ‘C’, up from a ‘C-’ in 2018. While......
ASCE releases updated resilience toolkit, hosts Capitol Hill briefing
September 08, 2025
On September 8, ASCE released its updated toolkit, Pathways to Resilient Communities: Infrastructure Designed for the Environmental Hazards in Your Region. The toolkit offers guidance for civil engineers, community leaders, and related stakeholders to adopt and implement up-to-date, modern building codes and standards responsive to extreme weather and environmental threats. As a standards development organization......
Decoding America’s Construction Labor Shortage: Implications for National Stability and Security
September 03, 2025
The US built environment, encompassing construction, infrastructure, real estate, and urban planning, is grappling with a severe labor shortage. Yet, this aspect of the American economy plays an outsized role in the nation’s ability to support critical sectors such as housing, transportation, defense, and energy. On-site personnel represent 74% of the workforce in the built......
When Strategy Meets Reality: How Funding Shapes Infrastructure Outcomes
August 06, 2025
By Barry Schoch, PE – Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Design Service Line Leader at KCI Technologies, Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation At the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Solutions Summit, I had the opportunity to share my insights as part of a transportation panel focused on the intersection of asset management and infrastructure......
The Case for Building a Stronger Water Reuse Workforce
July 21, 2025
By: Sarah Simons, Senior Technical Writer, CDM Smith As climate change and water shortages continue to threaten water-scarce regions across the United States (U.S.) and around the world, CDM Smith is driving innovation and leading the way in water reuse. However, to continue to expand water reuse and increase water resilience, we must address the......
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