North Carolina’s 2026 Infrastructure Report Card: Grades, Challenges & Path Forward
January 21, 2026
North Carolina Earns a C- On Wednesday, January 21, the North Carolina Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2026 Report Card for North Carolina’s Infrastructure at the North Carolina State University Club in Raleigh. This release represents the state’s first modern report card and gave the state’s infrastructure a ‘C-’......
ASCE’s Priorities for the 2026 Water Resources Development Act
January 15, 2026
With the start of the New Year, ASCE is preparing for Congress’s consideration of the 2026 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). WRDA provides biennial authorization to water resources projects at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that improve the nation’s flood control capabilities, navigation, and resilience against increasingly extreme weather events. It also offers an......
How Modern Technology and AI Can Improve Environmental Permitting for Everyone
January 13, 2026
Environmental permitting balances economic development with environmental management. It enables us to build safe roads, modern bridges, and infrastructure, while also protecting our natural resources. However, the pathway for obtaining a permit is fraught with complexities, including: Backlogs Complex regulations Staffing constraints Inconsistent processes. These issues hinder the development of our nation’s infrastructure, water systems,......
ASCE Submits Comments on Proposed Waters of the United States Rule
January 08, 2026
This week, ASCE submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) pertaining to the Trump Administration’s proposed rule defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act provides protections from discharges and other environmental hazards into American waterways and waterbodies......
FY 2026 Spending Bills: Lawmakers Advance Funding for Commerce, Energy, and Interior Agencies
January 08, 2026
Avoiding Another Shutdown: What’s at Stake Last fall, the federal government experienced a 43-day shutdown, the longest in history, because congressional lawmakers could not agree on terms for a full year spending deal. On January 5th, hoping to avoid another painful government shutdown, leaders of the Appropriations Committees in both chambers released the conferenced version......
2025 Drinking Water & Wastewater Webinar: Key Insights from ASCE
December 18, 2025
Exploring Infrastructure Grades, Challenges, and Solutions for U.S. Drinking Water & Wastewater Systems Overview of the Webinar On December 11, ASCE hosted an insightful webinar titled “Making the Grade: Drinking Water & Wastewater” to examine critical issues and solutions shaping U.S. water infrastructure. This discussion provided an overview of the 2025 Report Card for America’s......
West Virginia 2025 Infrastructure Report Card: ASCE Grades & Key Needs
December 17, 2025
On Wednesday, December 17, the West Virginia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2025 Report Card for West Virginia’s Infrastructure at the state capitol building in Charleston, giving the state an overall grade of a ‘D+’, an improvement of the ‘D’ it received in their 2020 report card. Reliable, resilient......
Florida’s Infrastructure Report Card: A ‘C+’ and Climbing
December 10, 2025
The 2025 Report Card for Florida’s Infrastructure is out, and the Sunshine State earned a ‘C+’. Florida joins Georgia, Nevada, Utah, and Wisconsin as the fifth state to earn a ‘C+’, which is higher than the national infrastructure grade of ‘C’. This progress reflects years of hard work, strategic investment, and a commitment to resilience.......
Closing the Data Gap: How Digital Solutions Are Building Smarter Infrastructure
December 03, 2025
Infrastructure Data Matters On December 1, ASCE partnered with Autodesk and Mott MacDonald to discuss the important role digital data plays in today’s infrastructure landscape. Panelists explored how digital solutions—like AI, cloud collaboration, and connected data environments—are streamlining project information, improving decision-making, and enabling more resilient, future-ready infrastructure. The Challenge: Aging Systems and a $3.7......
California’s Infrastructure Report Card 2025: Challenges and Opportunities
December 03, 2025
On December 3, 2025, ASCE Region 9, which encompasses the state of California released the 2025 Report Card for California’s Infrastructure, giving the state an overall grade of C-, consistent with the grade it received in 2019. California is home to nearly 40 million residents, a global economy, and some of the nation’s most complex......
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