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Toward Infrastructure Improvement

An Agenda for Research

COMMITTEE FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AGENDA

BUILDING RESEARCH BOARD

GEOTECHNICAL BOARD

COMMISSION ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

James P. Gould

Andrew C. Lemer

Editors

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1994

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COMMITTEE FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AGENDA

Chairman

JAMES P. GOULD, Partner,

Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, New York

Members

EDWARD COHEN, Managing Partner,

Ammann and Whitney, Consulting Engineers, New York, New York

THOMAS J. EGGUM, City Engineer,

Department of Public Works, City of St. Paul, Minnesota

EZRA D. EHRENKRANTZ, Chair,

Architecture and Building Science, School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark

CARL MONISMITH, The Robert Horonjeff Professor of Civil Engineering,

University of California at Berkeley, Department of Civil Engineering

ROBERT S. O'NEIL, President,

De Leuw, Cather & Company;

President,

Parsons Transportation Group, Washington, D.C.

THOMAS D. O'ROURKE, Professor of Civil Engineering,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

JOSEPH C. PERKOWSKI, Manager,

Advanced Civil Systems, R&D Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, California

JOHN RAMAGE, Vice President,

CH2M Hill, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SARAH SLAUGHTER, Assistant Professor,

Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

JOEL A. TARR, Richard S. Caliguiri Professor of Urban and Environmental History and Policy,

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Liaison Members

KEN P. CHONG, Director,

Structural Systems and Construction Processes Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

JOHN B. SCALZI, Program Director for Structures and Building Systems,

National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

MEHMET T. TUMAY, Director,

Geomechanics Program, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

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National Research Council Liaison Representatives

NANCY RUTLEDGE CONNERY, Consultant,

Public Works Infrastructure, Woolwich, Maine

ALBERT A. GRANT, Chairman,

Committee on Infrastructure Consultant, Potomac, Maryland

RITA B. LEAHY,

Strategic Highway Research Program;

Visiting Assistant Professor,

Department of Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis

Staff

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director,

Division of Infrastructure, Energy, and Environmental Engineering

ANDREW C. LEMER, Director,

Building Research Board (1988-1993)

PETER H. SMEALLIE, Staff Officer

PATRICIA M. WHOLEY, Staff Associate

MARY McCORMACK, Project Assistant

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BUILDING RESEARCH BOARD (1992-1994)

Chairman

HAROLD J. PARMELEE, President,

Turner Construction Company, New York, New York

Members

RICHARD T. BAUM,* (Retired) Partner,

Jaros, Baum and Bolles, Consulting Engineers, New York, New York

LYNN S. BEEDLE, University Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Director,

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

CATHERINE BROWN, Director of Special Projects,

Design Center for American Urban Landscape, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

GERALD L. CARLISLE,* Secretary-Treasurer,

International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen, Washington, D.C.

NANCY RUTLEDGE CONNERY, Consultant,

Woolwich, Maine

C. CHRISTOPHER DEGENHARDT,* Chairman,

EDAW, Inc., San Francisco, California

AUGUSTINE A. DiGIACOMO, Partner,

Jaros, Baum and Bolles, Consulting Engineers, New York, New York

ELISHA C. FREEDMAN,* Regional Manager,

The Par Group—Paul A. Reaume, Ltd., West Hartford, Connecticut

DELON HAMPTON,

Delon Hampton & Associates, Washington, D.C.

DONALD G. ISELIN,

U.S. Navy Retired,

Consultant,

Santa Barbara, California

FREDERICK KRIMGOLD,* Associate Dean for Research and Extension,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Alexandria

GARY T. MOORE, Professor of Architecture and Director,

Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

WALTER P. MOORE, President and Chairman of the Board,

Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas

J. W. MORRIS, U.S. Army Retired, President,

J. W. Morris Ltd., Arlington, Virginia

BRIAN P. MURPHY, Senior Vice President,

Prudential Property Company, Prudential Plaza, Newark, New Jersey

LESLIE E. ROBERTSON,* Director,

Design and Construction, Leslie E. Robertson Associates, New York, New York

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JEROME J. SINCOFF, AIA, President,

Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri

JAMES E. WOODS,* William E. Jamerson Professor of Building Construction,

College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

APRIL L. YOUNG,* CRA Coordinator,

First American Metro Corporation, McLean, Virginia

Staff

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director,

Division of Infrastructure, Energy, and Environmental Engineering

ANDREW C. LEMER, Director,

Building Research Board (1988-1993)

HENRY A. BORGER, Executive Secretary,

Federal Construction Council

PATRICIA M. WHOLEY, Staff Associate

LENA B. GRAYSON, Program Assistant

MARY T. McCORMACK, Project Assistant

*

Term completed

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GEOTECHNICAL BOARD (1993-1994)

Chairman

JAMES K. MITCHELL,

University of California, Berkeley

Members

CLARENCE R. ALLEN,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

JOAN (JODIE) Z. BERNSTEIN,

Waste Management, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois

DAVID E. DANIEL,

University of Texas, Austin

WILLIAM S. GARDNER,

W.S. Gardner and Associates, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

JAMES P. GOULD,

Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, New York

FRANÇOIS E. HEUZE,

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

CHARLES C. LADD,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

JAMES D. MURFF,

Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, Texas

SHLOMO P. NEUMAN,

The University of Arizona, Tucson

THOMAS D. O'ROURKE,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

REUBEN SAMUELS,

Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, New York

ROBERT L. SCHUSTER,

U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado

DON W. STEEPLES,

The University of Kansas, Lawrence

Staff

MAHADEVAN MANI, Director,

Division of Infrastructure, Energy, and Environmental Engineering

PETER H. SMEALLIE, Director,

Geotechnical Board (1990-1993)

JENNIFER T. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant

AMELIA B. MATHIS, Senior Secretary/Project Assistant

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3.

Systems Life-Cycle Management

37

Infrastructure Demand and Service-Life Management

38

Issues of Public Goods Demand, Prices, and Costs

39

Managing Derived Demand

39

Infrastructure as a Life-Cycle Production Process

40

Assessing Consequences of Materials Innovation

41

Total System Inventory, Monitoring, and Management

41

Analytical Inventories of Infrastructure Systems

42

Statistical Analyses and Benchmarking of Infrastructure

43

Deviations-Detection Systems for Public Health and Safety

43

Quicker Response Infrastructure Management

44

Infrastructure Junction Points and Common-Use Corridors

44

Private and Public Interface in Infrastructure

45

Standards, Regulations, and Other External Influences

46

Shifts in Design and Management Objectives

46

New Approaches to Siting and Technology Decisions

47

4.

Analysis And Decision Tools

49

Systems Models

50

Ex Post Analysis of Planning and Design Methods

51

Demand/Capacity Analysis

51

Faster Integration of New Technology into Design Practice

52

Anticipating Consequences of Catastrophic Events

52

Construction Effects on Lifeline Systems

53

Emergency Infrastructure Operations Procedures

53

5.

Information Management

55

Advanced Data Acquisition and Management Methods

56

Remote-Satellite Imagery

56

Improved Use of SCADA

57

Network Analysis Methods

57

Aggregation and Disaggregation Methods

57

Intermodal Interactions

58

Education for Infrastructure Management

58

Using Information Highways

60

Uses of Multi-Media

60

6.

Condition Assessment And Monitoring Technology

63

Nondisruptive, Nondestructive, Condition-Monitoring Techniques

64

Structural Assessment

64

Site Characterization

65

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List of Illustrations

 

''Infrastructure Blues,''

xiv

 

Failure of Schoharie Creek Bridge, New York

8

 

Gateway Center, Union Station, Los Angeles

20

 

Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan, New York

31

 

Reconstruction of Croton Lake Gatehouse, New York

36

 

Morton Street Vent Shaft, Manhattan, New York

48

 

Computer Simulation of Emergency Water Supply

54

 

The Fire Alarm Telegraph

59

 

Bridge Inspection Data Processing

62

 

New Materials for Aging Infrastructure

72

 

Pipelines Crossing Transportation Arteries

77

 

Jacked Sewer Pipe on Staten Island, New York

80

 

Cable Railway Construction, New York, 1891

94

 

Testing to Failure

98

 

New Materials, New Forms

101

 

Infrastructure in the Lab

104

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"Infrastructure Blues"

Replacing a 48" water main along Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, created havoc with the neighborhood. Begun in January 1992, to be completed in June 1994, it was halted periodically by rejection of the new pipe, teamster strikes, conflicting utilities, threat of contractor default, and holiday shutdowns and may be completed before June 1995. Developments in trenchless technology—for installation, renovation, and replacement of underground utility systems without open cut construction—has been rapid and extensive. The benefits of this technology in urban applications include reduced disruption of street traffic and adjacent businesses, longer service life of street pavement, improved safely far construction personnel, and ground movement and vibration hazards to nearby structures. (Photo courtesy of The New York Times)

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This book advises the federal government on a national infrastructure research agenda. It takes the position that the traditional disciplinary and institutional divisions among infrastructure modes and professions are largely historical artifacts that impose barriers to the development of new technology and encourages the government to embrace a more interdisciplinary approach. In order to be practical, the study focuses on infrastructure technologies that can be incorporated into or overlay current systems, allow for alternative future alternative future urban development, and are likely to have value cutting across the distinct functional modes of infrastructure. Finally, the report is organized according to seven broad cross-cutting areas that should promote interdisciplinary approaches to infrastructure problems: systems life-cycle management, analysis and decision tools, information management, condition assessment and monitoring technology, the science of materials performance and deterioration, construction equipment and procedures, and technology management.

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