Sustainable Infrastructure Management
Course ID: Engi 9799, Offered in: Spring, Enrollments: 20, Class hours: 3hr/wk
Major Topics
Introduction to Infrastructure Management Framework
Key issues in infrastructure management
Application of system methodology to infrastructure management
Development of IMS; Example of a physical airport-facility system
Overview of influence levels of IMS components
Introduction to Sustainability
Technical approaches to quantifying sustainability
Tenets of sustainability and relationship among major indicator categories
Major categories of sustainability indicators and example of measurable properties
Concept of sustainability index; The IPAT Equation, Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint
Network Level Need Analysis and Priority Programming
Decision making framework for asset management
Criteria for identifying network level needs; levels of service concept; how to establish
Prediction models for monitoring performance of infrastructure; model types, performance trend analysis, survival analysis
Analysis of effectiveness of rehabilitation/treatment alternatives; identifying needs and prioritization techniques for short-term and long-term planning
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Frameworks
Introduction to life cycle thinking
Concept of life cycle assessment, product, functional unit, reference flow, overview of 3-phases of LCA framework
Materials Flow Analysis in Infrastructure Construction Projects; materials reservoir system – input and output flows
Efficiencies in mass flow systems; Extraction, Manufacturing, Recovery, Recycling efficiencies
Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) Methods
Introduction to life cycle cost analysis; benefits of LCCA
Steps in LCCA: Establish design alternative, Activity timing, Cost estimation, Life cycle cost, Results Analysis
Concepts: Analysis period; Discount rate; Salvage value; Determining of net present value of infrastructure
Analysis Methods to LCCA; application of LCCA method in pavement engineering
Pavement Management Systems, Models and Strategies
Steps in pavement management process; major components of Pavement Management System (PMS); Levels & Framework of PMS
A brief discussion on Pavement Condition Data needs, Major characteristics of pavement condition considered in evaluating pavement rehabilitation needs
Concepts of Pavement Roughness, Present Serviceability Rating, Pavement Serviceability Index
An overview of equipment used for measuring pavement roughness
Summary of pavement distresses, distress groups, and their causes; most common measures considered in distress measurement
Equation for distress rating and overview of distress evaluation technique; discussion of Pavement Condition Index and PCI Parameters
Pavement structural condition evaluation method; pavement safety condition measures and evaluation system
Pavement condition prediction model: deterministic and probabilistic approaches; family-based prediction and multi-variate regression approaches
A brief overview of pavement rehabilitation program development; various Maintenance and Rehabilitation Techniques
Analysis methods for selecting a program of pavement rehabilitation
Climate Change and Infrastructure Design and Management
Introduction to climate and weather, Impacts of climate change, Causes of climate change – Greenhouse gas (GHG) and their effects
Understanding the science of climate change, Concept of Albedo, Estimating average temperature of earth
Concept of climate forcings, Concept of global warming potential (GWP)
Control of climate change
Global Energy Balance and Surface Temperature Model, Climate Change Projections and Impacts … View More