ALN Newsletter 1 February 2022

People

Richard Culbertson is a resident of Pittsburgh, an ALN Senior Fellow and a member of the ALN Board of Directors. Mr. Culbertson will be talking about the collapse of the Pittsburgh bridge, which is near his daughter’s house. She and her husband walked in the ravine under the bridge on a regular basis. Mr. Culbertson’s very personal perspective on infrastructure failure in the U.S. will include his forward leaning perspective on internal controls and how a structured approach to asset management can assist in the coming U.S. infrastructure improvements. Register at this link.

Sources

ALN Roundtable Recording

The ALN Roundtable for January 2022 focused on “How can Asset Leadership Influence Infrastructure Spending?” It is available at this link. In the program, Amelia Shachoy discusses the role of the U.S. GAO in the infrastructure act; Peter Dodgion talks about the $7.2 billion the USACE will receive; David Totman, ALN Senior Fellow and ASCE representative to ISO 55000 addresses the $800 million allocated for drinking water infrastructure improvements; Mildred Chua-Ulger, ALN Board of Directors Member and ALN Senior Fellow provides perspective from her 34 years at the NYC MTA, and more views are provided. See the recorded program at this link.

Ideas

AWPA Perspective on IIJA

The American Public Works Association is the nation’s largest organization of public works professionals. Ashay Prabhu, President of Assetic, an ALN Organizational Member, shared a post by the APWA calling for members to urge Congress to take the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act out of the “continuing resolution” mode, which funds activities at the level of the previous year, and fully fund the Act in 2022. The ALN is not asking anyone to take action, but please be aware that there is still work to be done to ensure the bi-partisan IIJA has the impact intended by Congress.

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