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Enhancing America's Infrastructure: The Envision™ Framework for Sustainable Development

The ASCE's 2012 Report Card highlights the urgent need for innovative solutions to address America's infrastructure challenges, which currently hold a dismal overall grade of D. With over $2.2 trillion required for improvements and ranked 23rd worldwide, Envision™ presents a comprehensive framework to guide infrastructure projects across all sectors. It adapts to the entire life cycle of projects, emphasizing social, economic, and environmental sustainability. By addressing critical design and maintenance needs, Envision™ aims to restore and enhance infrastructure significantly.

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Enhancing America's Infrastructure: The Envision™ Framework for Sustainable Development

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  1. THE NEED FOR ENVISIONTM August 2012

  2. Resource Depletion

  3. ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure • 15 categories rated • Overall grade of D • $2.2 trillion • Ranked 23rdworldwide

  4. America’s Infrastructure Today

  5. Development vs. Impact

  6. The Future of Infrastructure

  7. EnvisionTM Is Uniquely Qualified to Address America’s Infrastructure • Envision™ applies to all civil infrastructure • Addresses design, planning, construction and maintenance • Applicable at any point in an infrastructure project's life cycle • Speaks to the triple bottom line: social, economic and environmental goals • Designed to keep pace with achanging concept of sustainability

  8. Why Was EnvisionTM Developed? • Current rating systems for infrastructure in the U.S. are sector specific • No U.S. system covers all aspects of infrastructure • Envision™ is designed to fill the gap

  9. Advantages Restore Whole System Design Reduce, reuse, recycle Phased development Adaptive Post-life Sustain Technology Advancement Performance Goals DRIVE TOWARD RESTORATIAVE PERFORMANCE Improve Improve Design Construct O&M Reuse Disassembly Conventional EXTEND THE USEFULNESS OF THE PROJECT Project team Owner organization Team Chartering Understand/Integrate Community Needs Deliver as Part of Owner Organization Partner with Regulators EXTENDPROJECTBOUNDARIES Affected stakeholders Partner organizations Regulatory bodies

  10. www.sustainableinfrastructure.org

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