The state of America’s infrastructure has been assessed annually by ASCE in 17 categories with a school report card–style A to F grading system (ASCE 2021b). Infrastructure plays a crucial role in our society, supporting our communities. For example, the ASCE’s 2021 Infrastructure Report Card states that of the 617,000 bridges across the United States, 42% have served for at least 50 years currently, and 7.5% (46,154) are structurally deficient with poor condition. As such, structures need to be evaluated regularly to ensure they can fulfill their service requirements. These report cards typically include recommendations to raise the grades (Cao et al. 2021).

Developing Climate-Resilient Codes and Standards

Geo-Extreme 2021 aims to create a multi-disciplinary forum to discuss how the geo-engineering community can work with other professionals, e.g., climate scientists, engineers, emergency managers, resilience and sustainability investigators, insurance experts, and policy makers, to properly cope with extreme events (such as hurricanes, floods, extreme precipitations, droughts, wildfires, debris flows, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides) under a changing climate.

Paper Proceedings: https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483701 | https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483688 | https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483695

Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.26226/m.631792ff7747920012e737de