Why the world needs a fresh take on smart and sustainable infrastructure
Publication Date:
Nov 30, 2021
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Airports, highways, and hospitals. Subways and railway systems. Water utilities, power and telecommunications grids. The delivery, operation, and management of infrastructure is the lifeblood of any economy. It is critical to keeping goods, services and energy flowing, to boosting productivity, and to safeguarding equitable economic development and jobs. But the challenges currently facing these multi-billion-dollar systems are enormous.
This webpage introduces why the world needs a fresh take on smart and sustainable infrastructure, as below:
- There is a growing need to transform how infrastructure is planned, delivered and managed as urbanization, digitalization and climate change increasingly impact the world.
- In this environment, developing more sustainable infrastructure will require a change in how construction projects are planned, delivered and managed.
- To build better, industry needs to embrace digitalization, establish new working practices and increase collaboration with the public sector.
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