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long term reliability, and in extreme cases at cost of life.
This is a rampant problem in the US, affecting nearly all public infrastructure as well as private companies and organizations.
My present employer is facing the problem of facilities failing due to age at a rate that exceeds the cash flow of the company. Three years ago I interviewed with a premiere midwestern university that was using Room & Board fees to supplement tuition (in a shell game to keep the State Legislature off their back regarding tuition increases) and yet had hundreds of millions of dollars of deferred maintenance items affecting the safety of their Residence Halls and students!
Another big problem is our nation's electrical distribution system. Many universities no longer even offer Electrical Distribution as an option for their EE students because the job market is not as "sexy" as computers and solid-state electronics.
Unfortunately, we can only expect more of the same (bridge collapses, dam failures, tunnel failures, extended power outages) for decades
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Posts in this Thread:
- I-35W bridge collapse in MN, Jon in MN, Thu, 2 Aug 2007 06:27:44
- easy to solve, only costs 20 cents, jim 83, Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:30:01
- No money for roads or bridge inspectors?, Pat, Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:43:53
- how can this happen?, John in Bismarck, Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:19:30
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