K. (2001). Infrastructure Resilience in the UK: An Overview of Current Approaches. In ICSI 2014@ Creating Infrastructure for a Sustainable World (pp. 23-32). ASCE.K. L. Hansen and B. S. Neale, "Infrastructure Resilience in the UK: An Overview of Current Approaches," presented at the ...
Privately funded infrastructure in the UK: Participants' risk in the Skye Bridge project 来自 Elsevier 喜欢 0 阅读量: 55 作者:Peter,Moles,and,Geoffrey,Williams 摘要: This paper examines the risk implications of the use of private funding for the Skye Bridge concessionary infrastructure project. ...
With these goals in mind, the UK has made moves to improve its infrastructure. Certain projects and programs, leaning on innovation and best practice, are starting to make a difference. Some parts of our networks are already intelligent—for example, Highways England’s smart ...
It covers relevant design standards for the design of kerb-guided busway infrastructure in the UK, gives examples of existing schemes and provides guidance for the geometric design of the guideway, stops and pedestrian crossings. Guidance is given on loading to the guideway and structures, and ...
7. This project consists of the reconstruction of telecom infrastructure, and the deployment of the Internet and cable television broadcasting system. 8. The UK is poised to take similar action, " allowing " local government pension funds to invest in infrastructure projects. 9. We should continue...
The importance of sustaining green infrastructure functionality through maintenance appropriate to the scale, type and local context of an individual feature is given emphasis across the practitioner guidance (e.g. Science for Environment Policy, 2012; UK-GBC, 2015). In light of this gap between ...
The construction industry's contribution to UK's gross domestic product (GDP) is in excess of 5%. Hence any attempt aimed at improving productivity and efficiency should naturally have a positive effect on the economy. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was introduced in 1992 by the UK govern...
Despite these promises, the wave of PPPs that changed infrastructure provision in many countries during the last two decades only has had minor impact in the United States. While the UK financed $50 billion in transportation infrastructure via PPPs between 1990 and 2006, the US, an economy ...
UK infrastructure. Council pensions to fund billions in UK infrastructure.Council pensions to fund billions in UK infrastructure.The article reports the plan by British Chancellor George Osborne as of October 2015 to create the British wealth funds in order to allow local councils to spend more on...
If we look back 22 years to 1995, Siemens achieved the very first machine-to-machine connection. Now, there are over 8 billion IoT connections around the world. As early as 1999, Video Networks in the UK launched the world’s first IPTV service. That was 18 years ago. Today, mor...