If you think that infrastructure can’t be cool, think again. Transport systems, public utilities, telecommunications, and various facilities might sound dull and dreary on the surface, but that’s not ...

Bridges, roads, dams, power plants and other infrastructure can be beautiful and functional, as many examples from history show. (Photo by soomness / CC BY 2.0) This is your first of three free ...

Recently, I drove to Pittsburgh and noticed an engineering project where a new bridge is being built alongside an existing bridge, with the new span set to slide into place. This is just before the ...

Workers fix a sewer main below the sidewalk in Mid City New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The city of New Orleans is perhaps one of the best examples of what President Donald Trump calls the ...

Urban planners are wary of green infrastructure, although they generally understand its benefits, as our recent Conversation article showed. But green infrastructure delivery can be achieved ...

From its origins as a specialist term within early twentieth century railway construction, the word ‘infrastructure’ has broadened to describe the myriad structures that underpin modern society 1.

One competitor of Amazon Web Services, GoGrid, is offering "cloud center" offerings, which give a more data center-like view of cloud infrastructure. James Urquhart is a field technologist with almost ...

Infrastructure is the physical undergirding of any society, and a country’s infrastructure plays a large role in determining its long-term economic and social trajectory. One World Bank study found ...

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