Managing construction and infrastructure in the 21st century Bureau of Reclamation / Committee on Organizing to Manage Construction and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Bureau of Reclamation.

United States.

Dams--Design and construction.

Dams.

Concrete construction.

Engineering--Management.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the more than 100 years since its formation, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of Interior (DOI), through its construction program, has brought water, electric power, and recreation facilities to millions of people in the Western United States. With major water and power systems in place, the Bureau (TM)s attention has now turned to operation, maintenance, repair, and modernization of those facilities in an environmentally and economically sound manner. To help with this effort, DOI asked the NRC to advise the Bureau on oeappropriate organizational, management, and resource configurations to meet its construction, maintenance, and infrastructure requirements for its missions of the 21st century. This report presents an assessment of the requirements facing the Bureau in the 21st century, an analysis of good practices and techniques for addressing those challenges, and a review of workforce and human resource needs. The report also provides alternative scenarios that describe possible future organizations for infrastructure management.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Requirements for the Twenty-first Century""; ""3 Good Practice Tools and Techniques""; ""4 Workforce and Human Resources""; ""5 Alternative Scenarios for Future Infrastructure Management""; ""6 Conclusions, Findings, and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographies of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Briefings to the Committee and Discussions""; ""Appendix C Good Practice Tools and Techniques Roundtable""

""Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment""

Notes:

Available via internet (visited 28 Feb 06).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610310043

9780309180382

0309180384

9781280310041

1280310049

9780309654302

0309654300

OCLC:

63786315