Choudhury, Deepankar
Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering and Related Urban Issues – Editors' Note - Vol,48 (2), June - New York Springer 2018 - 205-206p.
special issue is aimed to show the importance of sustainable development of the human community from the view point of geotechnical engineering and construction business. In this message, we would like to stress that quality control and maintenance effort are meaningful for the future economic success (sustainability) of nations.
Infrastructures have typically a long life time. During their life, social situation changes and often quality has to be improved (under revised design codes) or even the function may be changed. Moreover, environmental and geo-hazards deteriorate the infrastructures and “restoration, maintenance and retrofitting” become required. Thus, the life of an infrastructure is similar to the life of a human being in that continuous care is needed and the body grows up with time. This is the essential difference between infrastructures and household properties.
Civil Engineering
Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering and Related Urban Issues – Editors' Note - Vol,48 (2), June - New York Springer 2018 - 205-206p.
special issue is aimed to show the importance of sustainable development of the human community from the view point of geotechnical engineering and construction business. In this message, we would like to stress that quality control and maintenance effort are meaningful for the future economic success (sustainability) of nations.
Infrastructures have typically a long life time. During their life, social situation changes and often quality has to be improved (under revised design codes) or even the function may be changed. Moreover, environmental and geo-hazards deteriorate the infrastructures and “restoration, maintenance and retrofitting” become required. Thus, the life of an infrastructure is similar to the life of a human being in that continuous care is needed and the body grows up with time. This is the essential difference between infrastructures and household properties.
Civil Engineering