Infrastructure 101: Repairing Pandora's Box

This course has been discontinued.

What will you find when you open a manhole for repair? For most engineers and utility managers their first introduction to infrastructure "management" is an emergency call for a manhole collapse or similar catastrophic failure. In part, they can be prepared for this by understanding the root causes of failure and the appropriate types of repair and replacement necessary and by having an appropriate plan of action in place. Preventative and remedial plans require the same level of detail and understanding to avoid recurrence and "busted" budgets. A manhole repair need not be Pandora's box. In this interactive online course, we will discuss different approaches to infrastructure management, including various materials used in the rehabilitation of manholes. Alternative strategies used to improve safety, reduce public health or environmental risks, and reduce costs will also be covered.

• State the short term and long term reliability, environmental safeguards, and public safety risks for differing approaches to infrastructure management and oversight.
• Manage the rehabilitation of facilities to reduce environmental, personal, and public health risk from improper or inappropriate infrastructure repair techniques.
• Identify the root cause of specific infrastructure decay and determine a viable course of action among remediation alternatives.
• Compare alternative rehabilitation strategies claiming to improve safety, reduce public health or environmental risks, or reduce costs.