ASCE Infrastructure Report Card

America’s infrastructure is vital to our everyday lives, but the nation’s report card seems to say otherwise. Once every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) compiles an infrastructure report card. ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure is a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s major infrastructure categories including Water Environment, Transportation, Public Facilities, and Energy. Within each of these categories are sub-categories narrowing down these main topics.

 

Civil engineers compile information and an ASCE advisory committee assigns a grade based on eight criteria. The grading system is similar to a school report card of A to F. GBA’s Tawn Nugent, John Cooper, and Dave Mennenga are a few of the civil engineers who participated in compiling information for Kansas and Missouri. Nugent assisted with the Missouri Road portion while Cooper and Mennenga assisted with the Kansas Road portion.
Overall, America’s cumulative GPA is a D+, which is slightly higher from the D four years ago. The best grade was given to solid waste with a B-. Both Kansas and Missouri earned an overall infrastructure grade of C-. These grades seem less than encouraging, but ASCE is working on solutions.

To view the nation’s report card, please visit ASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card.

 

Other media outlets throughout the Kansas City and St. Louis metros, such as the Kansas City Star, KMBC, and St. Louis Public Radio, also shared comments about the report card.