The coronavirus pandemic, the January 2020 earthquakes and Hurricane María in 2017 have shown us the urgent need for resilient infrastructure in Puerto Rico. Using the United Natons’ “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (SDG) as a framework and the most recent American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) “Puerto Rico Infrastructure Report Card,” Puerto Rico is […]
The 2019 Report Card for Puerto Rico’s Infrastructure released for the first time by the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, giving eight categories of infrastructure an overall grade of a D-. Energy received the lowest grade of “F,” meaning the system’s infrastructure is in unacceptable condition and has widespread advanced […]
Global design and engineering firm Stantec has been awarded a $3 million assignment to lead engineering services for infrastructure damage assessments in Puerto Rico, it announced. The project was awarded under Stantec’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Eastern Federal Lands (EFL) Division of the Federal Highway Administration involving highway and/or bridge design and engineering services in […]