Aging
Infrastructure*
Population
Growth/Migration
Regulations/
Compliance
Technical
Innovations
Public
Awareness
• Regional population growth driving need for new schools, hospitals, water,
transportation infrastructure (Texas, Nevada, Arizona)
• Aging boomer generation requiring additional health care facilities
• Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts
• Smaller class sizes mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act
• Technology in classrooms driving renovation of facilities
• Medical advances require retrofitting of medial centers and hospitals
• Mass transit ridership increased 23% from 1997 to 2007**, faster than highway
travel or U.S. population
• Water quality issues and shortages focusing attention on infrastructure needs
• Political Initiatives (Coalition for Building America’s Future, National Infrastructure
Bank Act)
*Source: American Society of Civil Engineers; Urban Land Institute, May 2007
**Source: American Public Transportation Association, 2008 Public Transportation Fact Book, June 2008
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Long-Term Need for Infrastructure
Investment is Clear
• $30-40B of additional annual highway investment required
• More than 25% of nation's bridges rated structurally or functionally deficient
• More than $200B in investments needed in water over next 20 years