What is the US infrastructure bill? An expert explains
2021年8月18日 · President Joe Biden has signed into law the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The ‘monumental’ bill promises vital investment in areas from roads, bridges and trains to broadband access and clean drinking water. Here, infrastructure expert …
4 big infrastructure trends to build a sustainable world
2021年1月18日 · While infrastructure is largely publicly funded, private sector financing has played a prominent role in infrastructure development, filling the gap where governments cannot. With governments prioritising COVID-related budget expenditures, they will likely start exploring ways to draw more private financing into infrastructure development.
How to build smarter and more sustainable infrastructure
2021年11月30日 · There is a growing need to transform how infrastructure is planned, delivered and managed as urbanization, digitalization and climate change increasingly impact the world. In this environment, developing more sustainable infrastructure will require a change in how construction projects are planned, delivered and managed.
The world is facing a $15 trillion infrastructure gap by 2040. Here's ...
2019年4月11日 · Private investment is a well-trodden path for financing infrastructure development. With government funds increasingly squeezed to pay for things like healthcare, education and pension obligations, turning to the private sector to fund some infrastructure projects will be essential, now more than ever.
Infrastructure around the world is failing. Here’s how to make it …
2019年1月16日 · Deepening security concerns about foreign technology suppliers in critical infrastructure deployments are leading much-needed next-generation infrastructure deployments to become a long and more expensive process. For example, there has been a recent push from Western economies, such as the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, to exclude Huawei ...
Rethinking infrastructure can raise quality-of-life outcomes | World ...
2021年2月19日 · The pandemic provides an opportunity to incorporate much-needed innovation in infrastructure planning, procurement and delivery. Experience has shown that the traditional lowest-cost option of major infrastructure procurement has, at times, reduced incentives for innovation and technological adoption.
6 innovative technologies about to transform our infrastructure
2019年9月17日 · The brave new world of infrastructure development isn’t confined to new designing and building technologies – new materials are also leading the field. The centuries-long reign of concrete as a primary building material may be coming to an end, as the use of various Mass Timber alternatives continues to become more mainstream.
If you build it, they will come: Why infrastructure is crucial to ...
2019年9月4日 · With international tourist arrivals reaching 1.4 billion in 2018, the travel and tourism industry will continue to drive global connectivity - and as the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report shows, investment in infrastructure is required now if countries hope to make the most of this growing opportunity
These economies have the best infrastructure | World Economic …
2015年10月8日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no …
Why we need to invest in infrastructure for electric vehicles
2022年3月1日 · There are four barriers to going electric: range limitation, range anxiety, cost and infrastructure. Battery swapping and electric roads are potential solutions, but they require investment. In 2021, electric car sales more than doubled to 6.6 million , representing close to 9% of the global car market and more than tripling their market share ...