Georgia’s infrastructure encompasses everything from your neighborhood roads to the dam on West Point Lake to the community school to the Port of Savannah. Our state’s infrastructure is vital to the economy, safety, environment and quality of life of all Georgians. Once every five years, the Georgia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) assesses the state’s infrastructure. Using a simple A to F school report card format, the 2014 Georgia Infrastructure Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of current infrastructure conditions and needs, assigns grades and makes recommendations for how to raise the grades. The Report Card is written by ASCE members in Georgia who assign the grades according to the following seven criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety, and resilience. This is the same criteria used by the national ASCE to develop the Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.

OVERVIEW

The 2014 Georgia Infrastructure Report Card was modeled after the national ASCE Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. A committee of nearly 50 practicing civil engineers was assembled to collect, review and evaluate data, and develop grades and recommendations. The committee volunteers were organized into fourteen major categories of infrastructure. Each committee’s assessment is captured in the corresponding section of the Report Card. Twelve of these categories were evaluated in the 2009 Report Card on Georgia’s Infrastructure and two new categories, Ports and Rail were added. Data sources used by the respective subcommittees included: federal, state and local agencies; consultants; and industry. In some cases, key information and data were collected from phone conversations with experts in the field.

The 2014 grading criteria is similar to that used in 2009. Each of the 14 sections was rated on the basis of condition, capacity, operation and maintenance, funding, future need, public safety and resilience. Resilience is the ability to prevent or protect against significant multi-hazard threats and incidents and the ability to quickly recover critical services.



For each infrastructure category, each of the grading criteria was assigned a weighting factor. In most categories, more weight was placed on condition, capacity, funding and future needs because these are core criteria and better data were usually available for evaluation in these areas. The data were evaluated against objective grading criteria and a grade was assigned. Grades were assigned as follows:

A = 90-100%

B = 80-89%

C = 70-79%

D = 51-69%

F = 50% or lower

The section for each infrastructure category was peer reviewed by a group of technical experts not involved with their initial preparation. They were also reviewed by ASCE National.

REPORT CARD

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Summary-Brochure.pdf

Full Report.pdf (note large file 30mb)

Introduction.pdf

Aviation.pdf

Bridges.pdf

Dams.pdf

Drinking-Water.pdf

Energy.pdf

Parks-Recreation.pdf

Ports.pdf

Rail.pdf

Roads.pdf

School-Facilities.pdf

Solid-Waste.pdf

Stormwater.pdf

Transit.pdf

Wastewater.pdf

Acknowledgements.pdf

National Report Card

2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure

Past Georgia Report Card

2009 ASCE Georgia Infrastructure Report Card

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

Thank You to all the dedicated volunteers who made this report possible:

REPORT CARD COMMITTEE

Co-Chair – Daniel Agramonte, PE, M. ASCE, O’Brien & Gere

Co-Chair – Rebecca Shelton, PE, M. ASCE, Gwinnett County Water Resources

Secretary – Julie Secrist, PE, M. ASCE, TY Lin International

Advisory Board Chair – Adjo Amekudzi, Ph.D., M. ASCE, Georgia Institute of Technology

Amanda Hill, Georgia Department of Transportation

Annie Blissit, EIT, A.M. ASCE, Gresham Smith and Partners

Benjamin Moss, EIT, A.M. ASCE, O’Brien & Gere

Billy J. Cole, Georgia Power Company

Brandon Kennedy, Stantec Consulting

Brian Thompson, Stantec Consulting

Carol Comer, Georgia Department of Transportation

Casey Upperman, Norfolk Southern

Christina Vulova, PE, M. ASCE, Arcadis

Daniel Loudermilk, PE, M. ASCE, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Danielle Elkins, EIT, A.M. ASCE, CH2M Hill

Denise Funk, PE, M. ASCE, CDM Smith

Douglas Hintz, PE, F. ASCE, Federal Aviation Administration – Retired

Douglas Ford, A.M. ASCE, Skyline Steel

Eric Eaglin, A.M. ASCE, John Group International

Ernie Pollitzer, PE, M. ASCE, Eco Engineers

Gene Davis, PE, Stantec Consulting

George Kelly, PE, F. ASCE, Tennessee Valley Authority

Gregg Hudock, PE, M. ASCE, Golder Associates

James Emery, PE, M. ASCE, Troup County

Janille Smith-Colin, PE, M. ASCE, Georgia Institute of Technology

James Wallace, Sc.D. PE, F. ASCE, AMEC – Retired

Jeffery Chiu, PE, Esq., Kun-young Chiu & Associates

JoAnn Macrina, PE, M. ASCE, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management

Joel Price, PE, M. ASCE, Aquaterra

John F. Clarici, PE, M. ASCE, United Consulting

Katherine McLeod Gurd, PE, M. ASCE, AECOM

Kelen Shostak, PE, M. ASCE, City of Woodstock

Kevin Brown, Golder Associates

Lisa Woods, PE, M. ASCE, Jacobs

Matthew Tanner, PE, M. ASCE, Breedlove Land Planning

Melissa Wheeler, A.M. ASCE, Georgia Power Company

Michael S. Miller, Georgia Power Company

Phillip Cherry, EIT, Parsons Brinckerhoff

Raymond J. Wilke, PE, M. ASCE, City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management

Richard Morales, PE, M. ASCE, L.B. Foster Company

Richard Deason, PE, Atlantic Coast Consulting

Richard L. Boudreau, PE, M. ASCE, Boudreau Engineering, Inc.

Rick Gurney, PE, M. ASCE, Keck & Wood

Santanu Sinharoy, PE, M. ASCE, United Consulting

Steven Seachrist, PE, M. ASCE, Gwinnett County Water Resources

Stuart A. Moring, PE, M. ASCE, City of Roswell Public Works/Environmental William Moore, PE, City of College Park

ADVISORY BOARD

Chair – Adjo Amekudzi, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

Susan Burns, PhD, PE, Georgia Institute of Technology

Lawrence Kahn, PhD, PE, Georgia Institute of Technology

YiChang James Tsai, PhD, PE, Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Meyer, PhD, PE, Georgia Institute of Technology

Glenn Rix, PhD, PE, Geosyntec Consultants

ASCE NATIONAL

Brittney Kohler

Clark Barrineau