Civil infrastructure in both the United States and Canada is in distress. Trillions of dollars of investment is needed by 2020 to address deterioration, strained capacity, and underperformance. Conventional methods must be replaced by a new holistic approach that not only addresses the social, environmental, and economic impacts of infrastructure but demonstrates how developing sustainably creates value, mitigates risk and warrants investment. The Envision™ rating system and related business case analytic tools are helping inform defensible design decisions, evaluate relative sustainability, and recognize success to assist in closing the infrastructure gap in a way that is both financially and environmentally prudent and far-sighted.
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