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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #331 Life Extension for Infrastructure
Description: In the second half of the 20th Century, the world was transformed through infrastructure construction. New roads and railways, levees and power lines, delivered unprecedented comfort and convenience, and laid the foundation for an economy driven by easy transport and trade. But today, as many governments struggle with budgetary constraints and the need to balance decarbonisation with growth, that infrastructure is reaching the end of its design life.
Design life does not set a limit on an assets’ safe and productive use. But it does mark the target the original architects and engineers aimed for when they de...