Miller-Hooks, Elise; Leach, Joanne; (2024) US-UK Workshop on Transformation in Urban Underground Infrastructure
Abstract
Ownership, governance, regulations, codes and standards• Underground ownership, governance, regulations, codes and standards lag behind their surface equivalents.• It is not always clear or established who owns and governs the subsurface, its contents and the rights of way through it.• Ownership requires capital investment and comes with the possibility of investment and profit, but also the possibility of legal liability.• Governance models, regulations, codes and standards for the underground should encourage innovation and investment and reduce risk.• Clear processes for educating future engineers and stakeholders in new codes and standards are necessary.6. Systems of systems and collaboration • A collaborative, systems-of-systems approach to transforming underground infrastructure is needed.• No one industry, sector, profession or discipline can truly take a systems-of-systems approach; collaboration is needed.• Collaboration must be supported with processes and funding.7. Sustainability, resilience and equity• The ability of the underground to positively contribute to sustainability, resilience and equity are evident but poorly understood.• Underground infrastructure should actively decrease societal disparities.• Sustainability, resilience, and equity do not always complement each other and trade-off must be fully understood.• Nations need to better understand the costs and benefits of centralized versus decentralized underground systems and to develop national…
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