CEE-202 Engineering Economics

Course Description:


Text book:

• Engineering Economics Analysis by Newman, Eschenbach, and Lavelle, 14th Ed, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190931919
  

References:

• Toward More Sustainable Infrastructure: Project Evaluation for Planners and Engineers, by Carl D. Martland, Wiley, 2011, ISBN-10: 0470448768

Location and Hours:
Lecture: STEPS 101 T-R 10:45-12:00 pm, (ZOOM LINK: Link)

TA: Ali Ghaffari (alg721@lehigh.edu),
Office Hrs: STEPS 370, T&W 12:00-1:00 PM

Class Discussion:
Use the zoom link to get in touch with your classmates, the TA, and myself. You may contact me via email and setup for a zoom session for online office hours. The zoom linked Office Hours.

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Course References:

On Our Infrastructure ....

• Our Crumbling Infrastructure
• Emerging Trends in Infrastructure 2017
• Who controls our infrastructure?
• Assessing True Value of Infrastructure
• The future of cities: measuring sustainability
• Crumbling Capital
• Masterplanning
• Smart Cities Engineering
• Designing Smart Cities
• Smar City Challenge
• 2015 Change Readiness Index
• San Antonio Smart City projects
• Companies in Smart Buildings
• What other than Highways?
• 40 Projects to boost economy bid
• Infrastructure crisis is a golden opportunity

Infrastructure Projects

Construction of Southwest Light Rail LRT expansion, Minn.
• METRO Green Line Extension, Minn.
• Project Facts, 2016
• Project clears FTA hurdle
  
  Mixed-use Quay Sarasota Project
• $1Bn Project gets city approval
• Project Approved
  
  Longest Worldwide Gotthard Base Rail Tunnel
• Project Overview
• Project Facts
• $10B Tunnel Under the Alps
• Components of Tunnel
• Swiss Travel System
• Tunnel Opens
• First passenger train Travels GBT
  
  Hudson Tunnel Project
• Rail Tunnel Project Fact Sheet
• Project On-Track
• Project Site
• Financial Benefits
• Environmental Impact Statement
  
  Rhode Island Interchange
• Project Overview
• New Design
• Community and Safety Concerns
• Upon southbound Rout 95 the northbound reconstruction
  
  Tappan Zee Bridge
• The New NY Bridge
• Halfway Done, Aug. 2016
• Tappan Zee Constructors Site
• Cuomo Tours Bridge
• Flour, one of TZC consortium companies
  
  TEX Rail Fort Worth Transportation
• Plans
• Commuter Train Project
• Secures Federal Grant for Trains
  
  Souther Beltway Project by Pittsburgh International Airport
• Southern Beltway Construction Projects
• Project Summary
• Progress
• Change on Local business
  
  Kosciuszko Bridge replacement project
• NYC DOT bridge site
• Schedule and Cost
• KBridge Appears on Skyline
• Project Details
• $554.77 M Bridge Rising
• On Budget DB Project
• DB credited for on-time status
  
  California High-speed Rail
• CA HSR Wiki
• HSR Program maps
• Decision to Buy American
• Hunt for $64 B
• Concerns on CA HSR
• Sale of Construction Bonds approved to fund project
• Will Trump government support CA HSR
• Tracking project progress
  
  NYC Second Ave. Subway Project
• Station and Tunnel Project Overview
• Phase 2 $6B
• Expensive project explained
• Subway News
• 2nd Ave. Subway History
• Project photos
  
  Other
• $1.5B by Feds for LA Purple Line extension
• Remaking Kennedy Airport is next big plan
• 10 Year NY Port Authority Plan
• Half a billion $ RFK Stadium
• $1.1B for CTA Red line
• Rowlett's Crystal Lagoon

Environmental and Energy Related

• CA Delta Tunnel
• Carbon eating tower
• Storm surge damaging coastal plan
• New administration - Green Buildings
• Resurrecting Syracuse city center
• London's skyscraper skyline creates uproar
• Twin tunnel project for CA water
• Sacremento Flood Control
• Dam in Ethiopia
• Adaptive reuse projects
• Everglades at risk from rising sea levels
• VIrginia Beach using LR money for stormwater
• Vogtle Unit in GA
• EPA: Lack of evidence! Frack threat on drinking water
• Waves as renewable energy
• Nuclear plant cleanup $70B
• Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup
• Clint water fix
• GOP Water fix
• Power plant cost increase
• $46B Flooding cost
• Cost of pipeline delay
• Atlantic coast pipeline

Funding Scenarios

• 10.5 year spending high
• Trump Infrastructure Proposal
• Encouraging PPP at Ports of Entry
• Better deal on Infrastructure spending
• Paving the way for P3 Infrastructure
• P3 can pay off
• Non-complete agreement !
• Private money already in use
• Right Project for P3
• Interstate tolls for P3
• Infrastructure task force for spending priority
• Oversees corporate profit tax for infrastructure
• Qatar to invest in US Infrastructure
• HSR funding approved
• 7 States to increase fuel tax
• PA gas tax rise
• Tolls to raise funds for highways
• Taxable retail sales estimates
• Fed backed NE rail
• Transportation toolkit for decision making
• Fed approved Golden pass LNG project