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- proper noun Initialism of American Society of Civil Engineers.
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By the way - the ASCE was my dad's professional organization, and I spent my childhood road trips with him admiring bridges, dams and other engineering marvels.
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I am embarrassed that the local section of ASCE, which is newly reformed, has not made an effort to attend.
Putting on my game face Angie 2004
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While the Environmental Protection Agency has established maximum contamination levels for community water systems, an analysis by the American Society of Civil Engineers, or ASCE, states that there is currently an $11 billion-a-year shortfall in the funding necessary to "replace aging facilities that are near the end of their useful life and to comply with existing and future federal water regulations."
Scott Lilly: 'Nonsecurity' Spending Cuts Could Be Hazardous to Your Health Scott Lilly 2011
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ASCE, in rating 15 separate areas on national infrastructure, gives drinking water the lowest rating -- a D- on a scale of A to F.
Scott Lilly: 'Nonsecurity' Spending Cuts Could Be Hazardous to Your Health Scott Lilly 2011
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But according to a new report by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), another class of infrastructure is in more desperate shape: waterworks.
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Remember the ASCE paper on that major project by one John Klassel, P.E.?
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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But in a paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy here 10 days ago, former International Monetary Fund economist and ASCE founder Joaquín Pujol noted that at the end of 2009, "there were already 143,000 licensed, self-employed, although thousands more worked for themselves illegally."
Is Cuba Going Capitalist? Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011
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In sparsely populated New Mexico, for example, fixing the water system — which ASCE deemed a more pressing infrastructure project than roads and schools — would require nearly $1 billion.
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Please click through and explore what ASCE is saying there.
Dave Johnson: Reagan Revolution Home To Roost: America Is Crumbling 2010
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Report Card estimates that we are $2.2 trillion behind just on maintaining the existing infrastructure, never mind modernizing.
Dave Johnson: Reagan Revolution Home To Roost: America Is Crumbling 2010
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