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1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave b/ank) 3. REPORT DATE<br />

! June 1993<br />

3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED<br />

1992-1993<br />

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE S. FUNDING NUMBERS<br />

<strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Opportunities</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Public</strong><br />

<strong>Works</strong> Infrastructure<br />

L. AUTHOR(S)<br />

Moonja P. Kim, Diego Echeverry, Guruprasad N. Rao<br />

7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADORESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION<br />

U.S. Army Construction Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Research Laboratories<br />

P.O. Box 4005<br />

REPORT NUMBER<br />

Champaign, IL 61820-1305<br />

9. SPONSORING/ MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/ MONITORING<br />

AGENCY REPORT NUMBFR<br />

U.S. Army Corps of Eng<strong>in</strong>eers<br />

Institute <strong>for</strong> Water Resources IWR Report 93-FIS-3<br />

Casey Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5586<br />

I1. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES<br />

12a. DISTRIBUTION /AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE<br />

Approved <strong>for</strong> public release; distribution unlimited<br />

13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)<br />

This report documents <strong>the</strong> results of an <strong>in</strong>depth study <strong>and</strong> workshop which could<br />

be applied to overcome barriers to <strong>in</strong>novation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> use of <strong>in</strong>novative technology<br />

with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> nation's public works <strong>in</strong>frastructure. This is <strong>the</strong> third <strong>in</strong> a series<br />

of reports prepared to support <strong>the</strong> Federal Infrastructure Strategy Initiative, a<br />

3-year program to explore <strong>the</strong> development of an <strong>in</strong>tegrated Federal <strong>in</strong>frastructure<br />

strategy. The program was <strong>in</strong>itiated as one of <strong>the</strong> President's budget items <strong>for</strong><br />

Fiscal Year (FY) 1991 <strong>and</strong> approved by Congress. The program is overseen by <strong>the</strong><br />

U.S. Army Corps of Eng<strong>in</strong>eers (USACE) Directorate of Civil <strong>Works</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Corps'<br />

Institute <strong>for</strong> Water Resources (IWR) has detailed management responsibility.<br />

14. SUBJECT TERMS IS. NUMBER OF PAGES<br />

Infrastructure, eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong>novation, public works, 270<br />

research <strong>and</strong> development, Federal fund<strong>in</strong>g 16. PRICE CODE<br />

17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT<br />

OF REPORT OF THIS PAGE OF ABSTRACT<br />

Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified Unlimited<br />

NSN 754001-280-5500 St<strong>and</strong>ard Form 298 (Rev 2-89)<br />

Prescribed by ANSI Sld Z39-18<br />

298-102

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