Flowers Stresses Link between Infrastructure and Economic Health

摘要

The flooding along the Mississippi River in recent months has once again raised concerns about the resiliency of the nation's infrastructure. At a breakfast meeting in June held by The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) in Washington, D.C., Robert B. Flowers, M.ASCE, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who is now the vice-chairman of HNTB Federal Services, of Kansas City, Missouri, and the chief executive officer of HNTB International Operations, reminded attendees of the fragile state of the infrastructure and exhorted TISP members to become more involved in efforts to increase public support for improving the built environment. He also called upon TISP to urge lawmakers to implement sound policies for such improvements.