Diverse and Adaptable Technology
To increase the diversity of and access to technologies for the design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of infrastructure, adapted to local conditions.
In the next decade, municipalities and CIS owners will have improved access to a greater diversity of affordable technologies for the design, construction, maintenance, and particularly the rehabilitation, of CIS. These technologies will be adaptable to the many different climatic, geographical and geological regions of Canada.
| Diverse and Adaptable Technology | |
| Major Challenges | Technology Needs |
| • There is a poor inventory of existing technology. • Sufficient choice in rehabilitation technologies is lacking. • In small or remote communities, access to technologies is often difficult. • There are no mechanisms for small communities to share the risk of adopting new technologies. • Local conditions such as climate, geography, and geology can play major roles in performance and • New technologies are not being integrated into existing CIS. • There are very few standards for rehabilitation of CIS. • There is no motivation for stakeholders to incorporate new technologies and approaches because their benefits are usually poorly defined. • Collaboration and involvement of utilities, municipalities and other operators in technology development is lacking. • Barriers exist to the use and acceptance of new, innovative technologies. | • Focus on re habilitation technologies and easy- to-use, cost-effective, durable equipment, and develop procedures for adapting them to a wide range of local conditions • Pre-qualification of new products and technologies • Demonstration and pilot projects to evaluate the long-term performance of new technologies • Risk/benefit models for the introduction of new materials • National programs of pilot/demonstration projects, including long-term monitoring performance measures, life-cycle analysis (economic, social and environmental) and risk sharing • Development of new technologies through multidisciplinary teams in partnership with public, private and research groups to ensure heir fast-track acceptance and use • Mechanisms to share risks and benefits to encourage the development and use of innovative technologies • Common (uniform) performance standards for technology families • Development and maintenance of technology databases accessible to all practitioners |
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