Assessing Infrastructure Risk
February 12 @ 11:00 am - 11:55 am EST
Location: Kojo Kamau C – 4th Floor
Speakers: Trevor McDonald, P.E., CFM, ENV SP – Mountain States Concrete Pipe Association
Nathan Lee, P.E. – UDOT
Presentation Description:
This presentation highlights the need for integrating risk and criticality assessments into infrastructure planning to enhance resilience. Using Utah’s climate change and population growth as examples, it emphasizes reevaluating asset management strategies. By prioritizing investments based on risk and network impact we can improve infrastructure resilience. The Utah Department of Transportation’s approach to mapping risk and criticality underscores this strategy.
Speaker Bios:
Currently based near Salt Lake City, Utah, Trevor has been working for the ACPA since February 2022. Prior to that, he served as a municipal engineer in a fast-growing city in southern Utah. Trevor gained valuable experience in community development, transportation, municipal sewers, storm water, and floodplain management. As the Mountain States Director, he enjoys educating specifiers, installers, and inspectors of gravity pipe systems. His day-to-day consists of conference presentations, webinars, event planning, and meetings to build proficiency in these systems.
Nathan Lee’s executive leadership for the Utah Department of Transportation includes leading innovation advancements in transportation and other strategic initiatives that influence mobility. Nathan’s career has included a variety of experiences in private business as well as local and state government. Nathan is an avid outdoor enthusiast and loves spending time with family and friends doing all kinds of activities available in the outdoors.
