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[ Background | Research | Cluster initiative ]
The state of Canada's municipal infrastructure systems poses one of the major challenges we are facing at the beginning of the 21st Century. Sustainable development, and the renewal and productivity of our communities depend largely on the quality and efficiency of these systems.
The NRC-CSIR, in close collaboration with universities, municipal governments and industrial partners in Regina, the Province of Saskatchewan and elsewhere is pursuing a multi-disciplinary research and development program to develop innovative technologies and decision support tools that address the economic, social, and environmental aspects of infrastructure sustainability. This effort will have significant implications at the local and national levels. Locally, working with the University of Regina, the City of Regina, industry and other partners of the Communities of Tomorrow, NRC-CSIR will help to serve as the catalyst for a technology cluster in Regina making it a model community in sustainable development and infrastructure renewal. It will also help develop a technology base that will give Saskatchewan a competitive advantage in sustainable infrastructure technologies.
At the national level, this effort will help communities across Canada achieve the goal of sustainability in urban development (from planning to construction) and municipal infrastructure asset management (including operation, maintenance, rehabilitation through to renewal or decommissioning).
The NRC-CSIR's initial focus is on the development and management of sustainable water and wastewater infrastructure. Our research aims to develop innovative methods to reduce the risks, costs, and resources needed to build and maintain these assets, while increasing their performance and value and thus, their contribution to the social, economic and environmental welfare of our communities.
Contact:
Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research
3737 Wascana Parkway, RIC Building, Suite 508
Regina, SK S4S 0A2
Phone 306-780-3208
Fax: 306-780-3421
E-mail: CSIR-CRID@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
