07/31/18 Infrastructure: Addressing the Gap

Peggy and Claire Rutkowski, CIO, Bentley Systems, talk about our infrastructure. She explains that we are absolutely failing with our infrastructure and there are a number of reasons including a funding a gap. She says there are offsetting savings. For instance, repairing our roads can save drivers money. She adds that while funding is the most important, private investors have assets under management. Infrastructure projects, in theory, should be good, stable investments. Also, we don’t have clear accountability in government for infrastructure improvements, she adds. Aligning priorities can help deliver improvements much quicker and technology can definitely help address the gap, she adds. The first step in change management is awareness, and she says there is broad awareness that there is a problem. She explains that we all know things have to change, which is half the battle, but the tricky bit is understanding how we need to change.