Infrastructure Past, Present, and Future Casebook

Introduction thumb|1024px|Gotthard Base Tunnel This Casebook contains a set of case studies developed by students enrolled in the Infrastructure Past, Present and Future (CEIE 499: Special Topics in Civil Engineering / GOVT 490: Synthesis Seminar for Policy and Government) course taught at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government and the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering by Prof. Jonathan Gifford. Cases Fall 2026 Case Studies Loudoun County Data Centers Mississippi River Locks and Dams Puerto Rico Electric Power System 2026 (Spring) Erie Canal Washington Metro Three Gorges Dam Gateway Project 2025 (Fall) Heathrow 3rd Runway (UK) Norway Floating Highway NYC Water Tunnel No. 3 (USA) DC Clean Rivers Project (USA) Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4 (Georgia, USA) 2025 (Spring) Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel 2Africa Cable Three Mile Island Santa Ynez Reservoir Unita Basin Railway 2024 (Fall) JFK Terminal One South Fork Wind Farm Hambantota Port, Sri Lanka 2024 (Spring) Skyline Drive Port Miami Tunnel Metro Flood Diversion (MN/ND) Viet Cong Tunnel Network Long Bridge PJM Interconnection 2023 (Fall) Mississippi River Locks and Dams 5.9 GHz Spectrum Texas Power Grid Guangzhou South Railway Station Jackson, MS Water and Wastewater Treatment U.S./Mexico Border Infrastructure 2023 (Spring) /Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)/ GPS: Global Positioning System Oroville Dam Failure /Finnish Underground/ 2022 (Fall) /Shinkansen High Speed Rail/ Civil engineering George Mason University projects 75% /Port of Newport News/ /Brightline Rail System/ /Central Park/ /Venetian Flood Control (MOSE)/ 2022 (Spring) /Dutch Dikes/ /Big Dig/ /Gotthard Base Tunnel/ /Air Traffic Control System/ 2021 (Fall) /New Orleans Levees/ /Transcontinental Railroad/ /Maginot Line/ /Channel Tunnel/ /Hoover Dam/__NOTOC__