Department / Institute: Institut für Bau- und Infrastrukturmanagement (IBI)
Will e-bikes bring Amsterdam and Copenhagen to Switzerland?
disP 58/1, March 2022
CAS/DAS ETH in Regenerative Materials
Investing in Water Supply Resilience Considering Future Uncertainty and Management Flexibility
The infrastructure required to provide sufficient high quality drinking water to urban areas over long time horizons is highly uncertain. The use of the real options method, which accounts for future uncertainty and considers management flexibility over time, can significantly improve the evaluation of water supply resilience enhancing Mehr
Zukunftssichere Stadtentwicklung. Bewertung der Auswirkungen flexibler Vermögenswerte bei der Bewältigung der unsicheren zukünftigen Bedingungen
Das Projekt wurde vom Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft (NSL) finanziert, um die Auswirkungen flexibler Designs bei der Bewältigung des unsicheren zukünftigen Bürobedarfs zu untersuchen. Das potenzielle Wachstum der Home-Office-Arbeitsform stellt eine große Unsicherheit für die zukünftige Büronachfrage dar. Flexible Büros können dazu beitragen, die negativen Auswirkungen dieser Ungewissheit Mehr
Multi-Stakeholder Decision Support Framework zur Identifizierung und Bewertung von Massnahmen zur Verbesserung der Resilienz von voneinander abhängigen Infrastruktursystemen
Infrastruktursysteme sind anfällig für Gefahrenereignisse, die ihre Funktionalität stören und direkte wie auch indirekte Folgen für die Beteiligten und die Öffentlichkeit haben. Daher müssen Infrastrukturbetreiber Eingriffe vornehmen, um die Widerstandsfähigkeit des betreffenden Systems zu verbessern. Aufgrund der Komplexität und der gegenseitigen Abhängigkeit von Infrastruktursystemen ist es von entscheidender Mehr
Aufrechterhaltung der Fahrplanstabilität und Verwaltung von Fahrplanreserven über die digitalisierte Bahn-Interventionsplanung (STABILITY)
Die Zukunft des Schienenverkehrs wird darin liegen, dass Züge, die Passagiere und Güter transportieren, sich nahtlos von ihrem Ursprung hin zu ihrem Ziel bewegen. Potenzielle Störungen aufgrund von Zugunfällen sollen durch den umfassenden Einsatz von Überwachungstechnologien vorhergesehen und entweder durch die Umsetzung detaillierter Aktionspläne verhindert oder deren Folgen Mehr
Exploiting Digitalisation to Plan Interventions on Large Water Distribution Networks
Cities rely heavily on the services provided by water distribution networks. These networks are large and complex, consisting of thousands of kilometres of buried pipes and dozens of facilities where water is treated, pumped and stored. Infrastructure managers are entrusted with the planning and execution of interventions on Mehr
Zukunftssichernde Strategien für resiliente Verkehrsnetze gegen Extremereignisse (FORESEE)
Systemweite Risiken im Transportwesen werden über alle Verkehrsträger, Regionen und kritische, voneinander abhängige Sektoren hinweg noch ungenügend verstanden, woraus sich Unwägbarkeiten hinsichtlich der Risiken aufgrund eines grösseren Systemunterbruchs ergeben. Die Verkehrsinfrastruktur ist gekennzeichnet von einem inherenten Mangel an Resilienzkonzepten, insbesondere auf lange Sicht; dies aufgrund der Unfähigkeit, Resilienzaspekte Mehr
Evaluating Initial Building Designs Considering Possible Future Changes and Decision Flexibility: The Example of The New PET Centre of the University Hospital of Zurich
The uncertainty on the future treatments demand, recently evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, makes it challenging for hospitals managers to determine the optimal design of new clinics. Flexibility can help in optimally minimizing the service risks when the benefits of the investments justify the costs, considering the dynamism of treatment Mehr
Quantitative Evaluation of Highway Designs Considering Uncertainties in Future Mobility Patterns and Flexibility Using Real Options
Road owners are increasingly being confronted with the need to optimize highway design for an uncertain future. A recent research project at the Infrastructure Management Chair investigated the use of a real options-based method to evaluate alternative highway designs for a fictive case study based on the A15 Mehr
Identifying Changes in Bicycle Accident Trends Using GIS and Time Series Information in the City of Zürich
This paper presents a case study based on accident reports from the Zurich City Police. Using a joint GIS and time series analysis based on negative binomial regression, the data is analyzed to identify trends in accident development for several accident subgroups (e.g., bicycle accidents, senior citizen accidents, Mehr
Considering Automated Vehicle Deployment Uncertainty in the Design of Optimal Parking Garages Using Real Options
Parking garages are often currently designed assuming that parking demand will be stable over their lifetime. The looming mobility shift towards automated vehicles (AVs), however, makes parking demand highly uncertain, with some scenarios leading to its complete disappearance at some time in the near future. The design of Mehr
Sustainable Funding Strategies for Stormwater Infrastructure Management: A System Dynamics Model
Most cities in Canada do not charge a stormwater fee; consequently, stormwater programs may need to compete with other funding priorities in public works. This often leads to a lack of dedicated and predictable cash flow, which can limit municipalities‘ capacity to sustain stormwater services.
Flexible Office Space for the Age of Distributed Work
The potential large-scale transition from working in the office to working at home, is a massive uncertainty related to the future needs of office space in our cities. It is in the face of this uncertainty, that real estate developers must manage their portfolios. The use of the Mehr
Are Integrated Infrastructure Networks Governable in Contemporary City Regions?
Guest: Prof. Dr. Michael Neuman, Professor of Sustainable Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster. The very possibility of governance that is critical — in terms of providing robust human rights, meaningful participative democracy, equitable distribution of wealth, goods and services, and strong environmental Mehr
Future-proofed Urban Areas: Real Options in Urban Planning
The societal needs for infrastructure change drastically over time depending on a large variety of factors, which are very difficult to predict. It is in the face of this massive uncertainty, that urban planners are expected to make infrastructure decisions. To minimize the service risks over time, the Mehr
Bryan Adey zum ordentlichen Professor für Infrastrukturmanagement befördert
To Exploit Big Data for the Management of Infrastructure
The management of infrastructure involves estimating how infrastructure is likely to deteriorate and how demands infrastructure change over time. Increasing amounts of data and increasing modelling capabilities are providing infrastructure managers with improved abilities with which to determine the optimal maintenance and development interventions on infrastructure. Their exploitation Mehr
Impact of autonomous vehicles on the accessibility in Switzerland
Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und Raumplanung, 1177. Zürich: IVT, ETH Zürich. PDF More Autonomous vehicles are expected to offer higher comfort of traveling at lower prices whilst increasing road capacity. Using the Swiss national transport model, this research simulates the impact of autonomous vehicles on accessibility. The results show substantial impacts favoring urban sprawl Mehr
Investigation of a static and a dynamic neighbourhood methodology to develop work programs for multiple close municipal infrastructure networks
In: Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 13(3). S.361–389. PDF Interventions on urban infrastructures cause disruptions to the services provided but also to other networks that have to be (partially) shut down for the interventions. A dynamic grouping methodology is presented that results in work programs with a better consideration Mehr
The Interdisciplinary Nature of Planning Interventions on Network Infrastructure in Urban Areas
Interventions must be executed on infrastructure networks in urban areas to ensure that they provide adequate levels of services. The optimal planning of these interventions requires consideration of the work of many experts to appropriately consider the spatial and temporal aspects of the networks, how the networks might Mehr
Bryan T. Adey, the Professor for Infrastructure Management at the ETH Zürich, Joins the NSL
His research mission is to improve the construction and management of infrastructure with special attention focused on the improvement of decision making from general planning for entire networks to detailed planning for specific projects. This mission is being achieved through teaching the fundamentals of infrastructure management, and pushing Mehr
Eröffnungsanlass des Swiss Spatial Sciences Framework (S3F)
«Swiss planning is considered to be at the forefront of European spatial planning in both its sophistication and its effectiveness.» Mit diesen positiven Worten eröffnete Prof. Max van den Berg, einer der 13 geladenen internationalen Expertinnen und Experten, den Anlass am 19. November. Der von ETH Zürich, EPFL Mehr
Optimale Massnahmenprogramme für urbane Infrastrukturnetzwerke
Urbane Infrastrukturnetzwerke sind die Lebensadern der modernen urbanen Gesellschaft. Sie versorgen uns mit Wasser, Strom, Gas, Telekommunikation und Mobilität. Um diese Versorgung aufrechtzuhalten, müssen diese Netzwerke in gewissen Abständen instandgehalten, instandgesetzt, erneuert und angepasst werden. Jedoch ist es trotz sorgfältiger Erhaltung nicht auszuschliessen, dass Ausfälle passieren, die sich Mehr
Prof. Dr. Bryan T. Adey | Infrastrukturmanagement
2010 übernahm Prof. Dr. Bryan T. Adey den Lehrstuhl für Infrastrukturmanagement am Institut für Bau- und Infrastrukturmanagement (IBI) der ETH Zürich. Die Vision dieses Lehrstuhls ist, an die Weltspitze vorzudringen bei der Festlegung des konzeptionellen Rahmens sowie der Erarbeitung von Methoden, Modellen und Werkzeugen für ein effizientes Infrastrukturmanagement und somit ein reibungsloses Funktionieren unserer modernen Gesellschaft sicherzustellen.