This collection of 23 papers delineates the ways engineers can improve their data collection and reporting to ensure public structures receive appropriate attention. The papers, some of which include case studies, give an historical perspective on infrastructure reporting and then cover public water enterprise financial reporting practices, impediments to public sector implementation of asset management in the US, Alberta's approach to managing provincial infrastructure, changing municipal policy in support of infrastructure, and community engagement in Oregon. Instructions on preparing reports cover rating management performance, background preparation for reports, communicating the results of integrated asset management, data on roads, reporting to small and rural local governments, taking a clinical approach, standardized risk analysis, mission dependency indices, market-based valuation and building metrics. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)