## Implementing a Life-Cycle Approach to Infrastructure: A Policy Roadmap for Cities

This roadmap offers an overview of the life-cycle approach to infrastructure, with concrete examples, insights and tools for implementing the approach from inception to decommissioning, and from city policy to contract structure.

[Read the Report ](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Implementing_a_Life_Cycle_Approach_to_Infrastructure_2024.pdf)


### Building the future: Reducing carbon footprints across the entire infrastructure lifecycle

Vincent Martinez, President and CEO of Architecture 2030, discusses how we can reduce carbon in infrastructure across the life-cycle

[Read the Article](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/preview/d42a5c4c-765a-442c-b6f0-07949c389dd1/)


### Advance Sustainable Buildings and Cities at the Urban Transformation Summit

We advance the principles of the Roadmap further at the Urban Transformation Summit, October 21-23, 2024 in San Francisco.

[Find out more about the Summit](https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-urban-transformation/urban-transformation-summit)


### Task Force Members and Contributors

The World Economic Forum would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of the members of the Building Tomorrow’s Urban Infrastructure Task Force, who helped advance this work.Task Force Leads Adair Smith  Lead, Centre for Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum Daniel Sweeney  Consulting Manager, Global Cities, Transportation and Infrastructure, Accenture ; Fellow, World Economic ForumSpecial thanks to our writer, Andrew Collinge Task Force Members Patrick Aubin Managing Director, Global Buildings and Places Market, AtkinsRéalis Cheryl Benini Head Vertical Sales and Partner Development, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Siemens Peter Biava Sustainable Infrastructure Development and Investment Associate, MeridiamNeil Britto Project Lead, The Intersector Project, The Aspen Institute Lisa Brown Executive Director for State and Federal Government Infrastructure, Johnson Controls Karla Campos Smart City Manager, City of San Antonio Jordan Davis Executive Director, Smart Columbus Daniel Galle Partnership Manager, Global Infrastructure Hub Matthew Garbark Director, Mayor’s Office of Infrastructure Development, Baltimore City CouncilRich Harrington Manager, Infrastructure Implementation, City of Washington DC Patrice Impey Chief Finance Officer, City of Vancouver Dan Jatres Director, Infrastructure Projects, City of New Orleans Lon LaClaire General Manager, Engineering Services, City of Vancouver Michael Lake President; CEO, Leading CitiesKimberly Lucas Director, Mobility and Infrastructure, City of Pittsburgh Michael Manocha Director, Investments, Partnerships and Innovation, Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada Vincent Martinez President; Chief Operating Officer, Architecture 2030 Chris Osgood Senior Infrastructure Advisor, City of Boston Gerard Peets Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities CanadaHerman Pienaar  Lead, Urban Lab, UN HabitatMarco Presutti Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada Rico Quirindongo Director, Planning and Community Development, City of Seattle Emily Royall Lead, San Antonio Smart Cities, City of San Antonio Eric Setzler Chief City Engineer, City of Pittsburgh Larry Smallwood Federal Infrastructure Implementation Manager, City of Phoenix Gael Tarleton Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations, City of Seattle Geoffrey Urbach Smart City Senior Manager, City of San Antonio Jimmy Zammar Director, Urban Watersheds, Sewers and Drainage, City of Vancouver Stephen Zoegall Vice-President; Global Market Director, Cities and Places, Jacobs Solutions