The next phase must go beyond hard infrastructure to deal with a range of governance, labour, and efficiency issues that continue to be a drag on the competitiveness of west coast ports. (asiapacific.ca)
The group also calls for so - called «soft engineering» solutions to trump hard infrastructure projects like sea walls or tide gates. (scientificamerican.com)
Hard infrastructure refers to physical facilities and / or installations needed to operate, manage and monitor a system with the intention that the structures to be permanent. (treehugger.com)