Next you will tell me the American Medical Association says we should pay doctors more, and prevent nurses from performing procedures.
Or you will tell me the the Teachers Unions give American schools a poor report card, and we need to double our spending on Education
An alternative data-driven evaluation would be welcome, I'm sure!
ASCE has a dog in this hunt
If you're nudge-nudge-wink-winking that this is biased, in which direction is it biased and why?
The American Society of Civil Engineers might have some bias towards ensuring Civil Engineers have jobs, seeing as how that's part of their mission statement. This might additionally bias them towards suggesting that infrastructure needs improvement more often than strictly necessary.
It might also bias them towards reporting the work of their members is of a quality that justifies their continued employment and thus avoid suggesting that recent or ongoing improvements were inadequate.