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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) BRIDGEWare Task Force has launched an effort to link its bridge-related software products--Pontis for bridge management, Virtis for load rating, and Opis for bridge design--into an integrated suite of tools to be known as BRIDGEWare. The three software systems share many features, including a common client-server architecture and several individuals who have served on all three projects over the years. The task forces overseeing the products were recently merged. In 2002 development was completed of an integrated database and new versions of all three products to operate on this database. The BRIDGEWare Strategic Plan anticipates that, for the foreseeable future, the three products will remain separate for project management and licensing purposes but will gradually develop useful linkages through adoption of common standards and tools. For example, all products will share a common eXtensible markup language schema for data interchange and Internet-enabled functionality. Initially this standard will be put to work in an integrated report writer that can extract and merge data from any of the three systems. Shared capabilities for security and document management are also in the works. In the long term, the potential for exploiting this linkage is exciting and includes incorporation of life-cycle costs from bridge management into bridge design; greatly enhanced cost estimation for bridge construction and rehabilitation; incorporation of seismic, fatigue, and scour analysis in bridge management; and integration of freight movement operational policies, including permit management, with bridge design and management.

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E-C049,
IBMC03-036
IBMC03-041

English

p. 85-95

2003-4

Transportation Research Circular

9th International Bridge Management Conference

Figures (2) ; References (2) ; Tables (1)

Bridge design; Bridge management systems; Cost estimating; Databases; Electronic data interchange; Internet; Life cycle costing; Load factor; Permits

Opis (Computer program); Pontis (Computer program); Virtis (Computer program)

Integrated data

Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB

Apr 17 2003 12:00AM

• ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTIES IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT WITH INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS
• ASSESSING THE SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY OF EXISTING HIGHWAY STRUCTURES
• ASSET NEEDS FROM THE BOTTOM UP
• BRIDGE EXPERT ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
• BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CITY OF MOSCOW
• BRIDGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE INTERNET WITH DANBROWEB
• BRIDGE TESTING TO ENHANCE BRIDGE MANAGEMENT IN DELAWARE
• CONDITION-BASED BRIDGE ASSET VALUATION
• CUSTOMIZATION OF THE PONTIS BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A TRANSIT AGENCY
• DETERMINATION OF BRIDGE DETERIORATION MATRICES WITH STATE NATIONAL BRIDGE INVENTORY DATA
• ECONOMETRIC MODEL FOR PREDICTING DETERIORATION OF BRIDGE DECK EXPANSION JOINTS
• FLORIDA PROJECT-LEVEL MODELS FOR PONTIS
• FORECASTING LIFETIME SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY FOR MANAGEMENT OF A NETWORK OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES IN COLORADO
• IMPLEMENTATION OF ONTARIO BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• LIFE-CYCLE COST APPROACH TO BRIDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS
• LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF CONCRETE INFRASTRUCTURES FOR IMPROVED SUSTAINABILITY
• MAINTENANCE STRATEGY TO MINIMIZE BRIDGE LIFE-CYCLE COSTS
• METHODOLOGY FOR PREDICTION OF CONDITION OF CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS AT NETWORK LEVEL
• MONITORING AND PLANS FOR ACTION FOR BRIDGE SCOUR: INSTRUMENTS AND STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCES
• NEW BRIDGE PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR PRIORITIZING BRIDGES
• PERFORMANCE-BASED PROGRAMMING OF BRIDGES IN NEW JERSEY
• PHYSICAL MODELING OF SCOUR IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT
• PONTIS BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: STATE OF THE PRACTICE IN IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
• PONTIS-BASED HEALTH INDEXES FOR BRIDGE PRIORITY EVALUATION
• PREDICTION OF DETERIORATION: START APPLICATION OF DEICING AGENT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
• STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS PART OF INTEGRATED ASSET MANAGEMENT IN KENTUCKY
• STRUCTURAL PATCH REPAIR OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES: TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK-BASED IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE
• SUPPLY AND DEMAND SYSTEM APPROACH TO DEVELOPING BRIDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: COMPARISON WITH TWO EXISTING APPROACHES
• SYNCHRONIZING AN AGENCY'S BRIDGE INFORMATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE VENDOR SYSTEMS: KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROACH
• SYNTHESIS OF ELEMENT CONDITION DATA FOR AGGREGATE ANALYSES IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• SYSTEM RELIABILITY MODELING IN BRIDGE MANAGEMENT
• TISBO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: INTEGRATING INSPECTION REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• UPDATING TIME-DEPENDENT RELIABILITY OF HIGHWAY BRIDGES WITH PONTIS BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INSPECTION RESULTS
• WEB-BASED BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM