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One of the enduring challenges of bridge management has been the need for procedures and technical methods for capturing data on the implementation of bridge maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation work and using this information to improve forecasting models. Often characterized as the feedback loop of bridge management, such procedures and methods, if they can be developed and implemented, would greatly enhance the potential for long-term success of structure management strategies. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 14-15 has directly addressed this need. The project viewed the problem as capturing data from routine maintenance management processes and converting them for use in bridge management systems. This conversion required the establishment of an intermediate classification scheme—a bridge maintenance catalog—that is compatible with existing maintenance management systems but also compatible with bridge management systems such as AASHTO’s Pontis. Using work accomplishment data classified according to the standard catalog, conventional cost accounting techniques could be applied to convert measurement units and to relate quantitative condition data and economic inputs, to economic outputs and condition outcomes. A software system using the technologies of Microsoft Excel and Access, Visual Basic, eXtensible Markup Language, and Javascript, was developed to demonstrate the conversion procedures. The software was applied to data from several state departments of transportation to compute bridge management system unit costs, action effectiveness measures, and other performance measures useful for bridge management.

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IBSMC08-011

English

pp 105-118

2008-10

Transportation Research Circular

Tenth International Conference on Bridge and Structure Management

Web

Figures (6) ; References (16) ; Tables (4)

Bridge management systems; Cost accounting; Maintenance management; Rehabilitation; Software

Bridge maintenance; Bridge management

Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I60: Maintenance

TRIS, TRB

Oct 30 2008 10:24AM

• A Bridge Management System for the Western Cape Provincial Government, South Africa: Implementation and Utilization
• A Discussion on the Efficiency of NBI Translator Algorithm
• Bridge Information Modeling for the Life Cycle: Progress and Challenges
• Bridging Data Voids: Advanced Statistical Methods for Bridge Management in KUBA
• Condition Assessment, Rehabilitation Planning, and Stay Cable Replacement Design for the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling, Louisiana
• Corrosion Evaluation of Post-Tensioned Tendons in a Box Girder Bridge
• Design and Implementation of a New Bridge Management System for the Quebec Ministry of Transport
• Deterioration Rates of Typical Bridge Elements in New York
• In-Situ Repair of Steel Bridges Using Advanced Composite Materials
• Innovative Bridge Weigh-in-Motion System for Bridge Maintenance: A Case Study with Bridge on Highway I-59
• Integrated Management and Inspection System for Maryland Counties and Cities
• KUBA 4.0: The Swiss Road Structure Management System
• Long-Term Structural Monitoring for Asset Management
• Modeling Approach of the National Bridge Investment Analysis System
• Multiattribute Prioritization Framework for Bridges, Roadside Elements, and Traffic Control Devices Maintenance
• Multihazard Applications in Bridge Management
• Multiobjective Optimization for Bridge Management Systems
• Progress Report on Oregon's Efforts to Integrate Its State Transportation Improvement Program Project-Selection Process with Pontis
• Project Prioritization Using Multiobjective Utility Functions
• Supporting Local Bridge Inspections in Kansas with Web-Based Automation
• Technical Audits of Rail Infrastructure: Description of Existing Infrastructure and Evaluation of Past Performance
• The German Approach to Bridge Management: Current Status and Future Development
• Thermal Imaging for Bridge Inspection and Maintenance
• Use of Bridge Management for Agency Decisions in Planning, Programming, and Performance Tracking
• Vulnerability Assessment of Individual Infrastructure Objects Subjected to Natural Hazards