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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...TRCircular/423/423-008.pdf

This paper describes the development of Alabama's bridge management system (ABIMS) by the Alabama Department of Transportation (Department). Unique features of ABIMS development include its comprehensive committee structure and efficient software development procedure. Specific information is given regarding important ABIMS functions such as bridge resource tracking, needed and performed maintenance reporting, and scour monitoring. After hiring the University of Alabama as a consultant, the Department organized several committees to oversee, review, and develop ABIMS. The committees were composed of personnel from many branches and levels within the Department, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and city and county representatives, which ensures ABIMS will interface as smoothly as possible with existing systems and will meet the needs of all users. Early, the Department decided to develop its own bridge management system (BMS) rather than use an off-the-shelf system. ABIMS was designed by pulling information and ideas from many sources and molding a BMS to custom-fit Alabama's needs. The detailed system design was performed by the bridge management engineer and the computer-program analyst assigned full-time to the project. Software development for ABIMS followed a three-phase procedure in which the function of every component was first fully-defined before proceeding with the actual computer programming. Several of ABIMS components or modules are up and running, including its unique scour module. This module displays stream-bottom profiles based on sounding data from biennial inspections. The graphical display allows bridge inspectors and maintenance engineers to spot developing scour problems.

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00647286

English

p. 72-80

1994-4

Transportation Research Circular

Characteristics of Bridge Management Systems

Digital/other

Figures (6) ; References (9)

Power modules; Bridge management systems; Bridges; Conferences; Data collection; Design; Development; Functions (Mathematics); Graphics; Inspection; Problem identification; Scour; Software; Sounding

Bridge inspection; Design features; Modules

Alabama

Alabama

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

TRIS, TRB

May 4 1994 12:00AM

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• BRIDGIT BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE
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