Bridge Integrated Analysis and Decision Support

Bridge Integrated Analysis and Decision Support

Author: Al Bhorbanpoor

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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In 2004, the Wisconsin Highway Research Program (WHRP) initiated project # 0092-04-15, entitled, "Bridge Integrated Analysis and Decision Support--Case Histories (Phase I)" at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to document the existing knowledge related to Wisconsin bridge incidents in the form of a database of case histories. That study was completed in 2007 where for the database for each case study included detailed information on the bridge, past repair and maintenance, description of the events, reporting, and initial and subsequent responses by the responsible parties, and any resulting remediation. The database entitled "Bridge Incident Response Database" (BIRD) is web-based and searchable with "keywords" and it is detailed in the final report (SPR # 0092-04-15) that was published in January 2008.


Bridge Management Systems for Transportation Agency Decision Making

Bridge Management Systems for Transportation Agency Decision Making

Author: Michael J. Markow

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 0309098351

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This study gathers information on current practices that senior managers at transportation agencies use to make network-level decisions on resource allocations for their bridge programs. In particular, the study explores how agency bridge management systems are employed in this process. Information was gathered through a review of literature on U.S. and international bridge management, a survey of U.S. and Canadian transportation agencies, and 15 in-depth interviews with state DOT executive and bridge managers.