Cost-effective Practices for Off-system and Local Interest Bridges
Cost-effective Practices for Off-system and Local Interest Bridges

Author: F. W. Klaiber

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0309070031

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 327: Cost-Effective Practices for Off-System and Local Interest Bridges examines off-system bridge design, construction, maintenance, financing, rehabilitation, and replacement. For this report, 'off-system' refers to those bridges typically owned and maintained by local agencies, and by state agencies on rural and other low-volume roads.

Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Author: Mark A. Hurt

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0128020849

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Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling provides new tactics for highway departments around the world that are faced with the dilemma of providing improved operations on a shoestring budget. Even after the much needed infrastructure funding is received, the question of which project comes first must be answered. Written by a 20-year veteran with the Kansas Department Of Transportation Bridge Office in design and in maintenance, this book provides Senior Bridge Maintenance Engineers with practical advice on how to create an effective maintenance program that will allow them to not only plan, schedule, direct, and monitor highway bridge repair and rehabilitation projects, but also evaluate all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards. Provides the tools and methods for building, maintaining, planning, and scheduling effective maintenance Presents experience-based suggestions for evaluating highway bridges to determine maintenance priorities Includes methods for evaluating all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards

Bridge Engineering Handbook
Bridge Engineering Handbook

Author: Wai-Fah Chen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-01-06

Total Pages: 758

ISBN-13: 1000887847

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First Published in 1999: The Bridge Engineering Handbook is a unique, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art reference work and resource book covering the major areas of bridge engineering with the theme "bridge to the 21st century." This third volume includes sections covering construction and maintenance, special topics, and worldwide practice.

Bridge Maintenance Reference Manual
Bridge Maintenance Reference Manual

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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This document is a comprehensive manual on programs, procedures, and techniques for properly preserving and maintaining highway bridges. This manual is primarily geared towards individuals involved in onsite bridge maintenance and preservation activities and those that supervise and manage these activities, however many subjects may be of value to engineers and preservation specialists. The BMRM is a revision and upgrading of the previous manual. Improved bridge maintenance techniques are addressed, and suggested procedures, decision-aid matrices and job order checklists are provided. The purpose of the BMRM is to provide instructions and references for performing a wide range of useful and effective bridge concepts that can be adapted and expanded to provide solutions to specific bridge problems. These procedures are not intended to override existing agency guidelines or policy, but are to be used as a source of information when the need arises. They are not intended as a substitute for consulting an engineer with appropriate qualifications to determine the proper repair method. This manual has been developed as a reference to a new National Highway Institute course series on Bridge Maintenance, consisting of an instructor-led course, "Bridge Maintenance" (FHWA-NHI-130108); and four web-based training courses, "Fundamentals of Bridge Maintenance" (FHWA-NHI-130107A), "Bridge Maintenance Painting" (FHWA-NHI-130107B), "Maintenance of Movable Bridges" (FHWA-NHI-130107C), and "Maintenance of Masonry Bridge Elements" (FHWA-NHI-130107D).

Bridge Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair
Bridge Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair

Author: U. S. Army Department

Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781907521898

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This manual is a guide for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of bridges for military installations. It is a source of reference for planning, estimating, and technical accomplishment of maintenance and repair work and may serve as a training manual for facilities maintenance personnel in the Army and Air Force engaged in maintenance inspection and repair of bridges. It provides guidance for typical maintenance and repair of bridges to retain them in continuous readiness for support of military operations. It also describes the methods used in accomplishing this maintenance and repair work. The text includes general principles of maintenance and repair for use by all activities designated to maintain bridges at Army and Air Force installations in acondition suitable for their intended use.

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition
Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition

Author: Wai-Fah Chen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-01-24

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 1439852081

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Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection highlights bridge engineering specimens from around the world, contains detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subject. Published in five books: Fundamentals, Superstructure Design, Substructure Design, Seismic Design, and Construction and Maintenance, this new edition provides numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures, includes contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering, contains 26 completely new chapters, and updates most other chapters. It offers design concepts, specifications, and practice, as well as the various types of bridges. The text includes over 2,500 tables, charts, illustrations, and photos. The book covers new, innovative and traditional methods and practices; explores rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance; and examines seismic design and building materials. The fifth book, Construction and Maintenance contains 19 chapters, and covers the practical issues of bridge structures. What’s New in the Second Edition: Includes nine new chapters: Steel Bridge Fabrication, Cable-Supported Bridge Construction, Accelerated Bridge Construction, Bridge Management Using Pontis and Improved Concepts, Bridge Maintenance, Bridge Health Monitoring, Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Bridge Elements, Life-Cycle Performance Analysis and Optimization, and Bridge Construction Methods Rewrites the Bridge Construction Inspection chapter and retitles it as: Bridge Construction Supervision and Inspection Expands and rewrites the Maintenance Inspection and Rating chapter into three chapters: Bridge Inspection, Steel Bridge Evaluation and Rating, and Concrete Bridge Evaluation and Rating; and the Strengthening and Rehabilitation chapter into two chapters: Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Highway Bridge Superstructures, and Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks This text is an ideal reference for practicing bridge engineers and consultants (design, construction, maintenance), and can also be used as a reference for students in bridge engineering courses.

Bridge Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair
Bridge Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair

Author: Departments of the Army and the Air Force

Publisher:

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781481149655

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In maintenance planning and execution, full consideration must be given to future expected use of each bridge, the life expectancy of the bridge, and the life-cycle cost of periodic repairs versus replacement of a bridge or its major components.The level of maintenance and programming ofmajor repairs should be planned in consonancewith future requirement for the bridge and/orplanned replacement. The maintenance programshould be designed to include prevention of deterioration and damage, prompt detection of deficiencies, and early accomplishment of maintenance and repairs to prevent interruptions of operations or limitation/restriction of bridge use.