Bridge Quality Appraisal Methodology: Application in a Reinforced Concrete Overpass Roadway Bridge

Bridge quality control plans and asset management systems are often integrated in collective frameworks used by authorities nationally and internationally. Similarities among these frameworks include the utilization of performance indicators for quality appraisal. However, there are discrepancies in the ways such frameworks are researched, developed, and applied. Additionally, there are problematic aspects even in their common characteristics, like the relative absence of correlation between observed performance indicator values and benchmarked ones, and the deliverables’ disparity due to the diversity of the quantified indicator variables. For the alleviation of such problematic aspects, this paper presents a bridge quality appraisal methodological and computational framework. It builds on (1) the adaptation of the sustainable building methodology and its combination with expert input solicitation methods and the research findings of the European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action TU1406, and (2) a multi-input adaptation of the analytical hierarchy process. The methodology is presented in terms of its general procedural steps and calculating requirements, and then it is tailored to reinforced concrete overpass roadway bridges. The methodology’s application in a real case study concludes the presented research.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000455
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Authors:
  • Kifokeris, Dimosthenis
  • Campos e Matos, José António
  • Xenidis, Yiannis
  • Bragança, Luís
• Publication Date: 2018-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 04018034
• Serial:
  • Journal of Infrastructure Systems
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1076-0342
  • EISSN: 1943-555X
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jitse4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analytic hierarchy process; Asset management; Bridge management systems; Evaluation; Methodology; Overpasses; Quality control; Reinforced concrete bridges
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Highways; Materials; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01683588
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Oct 18 2018 10:13AM