BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: THE NEED TO RETAIN FLEXIBILITY AND ENGINEERING JUDGEMENT

Many different bridge management systems are now in use, serving a variety of needs. The increasing power of computers has enabled more sophisticated programs to be developed. A bridgestock as a whole will be well managed if individual structures are all well managed. The case is therefore made for meeting, as a first priority, the needs of the local bridge manager in this duty, which inevitably relies to a large degree upon engineering judgement and flexibility. The information thus gathered may also be aggregated to determine the resources required on the network as a whole. The Oxfordshire Bridge Management System 'Bridgeman' is briefly described and compared with these needs. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 882313.

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• Authors:
  • DARBY, J J
  • Brown, P
  • VASSIE, P R
• Conference:
  • BRIDGE MANAGEMENT 3. INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRIDGE MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, GUILDFORD, UK, 14-17 APRIL 1996
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 212-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge management systems; Computer programs; Conferences; Costs; Decision making; Evaluation and assessment; Maintenance; Strategic planning
• ITRD Terms: 3409: Bridge management system; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 2248: Decision process; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 3847: Maintenance; 141: Priority (gen); 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729464
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-419-21210-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM