Bridge Resource Program

The mission of Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) Bridge Resource Program (BRP) is to provide bridge engineering support to the New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT's) Bridge Engineering and Infrastructure Management Unit. The program is a partnership between federal and state transportation agencies and Rutgers University, which provides technical and educational services to address infrastructure needs in New Jersey. CAIT supports the NJDOT by providing staff and resources to address the most pressing bridge engineering and training challenges in New Jersey (through advanced materials development, design enhancements, construction improvements, evaluation, monitoring, data mining, management enhancement and support, and bridge research). The overarching goal of the Bridge Resource Program is to achieve more effective asset management. This includes consideration and potential adoption of next generation assessment approaches to augment current reliance on qualitative condition metrics with more quantitative performance metrics. Although conventional engineering terms are used in this proposal to describe program services, the proposed tasks within each service will be focused on providing decision making assistance for concept development. BRP has provided opportunities to bring technologies to NJDOT, review existing practices, and propose the use of new construction techniques to improve asset management, design and construction practices. In addition, it has created a new channel of communication between CAIT and NJDOT that allows for the rapid deployment of innovative technologies. In the future, the BRP is envisioned to continue to identify opportunities for innovation. It is anticipated that new research topics will be borne out of the program. As research is completed, it can return back to the BRP for pilot testing and recommendation for deployment. The cycle of innovation, testing, implementation and need for further innovation can be perpetuated through the creation of similar resource programs.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  1035 Parkway Avenue
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Szary, Patrick
  • Roda, Andres M
• Publication Date: 2013-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 25p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Bridge engineering; Bridge management systems; Decision support systems; Performance measurement; Technological innovations
• Identifier Terms: New Jersey Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520710
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CAIT-UTC-006
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC16
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 2014 9:32AM