Integration of Life-Cycle Cost Analysis with Bridge Management Systems: Case Study of Swedish Bridge and Tunnel Management System

Many countries use bridge management systems (BMSs), and many of these systems involve some form of life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis. Use of LCC analysis in bridge engineering is rare, however; the technique has been applied primarily in the operation phase to support decisions about bridges that already exist. Yet LCC analysis can be applied across the life of a bridge. This paper introduces the Swedish Bridge and Tunnel Management System (BaTMan). A comprehensive, integrated LCC implementation scheme takes into account the bridge investment and management processes in Sweden. The basic economic analytical tools as well as other helpful LCC analysis techniques are described. A case study demonstrates improvements in BaTMan as a factor in the decision whether to repair or to replace a bridge. Cost records for 1,987 bridges were used as input data in the case study. On the basis of the same records, the average real and anticipated initial costs of various bridge types in Sweden are presented schematically.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2292-15
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• Authors:
  • Safi, Mohammed
  • Sundquist, Håkan
  • Karoumi, Raid
  • Racutanu, George
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 125–133
• Monograph Title: Maintenance and Preservation 2012
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2292
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge management systems; Case studies; Decision making; Life cycle costing; Maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge replacement
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01365671
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309223331
• Report/Paper Numbers: 12-0289
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 20 2012 2:59PM