BRIME

BRIdge Management in Europe

DELIVERABLES

There will be fourteen deliverables for the project.

• D1 Review of current procedures for assessing load carrying capacity (WP2).
• D2 Review of current practice for assessing the condition of bridges and classification of defects (WP1).
• D3 Review of existing procedures for optimisation (WP6).
• D4 Review of existing bridge management systems and definition of the functions, inputs, modules and format of the proposed bridge management system (WP7).
• D5 Development of models for material strength and traffic loading (WP2).
• D6 Review of experimental methods and reliability techniques for assessing the load carrying capacity of bridges (WP2).
• D7 Review of methods for deciding whether to repair, replace or strengthen a bridge, and report on the factors to be considered as a basis for development of a European decision making system (WP5).
• D8(as a pdf or a zip file) Bridge management and condition monitoring (WP4).
• D9 Review of the use of neural networks for the classification of defects and guidelines for quantifying the condition of concrete bridges (WP1).
• D10 Guidelines for assessing load carrying capacity (WP3).
• D11 Recommendations for the modelling of deterioration for the assessment of bridge strength (WP3).
• D12 Development of procedures for determining the adequacy rating and guidelines for prioritisation of bridge maintenance (WP6).
• D13 Outline framework for the proposed bridge management system (WP7).
• D14 Final report (1/11/2002)
  D14 Appendix III

All of the deliverables will be publicly available.