Abstract: A supply and demand system approach is presented to deal with the inability of existing bridge management systems to determine optimal management strategies when multiple bridges may be adversely affected simultaneously. ...

Abstract: Next generation bridge management systems will take into consideration multiple hazard scenarios and not only traffic loading and structural deterioration as they do now. The indirect costs used in these bridge management ...

Abstract: Condition assessment in the Swiss bridge management system (KUBA-MS) is performed on the element level. Five condition states are defined based on visual appearance. In order to forecast the condition states of any given ...