Turksezer, Z I; Iacovino, C; Giordano, P F and Limongelli, M P (2021) Development and implementation of indicators to assess bridge inspection practices. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147(12): 04021165, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
All over Europe, the management of bridge integrity is carried out primarily through inspections that allow collecting information about the condition of bridges and support decisions about remedial interventions. Different approaches to bridge inspection have been developed among different states. The adoption of harmonized regulation and standards on bridge inspections at the European level would greatly benefit the efficiency of transport infrastructure. Several comparative studies have been conducted in the literature on inspection procedures in different European countries; however, most of them are incomplete due to lack of information or inaccessibility of sources. In this paper, a wide-ranging review of bridge inspection practices carried out in several European countries is provided. The novel contribution of this paper concerns the definition of a framework to classify and assess different bridge inspection procedures entailing the definition of different indicators relating to different aspects of the quality of data, specifically: completeness, timeliness, correctness related to human and technical factors, and level of data processing.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bridge inspection; bridge management; quality indicator; road bridge; visual inspection |
| Index terms: | transport infrastructure, visual inspection, data processing, regulation, efficiency, Europe, integrity, inspection, quality indicator, comparative study, implementation |
| Subjects: | infrastructure and transport systems, political science, quality assurance, health safety and environment, physical geography and landforms, performance management, contractual arrangements, professional practice, data science, project delivery, research design and methodology |
| Topics: | Quality Management, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Engineering Principles, Health and Safety, Procurement, Governance |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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