Online Bridge Assessment and Maintenance Training

Day 1

Intro to course / intro to structures asset management

• Understand the structure of the course
• Decision-making in structures asset management
• What information is needed to support decisions
• Activities to obtain information through inspection, testing and assessment

Concrete elements

• Common concrete elements used in bridges
• Theoretical degradation mechanisms of concrete
• Common types and causes of defects in concrete elements
• Effect of defects on structural performance
• What to look for during inspection of concrete elements
• Testing of concrete

Masonry elements – as above but for masonry

Steel elements – as above but for steel 

Day 2

Planning and running bridge inspections

• DMRB requirements
• Gaining access
• Difficult access (confined spaces, roped access, water)
• Health and safety
• Inspection records (on site)
• Inspection reporting

Undertaking assessments

• The assessment process
• Assessment objectives
• DMRB requirements for concrete, masonry, steel assessments
• Analysis for assessments
• Reporting assessments

Advanced assessments

• DMRB requirements for half joints, strut and tie
• Using FE to improve assessment results
• Using material testing to improve assessment results
• Upper bound analysis techniques

Management of maintenance programmes

• Management for maintenance and cost-effective repair programmes
• Value management and prioritisation
• Cost estimation for structural works
• Establishing programmes of works
• Problem areas, e.g. bearings, joints, post-tensioning
• Typical repair systems for common defects

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £695 + Vat

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