Integrated 3D bridge-condition visualization (BCV) to facilitate element-based bridge condition rating (EBCR).

PDFTech ReportM004Asset managementBridgesData analysisComputer modelsMaintenanceRehabilitation (Maintenance)VisualizationNebraskaNebraska. Dept. of RoadsShen, ZhigangJensen, WayneUniversity of Nebraska--Lincoln. Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and ConstructionUS Transportation CollectionRoutine inspection and maintenance records are essential for bridges to function well throughout their intended lifespan.Although existing bridge management systems are efficient at data storage, it is difficult to conduct comprehensive dataanalysis and management due to the lack of data integration mechanism. Engineers have to manually put many pieces ofbridge drawings and inspection data together to make maintenance or repair/rehab decisions. Building informationmodeling (BIM) can be applied in bridge asset management area, including bridge inspection/rating to help to integrate themany data pieces. In this project we developed a 3D bridge inspection data management system, using I-680 MormonBridge as a case, to integrate 3D visualization with bridge inspection and maintenance records for visualized data analysisand active data management. This system can be used in managing inspection data in other bridges, and otherinfrastructures with only minor modifications