Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Understand inspection procedures, bridge and culvert components, material defects and performance defects
• Set out requirements for detailed (virtual) inspections and condition rating of structures and their components
• Provide guidelines for the need to carry out further investigations and special studies
• Describe various types of procedures and equipment for the non-destructive material testing

Description
This course will cover the main bridge and culvert components, inspection, and strategies for a sustainable maintenance/rehabilitation concept for both superstructures and substructures. The main objective is to conduct a sound assessment in compliance with OSIM regulations and its application on prominent structure examples. The course will provide a series of inspection reports for existing bridges through a step-by-step procedure and ensure a prompt discovery of any deterioration, defects, or structural deficiencies that could be hazardous to road network operation, and determine the extent of bridge deterioration and select proper repair work or bridge replacement candidates.

This course is designed to provide you with bridge inspection fundamentals. You will gain an introduction to the elementary concepts of bridge inspection, bridge functions, and bridge inspection terminology. The course will also illustrate and discuss the difference between material defects and performance defects. This course will allow engineers and practitioners to enforce sound decision-making for rehabilitation action.

Course Outline

• Bridge Engineering and Inspection Overview
• Description and Main Components of Bridges and Culverts
• Inspector duties, responsibilities, and basis for bridge inspection
• Steel, concrete and timber inspection, structural distress and properties/strengths/weaknesses
• Bridge bearings and expansion joints
• The durability of Concrete Bridge Decks
• Underwater Inspection of Bridges
• Inspector responsibilities and inspection procedure
• Inspection and maintenance equipment
• Non-destructive Testing (NDT)
• Structure maintenance, repair and rehabilitation strategies for steel and concrete bridges
• Bridge Management System (BMS) for Bridges
• OSIM manual tables: categorize structures and components
• Material Defects
• Steel Bridge Redundancy
• Fracture Control and Fatigue
• Inspection frequency of steel bridges and concrete bridges
• Various Case studies
• Bridge Rehabilitation vs Replacement

Who Should Attend
Civil and Municipal Engineers • Structural Designers • Engineers in Training • Project Managers • Public Works Personnel • Engineering Consultants

Course Syllabus

• Introduction – Bridge Engineering Overview.
• Description & Main Components of Bridges and Culverts
• Bridge Inspection Overview.
• Inspector duties, responsibilities, and basis for bridge inspection
• Steel, concrete & timber inspection, structural distress and properties/strengths/weaknesses
• Bridge bearings
• Expansion Joints
• The durability of Concrete Bridge Decks - Inspection & Evaluation of Deterioration.
• Underwater Inspection of Bridges
• Inspector responsibilities and inspection procedure
• Inspection and maintenance equipment
• Non-destructive Testing (NDT)
• Structure maintenance, repair & rehabilitation strategies for steel and concrete bridges
• Bridge Management System (BMS) for Bridges
• OSIM manual tables: categorize structures & components
• Material Defects – Definitions.
• Steel Bridge Redundancy.
• Fracture Control and Fatigue.
• Inspection frequency of steel bridges and concrete bridges.
• Various Case studies - Accelerated Bridge Construction Techniques (ABC)
• Bridge Rehabilitation vs Replacement.