PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-13-0006
Project Name:	Establish National Performance Indicators and Performance Health Index (Earmark)
Status:	Programmed
Contact:	Last Name: Zobel First Name: Robert Telephone: 202-493-3024 E-mail: robert.zobel@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Infrastructure Management Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	Development of performance indicators and health indices and a conglomerate index that will correspond to the most critical of the Bridge Performance Measures at system level.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	January 31, 2013
End Date:	January 29, 2016
Funding Amount:	$0.00
FHWA Program Name:	Infrastructure Earmark
Goals:	Establish National Performance Indicators and Performance Health Index for various populations of bridges at system level.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	There are a number of shortfalls in the current bridge health index, which namely relies on the weighted average of the conditions of bridge elements obtained from the element-level inspection and overlooks the influence of materials, loads, and environment. In addition, it is too simplistic and provides an index simple in the serviceability limit States only.
Test Methodology:	Basic Research, Testing and Evaluation, Synthesis Search
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Safety, Research, and Technologies
Deliverables:	Name: Bridge Health Index. Product Type(s): Article, Conference displays, Techbrief, White paper Description: Development of performance indicators and health indices and a conglomerate index that will correspond to the most critical of the bridge-performance measures at system-level. Audiences: Bridge design professionals, Bridge owners, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Local bridge owners, Long Term Bridge Performance Stakeholders, Researchers, State departments of transportation, State highway agencies, U.S. Department of Transportation: Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Secondary Audiences: , Design engineers
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Project Findings:	Bridge health indices for various populations of bridges.
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Research Transportation Planning and Design Construction and Maintenance Bridges Infrastructure
FHWA Disciplines:	Design Structures Safety
Subject Areas:	Bridges and other structures Data and Information Technology Maintenance and Preservation Operations and Traffic Management Research Administration and Management