Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

by Mark A. Hurt, Steven D Schrock

Overview

Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling provides new tactics for highway departments around the world that are faced with the dilemma of providing improved operations on a shoestring budget. Even after the much needed infrastructure funding is received, the question of which project comes first must be answered. Written by a 20-year veteran with the Kansas Department Of Transportation Bridge Office in design and in maintenance, this book provides Senior Bridge Maintenance Engineers with practical advice on how to create an effective maintenance program that will allow them to not only plan, schedule, direct, and monitor highway bridge repair and rehabilitation projects, but also evaluate all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128020692
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/04/2016
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark Hurt, D.Eng., P.E., S.E., Senior Squad Leader–Bridge Design, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, Kansas. Dr Hurt is a 20-year plus veteran with the KDOT Bridge Office in design and in maintenance. His role over the last ten years has been as a senior squad leader in design. Mark is licensed as a P.E. in Kansas and as a S.E. in Illinois.

Steven D. Schrock, Ph.D., P.E., F.ITE, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, The University of Kansas at Lawrence. Dr Schrock is a registered professional engineer in Kansas. Prior to joining the University of Kansas in 2006 he was an assistant research engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute where he conducted transportation research as a member of the Work Zone and Dynamic Message Sign research program.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Bridge Elements and Materials3. Bridge Inspection and Evaluation4. Preventative Maintenance5. Substantial Maintenance and Rehabilitation6. Bridge Life Cycle Costing7. Bridge Management

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This comprehensive book provides the tools and methods needed for building, maintaining, planning, and scheduling effective highway maintenance, giving readers experience-based suggestions on how to evaluate highway bridges to determine maintenance priorities, and also including methods for the evaluation of all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards