Bridge Maintenance and Inspection

Course Description

Methods for effective bridge maintenance, management, and inspection. The course will focus on bridge repair and rehabilitation issues; bridge management systems, needs of highways agencies, and bridge-related safety and risk issues.

What Do Participants Learn?

• Develop cost-effective strategies for preservation of a group of bridges Identify maintenance or repair needs and select the best countermeasures and applications
• Apply effective management techniques (such as planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting).
• Describe, identify, evaluate, and document the various components and deficiencies that can exist on bridge components and elements.
• Describe, identify, evaluate, and document the various components and deficiencies that can exist on bridge components and elements
• Discuss the duties and responsibilities of a bridge inspector and define inspection concepts including personal and public safety issues associated with bridge inspections
• Learn about the latest technologies utilized around the world for bridge inspections

Who Should Attend?

• Highway Agency Engineers
• Civil Engineers
• Engineering Consultants
• Contractors
• Technology Providers

What Will the Learning Experience Include?

Phase: 1

Introduce

• Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
• Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
• Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.

• During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
• Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
• Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
• **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.

Phase: 2

Explore & Practice

Phase: 3

Apply

• Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
• To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
• Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
• Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)

• Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
• Participant's Evaluation
• Trainer's Evaluation

Phase: 4

EVALUATE