An Overview Of Strategic Bridge Life Cycle Modelling On The British Railway

Hamer, M J; Calvert, G S; Neves, L A C

Abstract

Bridges are critical assets for the safe, reliable, and functional operation of transportation networks. Infrastructure asset managers are responsible for ensuring that these bridges adhere to rigorous safety standards using the finite resources available to transportation agencies. Predicting future condition, forecasting required interventions, and developing equitable resource allocations from limited budgets is a challenging task for bridge managers. Network Rail is the infrastructure manager for the railway in Great Britain and is responsible for the management of over 26,000 bridges. Network Rail currently use a strategic ‘Tier 1’ model to forecast work volumes, condition outputs and expenditures for its portfolio of bridge assets. In this paper an overview of the existing strategic model will be provided alongside an account of recent work to transition the model onto a commercial asset investment planning solution, as well as a commentary of model limitations and future model requirements.

Citation

Hamer, M. J., Calvert, G. S., & Neves, L. A. C. (2022). An Overview Of Strategic Bridge Life Cycle Modelling On The British Railway. In J. Ramon Casas, D. M. Frangopol, & J. Turmo (Eds.), Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022), Barcelona, Spain, July 11-15, 2022

• Conference Name: 11th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022)
• Conference Location: Barcelona, Spain
• Start Date: Jul 11, 2022
• End Date: Jul 15, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jun 27, 2022
• Publication Date: Jun 27, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 28, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 28, 2023
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Series Title: International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management
• Series Number: 11
• Series ISSN: 2381-2753
• Book Title: Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022), Barcelona, Spain, July 11-15, 2022
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7837612
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Bridge-Safety-Maintenance-Management-Life-Cycle-Resilience-and-Sustainability/Casas-Frangopol-Turmo/p/book/9781003322641
• Related Public URLs: https://congress.cimne.com/iabmas2022/frontal/default.asp
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by CRC Press in Bridge Safety, Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle, Resilience and Sustainability: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2022), Barcelona, Spain, July 11-15, 2022 on 27 June 2022, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Bridge-Safety-Maintenance-Management-Life-Cycle-Resilience-and-Sustainability/Casas-Frangopol-Turmo/p/book/9781003322641