Executive Bridge Maintenance Management System Phase I: A Web Portal

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Executive Bridge Maintenance Management System: A Web Portal
• Creators:
  Hale, David P. ; Sharpe, Shane
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Alabama. Aging Infrastructure Systems Center of Excellence ; University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Corporate Contributors:
  Alabama. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bridge Maintenance Bridge Management Systems Data Sharing Decision Support Systems Highway Maintenance Information Retrieval Maintenance Web Portals Websites (Information Retrieval)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Report No 930-612 ; ALDOT Report 930-612 ; UTCA Report 05404 ; AISCE Report 07001
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama
• Corporate Publisher:
  University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Abstract:
  This project conceptualized, designed, constructed and deployed a state-wide bridge reporting system for the Alabama Department of Transportation that extends the capabilities and user community for the existing Alabama Bridge Information Management System (ABIMS). The intranet-based application enables users to identify and retrieve selected bridge records in ABIMS and display the results in standard engineering terms rather than using screen numbers and a short mnemonic for values found in traditional IBM mainframe computer applications. Thus, users of this bridge information portal are able to readily interpret attributes, values and reports. This greatly enhances their ability to analyze bridge inspection and maintenance needs. Usage requirements incorporated into this portal design and deployment came from state bridge engineers, maintenance engineers, division engineers, department leadership, county engineers and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). To assist them with information retrieval, pre-defined, standard reports were developed along with functionality to create customized and on-demand reports to view bridge condition and structural information. The value realized from this project includes: extending the use of centrally-located bridge information for occasional high-impact users by improving the ease of use, reducing misidentification of variables previously appearing in a coded format, reducing user training time, reducing the time required for central information systems personnel to develop custom reports, and enhancing the shared access of bridge data among bureaus, districts, divisions, FHWA staff and county bridge engineers. This project also developed the IT architecture and standards for future ALDOT-wide web portals and integrated this application with a new web-enabled bridge mapping application to enhance the ease of information access for a broader range of users.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  ALDOT 930-612
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6b06ea95df073a9d16a7ac9f999b236fcfa724c7bc93c5e6a889d1907d4ae525
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62096/dot_62096_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 647.17 KB ]