Transport Infrastructures and Asset Management in Portugal: Past, Present and Future
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Bibliographic Details
Author(s): |
Sérgio Costa
(Betar Consultores, Lisboa, Portugal)
Vítor Brito (Betar Consultores, Lisboa, Portugal) Tiago Mendonça (Betar Consultores, Lisboa, Portugal) |
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Medium: | conference paper | ||||
Language(s): | English | ||||
Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management, Guimarães, Portugal, 27-29 March 2019 | ||||
Published in: | IABSE Symposium Guimarães 2019 | ||||
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Page(s): | 1750-1757 | ||||
Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
DOI: | 10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1750 | ||||
Abstract: |
Bridge management in Portugal had a remarkable development during the larger part of the last two decades. This paper intends to present an historical review of the situation before and after the Entre-os-Rios accident, a tragedy that triggered a modern approach to bridge management in Portugal. Nowadays the country is on par with worldwide best practices, supported by a system developed by Betar and adopted by all major stakeholders. Building on the idea that most BMS principles can be applied to other asset types in a road or network and the current lack of tools for managing those assets, the paper proposes a methodology for implementing GOA® to new types of assets, presenting some challenges that may arise. Following the implementation to different assets, the paper also discusses a model for integrating those different sets of assets into a coherent and effective management strategy. |
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Keywords: |
bridge asset management transport infrastructures road assets
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