On February 4, 2005, Brun-Way Highways Operations Inc. (BHOI) entered into a 28 year and one month contract with the Provincial Government, to operate, maintain and rehabilitate (OMR) approximately 275 kilometres of 4-lane highway in New Brunswick. A significant requirement of the contract was the implementation of a Structures Management System (SMS) for bridges, overpasses, underpasses, drainage structures with a span length greater than 3 meters and overhead sign trusses within the highway corridors. The objectives of the SMS were to achieve asset preservation to ensure all structures are well maintained throughout the duration of the contract to exceed the design life expectations and meet the contractual requirements for the minimum remaining life at the contract termination date. This paper describes BHOI's SMS, the challenges encountered during the development, the associated advantages and disadvantages of adopting such a system, recommendations for future considerations compatible with this system and conclusions assessing the effectiveness of this system. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E216511.
Samenvatting