The Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is developing and implementing a bridge management system (BMS) for the approximately 8,700 bridges along national roads throughout the country. The BMS is part of an integrated management system designed to improve the operation of all functions and activities of the DPWH. The BMS will analyse the bridge condition data, determine the ranking and priority of bridge activities and will evaluate the alternatives of preservation or replacement. It will provide data for the production of annual work programs and multi-year work programs to maintain the bridge stock and insure the sustainability of the bridge stock. This paper describes the progress on the BMS to date and discuss the issues involved in establishing a functional and sustainable system suitable to meet the needs of both long term network planning and short-term maintenance, under Philippine conditions. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E208431.
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