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WG2 technical report – Performance goals for roadway bridges of COST Action 1406 [COST Action TU 1406 - Quality Control Plans for Roadway Bridges, Standardization at European Level (BridgeSpec) project (COST Association)]
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Scope Europe is more dependent than ever on its transportation system to consistently support a thriving economy and to afford its citizens a satisfactory quality of life. Transport enables economic growth and job creation: it must be sustainable in the light of the new challenges we face (EC, 2011). However, a large part of the road network, including bridges, which represent significant assets, are reaching the end of their service life, whilst traffic volumes are steadily growing, environmental legislation is becoming more stringent, and the occurrence of extreme weather events (such as large floods) is increasing. At the same time, in recent years many national road agencies in Europe have faced budgetary restriction with the result that funding for maintaining, renovating and reconstructing road infrastructure has decreased significantly. It is therefore extremely important that we improve the way European infrastructure is inspected, assessed and maintained, and that better methods are developed to allocate limited resources, in order to fulfil the ever growing requirements. Together with these developments the evolution and upgrading of existing bridge management practice is essential.[...] |
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| Autores principais: | Matos, José C. |
| Outros Autores: | Casas, J. R. |
| Ano: | 2017 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | relatório |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Scope Europe is more dependent than ever on its transportation system to consistently support a thriving economy and to afford its citizens a satisfactory quality of life. Transport enables economic growth and job creation: it must be sustainable in the light of the new challenges we face (EC, 2011). However, a large part of the road network, including bridges, which represent significant assets, are reaching the end of their service life, whilst traffic volumes are steadily growing, environmental legislation is becoming more stringent, and the occurrence of extreme weather events (such as large floods) is increasing. At the same time, in recent years many national road agencies in Europe have faced budgetary restriction with the result that funding for maintaining, renovating and reconstructing road infrastructure has decreased significantly. It is therefore extremely important that we improve the way European infrastructure is inspected, assessed and maintained, and that better methods are developed to allocate limited resources, in order to fulfil the ever growing requirements. Together with these developments the evolution and upgrading of existing bridge management practice is essential.[...] |
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