Bridge Management Information Systems (BMIS) Laboratory

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Publications

The following articles and publications provide additional information about the research and development activities at the Federal highway Administration (FHWA) Bridge Management Information Systems (BMIS) Laboratory:

86^th TRB Annual Meeting

Comparison of Neural Network Method Versus National Bridge Inventory Translator in Predicting Bridge Condition Ratings (07-0572)
Adel Al-Wazeer, bd Systems, Inc., Chris Nutakor, bd Systems, Inc. and Bobby Harris, bd Systems, Inc. http://pubsindex.trb.org/document/view/default.asp?lbid=801184

Assessment of Use of Non-Core Elements in Bridge Management Systems in Selected States (07-0561)
Adel Al-Wazeer, BD Systems, Inc., Bobby Harris, BD Systems, Inc., Chris Nutakor, bd Systems. http://pubsindex.trb.org/document/view/default.asp?lbid=801177

Public Roads

Applying Life Cycle Cost Analysis to Bridges
by Adel Al-Wazeer, Bobby Harris, and Christopher Nutakor

November/December 2005 · Vol. 69 · No. 3. http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/05nov/09.htm

CoRe Concerns
by Adel Al-Wazeer, Bobby Harris, and Christopher Nutakor

January/February 2007 · Vol. 70 · No. 4. http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/07jan/04.htm

AASHTO Transportation Asset Management (Web site)

Presentation of the BMIS Laboratory’s method for the Calculation of Minimum Failure Cost for Pontis Bridge Elements

http://assetmanagement.transportation.org/tam/aashto.nsf/82ee4286dfce5a54852570190048b2d8/1b6132438b04932b85256b3a004e6ab8?OpenDocument

Methodology for Calculating Minimum Failure Cost in Pontis for Bridge Elements as a downloadable spreadsheet

http://assetmanagement.transportation.org/tam/aashto.nsf/82ee4286dfce5a54852570190048b2d8/e5d2a9f05323691185256b3a004e0632?OpenDocument

8^th International Bridge Management Conference / Vol. 1

An In-Depth Analysis of the National Bridge Inventory Database Utilizing Data Mining, GIS and Advanced Statistical Methods, STEVEN B. CHASE, EDGAR P. SMALL, Federal Highway Administration and CHRIS NUTAKOR, GIS Trans, 1999, pp C6/1-17. http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/circ498/v1_C06.pdf

ESRI User Conference

Associating Factors Influencing Deterioration and Load Carrying Capacity with Bridges: A GIS Approach, Dr. Steve Chase, Bobby Harris and Dr. Chris Nutakor, 1999.

http://gis2.esri.com/library/userconf/proc98/PROCEED/ABSTRACT/A452.HTM

Page Contact: Dr. Hamid Ghasemi
(202) 493-3042
Hamid.Ghasemi@fhwa.dot.gov

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