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PMSS Project Details

 

Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-09-0021
Project Name: Nondestructive Evaluation Web Manual
Status: Active
Contact:Last Name:   Boone
First Name:   Shane
Telephone:  202-493-3064
E-mail:         shane.boone@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team: Infrastructure Management Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Findings: Data not yet available
Project Description: The project team will identify Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) technologies currently available for deployment. Experts for each technology will be used to develop and independently review content on each technology to meet the objective.
Laboratories: Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory
Start Date: July 13, 2009
End Date: November 30, 2012
Funding Amount:$451,999.00
FHWA Program Name: Flexible Funding
Goals:
The key project objective is to provide the typical bridge inspector with a Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) technology reference tool that contains reliable, unbiased information, is easily accessible, is easy to use and search, and can be easily updated as new developments occur.
Project Type: Onsite and Offsite
Background Information: Data not yet available
Test Methodology: Expert Collaboration
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):
Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: The expected benefit is an increased use of NDE tools.
Deliverables: Name: Nondestructive Evaluation Web Manual Content
Product Type(s): Training materials
Description: According to the Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) , content will be created for the technologies identified in the POAM. This content will identify a detailed table of capabilities, procedures for applying the technologies, references about the technology, and definitions of technical terms.
Audiences: State highway agencies, Bridge design professionals
Secondary Audiences:
Related URL(s):
FHWA Topics: Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Roads and Bridges--Structures
TRT Terms: Investigation of structure
Measurement
Inspection
Testing equipment
FHWA Disciplines: Structures
Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures