Performance of Bridges That Received Funding Under the Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program (2019) / Chapter Skim
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7 1 Introduction The Innovative Bridge Research and Construction (IBRC) program was created by Congress in the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
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8 PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES proprietary materials or processes.1 Early projects that use new technology can have higher costs because designers and contractors must learn how to use the new materials and methods and the lack of experience entails a risk of errors or disappointing results. Owners and the construction industry may resist change due to its inherent risks.
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INTRODUCTION 9 BOX 1-1 Study on Performance of Bridges Statement of Task An ad hoc committee will conduct a study on the performance of bridges that received funding under the innovative bridge research and construction program under section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat.
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10 PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES 2. Methods for reducing maintenance and life-cycle costs of bridges.
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INTRODUCTION 11 Finally, schedule and budget constraints did not allow the committee to obtain current information on all IBRC bridges or to obtain condition information other than that readily available in bridge inspection records. The following subsections describe the sources the committee used to respond to its charge.
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12 PERFORMANCE OF BRIDGES conventional practice. Finally, HDR compiled a library of assessments of the projects that the states or others had carried out.
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INTRODUCTION 13 – Obstacles to the state's use of promising IBRC technologies and actions needed to overcome them. – Methods of identifying and evaluating innovations in the state's bridge program.
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14 T A B L E 1 -1 C as e St ud y St at es : IB R C T ec hn ol og ie s U se d an d G ra nt A m ou nt s R ec ei ve d St at e N um be r of I B R C P ro je ct s E m pl oy in g E ac h T ec hn ol og y C at eg or y T ot al Pr oj ec ts b IB R C G ra nt s R ec ei ve d ($ m ill io ns )
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INTRODUCTION 15 ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT In the remainder of this report, Chapter 2 describes the administration of the IBRC program and the projects that it funded. Chapter 3 describes state highway agencies' experiences with the program with respect to the impact of the program on their adoption of innovations in bridge construction.
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