Most of the public and private bridge operators in the
western countries are faced more and more with
the problem of maintaining a stock of aging bridges
with just limited funds at their disposal (Schiessl and
Mayer 2006).This has given rise to the development of
Building Management Systems (BMS) and Life-cycle
Management Systems (LMS). These systems offer
computer-aided support for planning and realization
of bridge inspections and repair works.
