ABSTRACT
Bridge conditions assessment is increasingly relying on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) which allows the continuous acquisition of information on the structural state and overcomes problems that affect visual inspection such as subjectivity of the assessment, and difficulty to access hidden damages. However, the quality of SHM data is scarcely considered when information extracted from data is used to support management decisions, even though it plays an important role in the optimization of the management strategy and relevant decision-making process. In this article, a proposal to integrate the assessment of SHM information quality into bridge condition assessment management is presented. Mainly are discussed a general bridge management assessment procedure, and a decision-making scheme based on the Value of Information analysis to quantify the Value of Information Quality Assessment (IQA), and the impact of SHM IQA on bridge performance indicators.
