ABSTRACT
Bridge managers estimate the intervention requirements, and their associated costs, required possession times and failure risks in years advance. They communicate this information to multiple stakeholders involved in the intervention planning process using reports and tables. As it is difficult for stakeholders to process all the information in short periods of time this process can lead to misinterpretations, which in turn can lead to multiple iterations and discussions. With the rise of algorithms and BIMs to predict, plan, and manage future interventions, there is now an opportunity to use these tools to improve the efficiency of the planning process. This paper presents a methodology to do this, i.e., to demonstrate how predictive algorithms can be connected to BIM to facilitate discussions of the multiple stakeholders involved in the intervention planning process, and how the process can be improved. The methodology is demonstrated on a railway steel truss bridge in Switzerland.
