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Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

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Bridges and Other Highway Structures Cycle <strong>Plan</strong>17.3 ConditionThe condition of the asset isassessed by inspection andstructural assessment. Structuralassessments are a numericalassessment of a structures loadcarrying capacity and have beencarried out on all load bearinghighway structures subject to 40tonne vehicle loading. Theseassessments have been carriedout as part of the national bridgeassessment programme.Bridge inspections are carried out in accordance with the standards andrecommendations of the Department for Transport. Principal Inspections are aclose detailed inspection of a structure where as a General inspection is more ofa limited inspection.Table 17.3.1 Bridge Inspection DetailsInspection Type Frequency <strong>Asset</strong> Type CoveredGeneral InspectionsEvery 2 years except Culverts,which are inspected yearly.All highway structures(unless subject to a PrincipalInspection)Principal Inspections Every 6 years All highway structuresSpecial InspectionsPost Tension Inspections1, 3, 6, 12 monthly or asrequested.Once only (subject to nationalguidance)On weak or potentiallyhazardous structuresPost Tensioned StructuresUnderwater Inspections Every 6 years On vulnerable structurescarried out as part of aprincipal inspectionThe condition of a bridge is identified following a General Inspection and is ratedusing the County Surveyors Society (CSS) Bridge Condition Index. The conditionindicators for an individual bridge (BCI) or a stock of bridges (BSCI) areevaluated using the data collected during the bridge inspections, which typicallyreport the condition of different elements (e.g. main beams, abutments, drainageetc.) according to a predefined scale set out in the CSS inspection.The BCI values can be interpreted broadly as the “percentage service potential”of a bridge. Thus a BCI value of 100 implies that the bridge has retained 100% ofits service potential; a value of 60 implies that the bridge has lost 40% of itsservice potential and a value of 0 implies that the bridge is no longer serviceable.156

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