摘要: |
In the last few years a new period opened in Hungary not only in political, social and economic life, but also in bridge management. To support the development of the market economy and to improve internal and international traffic, highway authorities have to make an effort to ensure financial resources (domestic and foreign), and politicians have to be convinced of the efficiency of bridge projects. Bridge Management Systems (BMSs) are intended to assist the bridge manager in cost-effectively addressing bridge infrastructure needs. In Hungary, several elements of bridge management have appeared in the last decades (e.g., bridge database, bridge inspection). On their bases a ranking program was developed at the beginning of the 1990s, and the implementation of the American Pontis system began. After examining several foreign systems, Hungarian experts decided to realize the Hungarian BMS on the basis of the American Pontis system. Hungarian experts met Pontis in 1993. In 1995 Hungary received version 2.0 officially with the entire documentation. The implementation of bridge elements in the maintenance, repair and rehabilitation module, their quantity and condition distribution, cost data and deterioration matrices were introduced step by step. After implementing the components, decision makers were convinced of the advantages of the system by continuous test runnings. In 1997 the system of the Hungarian bridge elements, their condition language and the feasible action were prepared. After training bridge engineers for field inspections and preparing the necessary documentation, field inspections in accordance with the Pontis system have begun and will soon be finished on the whole Hungarian bridge stock. In 1998 Hungarian experts established the Project-Oriented BMS based on the implemented Pontis. This paper briefly summarizes the results and draws up further steps. |