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Practice-Oriented Approach to Developing a Data Requirements Model for Bridge Condition Assessment

Kristen L. Sanford and Sue McNeilView all authors and affiliations

Volume 1642, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.3141/1642-04

Abstract

Data collection activities in the bridge management process have not been designed. Rather, they have evolved over time, creating inconsistencies within and between agencies in data collection methods, data items collected, data quality, and data uses. The development of a data requirements model for bridge condition assessment, based on an investigation of the state of the practice and the desired state, is described. Using data flow diagrams and influence diagrams as structuring tools, a process has been developed that an agency can use to assess and improve its data collection practices.

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Transportation Research Record

Volume 1642, Issue 1

Pages: 28 - 34

Article first published: January 1998

Issue published: January 1998

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Kristen L. Sanford

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-2200

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Sue McNeil

Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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