CLIENT
Muscat Municipality
LOCATION
Muscat Governorate – Sultanate of Oman
SERING International has carried out the Inventory and the Inspection of all Muscat Municipality bridges. The team has inspected 25 main Roads / Highways and 223 bridges
Services provided by Sering International
- Inventory and codification of bridges
- Data collection and selection of documents
- Bibliography research and state of art
- Visual inspection
- Geometrical surveys of missing data bridges
- On site and laboratory investigations
- Defects manual
- Report of present condition
- Design of remedial works
- Recommendation for maintenance
- Bridge Information Management System BIMS
- Training sessions
Bridge Information Management System BIMS
Bridge Information Management System BIMS is a dedicated software developed by Sering Int. for the Operation and Maintenance of all 223 bridges in Muscat Governorate. The system is a complete data base containing all technical information and current structural conditions necessary to develop the Operational and Maintenance Program.
Defects Manual
Sering Int. prepared a Defects Manual tailored on Client’s need starting from the following considerations:
- Potential defects that could affect the bridges in Muscat Directorate
- Data collection from wide international bibliography
Design of Remedial Works
Sering Int. developed the following activities
- Ordinary maintenance works are required on 140 bridges out of a total of 223.
- For 103 bridges, the design of the remedial works consists in typical design drawings and specific work design (for 45 bridges).
- For 37 bridges, indications about routine inspection procedures have been specifically explained.
Activitiies training included:
- Front-Office lessons
- On site inspections
- Software BIMS