Arab Republic of Egypt General Authority for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport (GARBLT) Arab Republic of Egypt The Project for Improvement of the Bridge Management Capacity Project Completion Report July 2015 Japan International Cooperation Agency Nippon Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. Chodai Co., Ltd. EI JR 15-134 Project Area Abbreviation chart Abbreviation English ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transport Officials BMS Bridge Management System BIV Bridge Inspection Vehicle C/P Counterpart CSV Comma-Separated Values DO District Office DSL Domain-Specific Language GARBLT General Authority for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport GM General Manager HCD Head of Central Department HTB High Tension Bolt JCC Joint Coordination Comittee JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JIS Japanese Industrial Standards M/M Minutes of Meeting MOT Ministry of Transport NDT Non-Destructive Test ODA Official Development Assistance OS Operating System OST On-site Training PC Prestressed Concrete PDM Project Design Matrix pH Potential Hydrogen PM Project Manager PMS Photo Management System PO Plan of Operation RC Reinforced Concrete Rebar Reinforcing Steel Bar R/D Record of Discussion TWG Technical Working Group WG Working Group Table of Contents 1 Outline of the Project ............................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 The Aim of the Project ................................................................................................ 1-1 1.3 Outline of the Project .................................................................................................. 1-2 2 Details of Activities .................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Output – 1 Maintenance Management Cycle Enhancement Activity .......................... 2-1 2.2 Output 2: Improvement of Inspection Technology .................................................... 2-14 2.3 Output 3: Improvement of Bridge Repair Capacity ................................................... 2-47 2.4 Output 4: BMS Development .................................................................................... 2-60 2.5 Steel Bridge Fatigue ................................................................................................ 2-110 2.6 Training in Japan ..................................................................................................... 2-117 3 Project Administration ............................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Administration Committee .......................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Cooperative Framework .............................................................................................. 3-9 3.3 Disincentive Facts ..................................................................................................... 3-10 3.4 The Furtherance Factors ............................................................................................ 3-11 3.5 Ingenuities in the Activity ......................................................................................... 3-12 3.6 Publicity .................................................................................................................... 3-14 4 Equipment ................................................................................................................. 4-1 5 Achievement the Project Purpose ............................................................................ 5-1 6 Other Issues ............................................................................................................... 6-1 7 Transition of PDM .................................................................................................... 7-1 8 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 8-1 i Appendices 1) PDM 2) Flow-chart of the Project 3) Plan/ Performance of Activities 4) Performance of Experts 5) Equipment List 6) 20 Bridges to Be Inspected 7) Record of Discussion in JCCs 8) Summary of Mid-term and Terminal Evaluation ii Figures 1 Outline of the Project Figure 1-1 Record of Activities ............................................................................................................. 1-4 Figure 1-2 Organization Structure of Bridge Sections of Main Office .................................................. 1-6 Figure 1-3 Organization Structure of District Office ............................................................................. 1-6 Figure 1-4 Performance of Expert Input ................................................................................................ 1-8 Figure 1-5 Bridge Inspection Vehicle .................................................................................................. 1-17 2 Details of Activities Figure 2-1 Minimization of Life-cycle Cost .......................................................................................... 2-6 Figure 2-2 Bridge Maintenance Management Cycle ............................................................................. 2-7 Figure 2-3 Flow chart of bridge maintenance management operations ............................................... 2-10 Figure 2-4 Proposed bridge maintenance management organization .................................................. 2-11 Figure 2-5 Proposed bridge maintenance management organization .................................................. 2-11 Figure 2-6 Damage ratings .................................................................................................................. 2-26 Figure 2-7 Numbering Code Used to Identify Member Location ........................................................ 2-31 Figure 2-8 Overall Flow ...................................................................................................................... 2-34 Figure 2-9 An example of a description of repair procedures.............................................................. 2-53 Figure 2-10 Speed Measurement Examples .......................................................................................... 2-63 Figure 2-11 Data Input Flow ................................................................................................................. 2-64 Figure 2-12 Image of disk space usage ................................................................................................. 2-65 Figure 2-13 Display for Multi-Languages ............................................................................................. 2-71 Figure 2-14 Image of Bridge Positional Information Verification ......................................................... 2-72 Figure 2-15 Image of Input Support ...................................................................................................... 2-72 Figure 2-16 Setting Screens .................................................................................................................. 2-73 Figure 2-17 Screen with Urgent Indicator ............................................................................................. 2-73 Figure 2-18 BMS Team Utilization Rates ............................................................................................. 2-74 Figure 2-19 Image of User Selection System ...................................................................................... 2-74 Figure 2-20 Image of Automatically Populating Fields with Representative Damage Types ................ 2-75 Figure 2-21 DO User Configuration Screen .......................................................................................... 2-76 Figure 2-22 Repair Information Registration Screen ............................................................................. 2-77 Figure 2-23 Repair Information Registration Screen 2 .......................................................................... 2-78 Figure 2-24 Repair Information Registration Screen 3 .......................................................................... 2-79 Figure 2-25 Soundness PDF Output Icon .............................................................................................. 2-80 iii Figure 2-26 Folder Image ...................................................................................................................... 2-83 Figure 2-27 Sample Inspection Form .................................................................................................... 2-84 Figure 2-28 Flow of Registration Processing ........................................................................................ 2-84 Figure 2-29 Flow of Study .................................................................................................................... 2-87 Figure 2-30 Degradation Prediction Setting Screen .............................................................................. 2-87 Figure 2-31 Breakdown by Year of Erection ......................................................................................... 2-89 Figure 2-32 Example of Screen Showing Degradation Prediction Results ............................................ 2-90 Figure 2-33 Image of Output for Short-term Repair Plans .................................................................... 2-91 Figure 2-34 Map Showing Distribution