Make better decisions across the life of your bridge network.
Bridge managers face a growing challenge: structures are ageing, traffic and freight demands are increasing, stakeholder expectations are rising – and funding remains limited.
NTRO’s Managing Bridges workshop gives you a practical framework for responding to that challenge.
Learn how to manage bridges and culverts as long-term assets rather than a series of isolated maintenance problems. Follow the complete structure lifecycle from planning and acquisition through delivery, operation, maintenance and eventual repurposing or disposal.
Explore the responsibilities of bridge asset managers, including governance, legal obligations, due diligence, record keeping and data management. Understand why reliable information matters – and how inspection, maintenance and assessment evidence supports accountable decisions.
The workshop clarifies the purpose of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 inspections and shows how their outputs feed into maintenance, monitoring, investigation and renewal programs. You will also examine how to scope and procure inspection services that produce useful, consistent information.
Move from identifying defects to deciding what happens next. Compare routine, preventive, reactive and specialist maintenance approaches, prioritise competing needs and develop a more coordinated bridge-preservation program.
The course also explains the important distinction between heavy-vehicle access assessment and structural bridge assessment. Explore the available tiers of assessment and learn when more detailed analysis may – or may not – deliver sufficient value.
Throughout the day, realistic scenarios challenge you to balance three fundamental considerations:
Performance – what level of service must the network deliver?
Risk – what could happen, and how effective are the available controls?
Cost – where will investment create the greatest whole-of-life value?
Developed from NTRO’s Best Practice Guide to Bridge Management, the workshop is led by bridge specialists with deep experience in structure management, inspections, maintenance, structural assessment and network-level decision-making.
Enrol now and build a stronger, more defensible approach to managing your bridge and culvert network.
