Current problems of developing projects for the maintenance of unique bridge structures
https://doi.org/10.52170/1815-9265_2025_76_17
Abstract
Maintenance is one of the most important work packages to be carried out during the life cycle of roads and their construction. The timely and high-quality completion of all required maintenance work allows for the maintenance of the standard operating structure and extends the period between repairs. Timely and high-quality work cannot be carried out without the required level of funding. Justification of the necessary and sufficient level of funding is based on detailed maintenance planning. One of the planning tools is a maintenance project, which shows the specifics of the specific object, defines the requirements for the operational condition of its elements, composition, amount and frequency of major works, technical resources, which are necessary to achieve these types of work, the annual maintenance costs of the facility.
The complexity of designing the maintenance project for unique bridge structures is primarily due to the unusual design elements, their saturation and lack of experience with such designs. In addition, there are a number of shortcomings in the existing technical, cost and methodological documentation governing the maintenance of bridge structures, caused by various reasons: some documents are out-dated, some issues of maintenance are missing in existing documents, some of the documents have contradictory explanations.
This article analyzes the existing normative, technical, methodological and budget documentation regulating the maintenance of bridge structures, gives recommendations for its improvement, summarizes and analyzes the authors' experience in developing projects for the maintenance of unique bridge structures, described the difficulties faced by developers of content projects, described their possible solutions.
About the Authors
V. N. Myachin
Research and Design Institute of Regional Development and Transportation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valery N. Myachin - Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Director
Saint-Petersburg
V. T. Kostuykov
Research and Design Institute of Regional Development and Transportation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir T. Kostuykov - Chief Specialist of the Road and Bridge Department
Saint-Petersburg
R. A. Blyazikov
Research and Design Institute of Regional Development and Transportation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ruslan A. Blyazikov - Deputy General Director – Head of Department
Saint-Petersburg
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Myachin V.N., Kostuykov V.T., Blyazikov R.A. Current problems of developing projects for the maintenance of unique bridge structures. Bulletin of Siberian State University of Transport. 2025;(4):17-25. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.52170/1815-9265_2025_76_17
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