Inspection of the Source of the Nile Bridge
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Mark de Melo
(Arup, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Diana Ciurte (Arup, Birmingham, United Kingdom) Kulvinder Rayat (Arup, Birmingham, United Kingdom) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Long Span Bridges, Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 April 2023 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Istanbul 2023 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 52-59 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2023 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/istanbul.2023.0052 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper describes the methodology used to inspect the Source of the Nile Bridge in Uganda. It is a 525m cable-stayed bridge opened to traffic in October 2018. It replaces the existing Nalubaale Dam/Bridge as the major crossing point across the River Nile at Jinja in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Arup, working for the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), carried out a visual inspection of the Source of the Nile Bridge as part of the handover. The inspection methodology involved using a bespoke web application accessed from a smartphone to record the visual inspection. The app enabled successful completion of the inspection in a limited time frame and following strict client standards for data collection and reporting of condition. Observations and records were stored in a database hosted in the cloud. This enabled results to be summarised and presented using a cloud-based web interface employing tables and dashboards. The outcome was an intuitive interface which offers an opportunity for continual monitoring of the structures condition over its lifetime. |
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| Keywords: |
maintenance GIS inspections cable-stay bridges digital
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