Inspection and Ratings of 70 State Owned Bridges (Group # T14G)

CLIENT

New Jersey Department of Transportation

Relevant Project Components

    • Project Management
    • Coordination
    • Field inspections
    • Utilized small Boat, MPT and Bucket Truck for Insp.
    • Inspection Reports
    • SI&A and NBE data updates
    • Load Ratings
    • Priority Repair Letters

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

AEA provided bridge inspection services to the NJDOT for Inspection of 70 State Owned Bridges at various locations throughout the State of New Jersey. AEA is responsible for the project management, coordination, field inspection, reports preparation, SI&A and NBE data updates, and Load Ratings for the State Bridges. Bridge Inspection project involves management and coordination with NJDOT Project Manager and MPT Vendors for Traffic Control, attend project scoping and fee negotiation meetings with NJDOT, and prepared cost proposal by using NJDOT Cost Proposal program. Also, performing coordination with Morristown & Erie Railway for Railroad Safety Training, Flaggers & Access Permit. The project involves inspection of various types of structures; such as, multi-steel girders, pre-stressed concrete beams, concrete arch rigid frames and multi-cell concrete precast boxes. Field inspection involves a detailed visual and physical hands-on inspection of various elements of superstructure and substructure, substructure evaluation for scour condition for structures over waterways, measuring horizontal and minimum vertical clearances at the overhead bridges, and preparing clearance diagrams. Scope of work includes but not limited to prepared priority repair letters, updated SI&A and NBE data, and prepared monthly progress reports, performed Load Ratings by using LARS Bridge Load Rating software. Prepared final reports for the bridges according to NJDOT and NBIS standard and submitted to NJDOT.