Condition assessment of the surface and buried infrastructure - A proposal for integration

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-211

  Rogers, C D F ^a   Hao, T ^a   Costello, S B ^b   Burrow, M P N ^a   Metje, N ^a   Chapman, D N ^a   Parker, J ^c   Armitage, R J ^d   Anspach, J H ^e   Muggleton, J M ^f   Foo, K Y ^a   Wang, P ^f   Pennock, S R ^g   Atkins, P R ^a   Swingler, S G ^f   Cohn, A G ^h   Goddard, K ^f   Lewin, P L ^f   Orlando, G ^g   Redfern, M A ^g   Royal, A C D ^a   Saul, A J ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Watershed Associates   (United Kingdom)

^d URS/Scott Wilson   (United Kingdom)

^e JH Anspach Consulting   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset management; Condition assessment; Infrastructure; Integration

Indexed keywords

BURIED UTILITIES; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CYCLE-WAYS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTEGRATION; PEDESTRIAN AREAS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; SURFACE TRANSPORT; SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; UNIVERSAL PLATFORM; URBAN TRANSPORT; UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BURIED STRUCTURE; GROUND CONDITIONS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84856208946     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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