Infrastructure Preservation Corporation

In Association with Pre-Stressing Expanded Metal Components

A nondestructive testing & Infrastructure assessment company

Specialist in Bridge & Infrastructure Inspections

National Bridge Inventory “NBIS” Standard

727-372-2900 Ext.24
 National Bridge Inspection Program
IPC is a Professional Services
Nondestructive Testing and robotic Transportation
engineering company specializing Infrastructure Inspections
in Transportation and Infrastructure
Condition Assessments.

IPC’s mission is to bring advanced Construction Materials

& robotic nondestructive testing Testing
technologies to the Transportation
inspection industry. This will allow
Mission Asset owners to make better
investment decisions for the
ultimate benefit of public safety
Bridge Inspections fall under Nondestructive Testing
AASHTO & FHWA guidelines

Infrastructure
Assessments
National Bridge Inspection Program

Robotic Cable Stay Inspection Robotic Wire Rope Inspection

IPC: Ph.727-372-2900 ext.24 ICS: Ph. 00 971 4 320 5466

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National Bridge Inspection Program

Why?
 1967 –Silver Bridge collapse (fracture of an eyebar at a pin
connection)
 1968 –National bridge inspection (NBI) program initiated (requiring
regular and periodic inspections)
 1971 –National bridge inspection standards (NBIS) adopted
(prescribe how, with what frequency, and by whom bridge
inspections must be completed)
 1987 –Schoharie Creek collapse (scour)
 2007 –Minnesota I-35W collapse (undersized gusset plate design)
 2018 –Florida International University –Still under investigation.
National Bridge Inspection Standard
How?
 Visual assessment & Robotic Quantitative Inspection services
 Collection of 116 standard NBI fields of data collected
 75 supplemental state data fields

When ?
 Every 24 months unless otherwise warranted by conditions
 For non-NBI structures, inspected at least every 36 months
 For Structurally deficient bridges every year.

Who?
 Qualified and trained inspectors each having a minimum of 5 years bridge inspection experience
 Comprehensive two-week inspector training course
 Fracture critical inspection course
Inspection Terms
 Bridges are considered STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT if significant load-
carrying elements are found to be in poor or worse condition due to
deterioration and/or damage, or the adequacy of the waterway
opening provided is determined to be extremely insufficient. The
fact that a bridge is structurally deficient does not immediately
imply that it is likely to collapse or that it is unsafe.

 Bridges are considered FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE when the

geometry of the roadway no longer meets today’s minimum design
standards for width or vertical clearance for that roadway
classifications, or the adequacy of the waterway opening provided
is determined to be insufficient. The fact that a bridge is functionally
obsolete does not imply that it is unsafe.
Inspection Terms
 The SUFFICIENCY RATING of a bridge is a single number from 0 (low)
to 100 (high) taking into account, bridge condition, geometry,
traffic, and how well the waterway passes underneath the bridge.
Sufficiency rating is used to determine funding eligibility. A low
sufficiency rating does not necessarily mean the bridge is unsafe or
in need or immediate repair.
 A FRACTURE CRITICAL MEMBER is a steel member in tension that
does not have enough additional, structural members to sufficiently
redistribute load in the bridge if one member loses capacity, thus
resulting in a portion of or entire bridge collapse.
 FATIGUE is a material response that describes the tendency of a
material to break when subjected to repeated loading.
Types Of Inspections
Initial
 The first inspection of a bridge to determine baseline structural conditions.
Routine
 Regularly scheduled inspection consisting of observations and/or measurements needed to
determine the physical and function condition of the bridge

In-Depth
 A close-up inspection of one or more members to identify deficiencies

Robotic Inspections
 Robotic NDT inspections should be used at each stage to facilitate faster, better data collection.

Special
 An inspection scheduled at the discretion of the inspector used to monitor a known or suspected
deficiency
National Bridge
Inspection
Ratings
Condition ratings as applied to the following:
Deck
 Directly carries traffic
Superstructure
 Supports the deck and connects one
substructure element to another
Substructure
 Supports the superstructure and distributes
all bridge loads to below ground bridge
footings
Culvert
 A pipe or small structure used for
drainage under a highway or railroad
National Bridge Inspection Rating

Appraisal ratings
 Waterway adequacy (frequency of overtopping)
 Structural evaluation (load rating)
 Approach roadway alignment
 Deck geometry (roadway width)
 Under clearances (vertical and lateral)
NBI Condition
Ratings (Scale
9 to 0)
9 – Excellent Condition

8 – Very Good Condition

*No Problems Noted

7 – Good Condition
*Some Minor Problems

6 – Satisfactory condition
*Structural elements
show some minor
deterioration
NBI Condition
Ratings (Scale 9 to 0)
5 –Fair condition
 All primary structural
 elements are sound but may have
 minor section loss, cracking,
 spalling or scour.

4 –Poor condition
 Advanced section loss, deterioration or scour

3 - Serious condition
 Loss of section, deterioration, spalling or scour
 have seriously affected primary structural
 components. Local failures are possible.
 NBI Condition
Ratings (Scale 9 to 0)
2 –Critical condition
 Advanced deterioration of primary structural
elements. Unless closely monitored it may be
necessary to close the bridge until corrective
action is taken

1 –“Imminent”failure condition
 Major deterioration or section loss present in
critical structural components or obvious
vertical or horizontal movement affecting
structure stability. Bridge is closed to traffic but
corrective action may out back in light service.

0 - Failed condition
Out or service –beyond corrective action.
Inspection Service Offer

 Routine and Special Bridge Inspections (NBIS Inspections)

 Bridge Management Services Software
 Ancillary Structure Inspections
 Civil Engineering Inspections
 Construction Engineering Inspections
 Nondestructive Testing
 Advanced Inspections
 Bridge Deck Condition Assessment (GPR)
Nondestructive Testing
In Shop Inspection Dam Inspection Electrical Inspections Roadway Inspections

Tank Inspections Garage Inspections Bridge Inspections

Special Inspections

Pipeline Inspections Construction Inspections Infrastructure Inspections Site Inspections

 Advanced Robotic Bridge
Inspection & NDT Services

PoleScan® TendonScan® Cablescan® Crackscan® BridgeScan®

Tensile Load Suspender Drawbridge Structural RoboticWire High Mast Light Pole
Cable Inspections Health Monitoring Rope Inspections Repair Robot
Highlighted Service
TendonScan ®
Robotic Post Tension Tendon Inspection
 Magnetic Flux Leakage
 Locates and Quantifies Loss of Metallic Area in External
PT Tendons Assessments.
 Light weight, portable, wireless and battery operated.
 Provides 4 categories of damage condition.
 Identifies tendons for future monitoring or
replacement.
TendonScan ®
IPC’s MFL device accurately locates section loss and wire breakage.

CORROSION DETECTION – MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE

VIDEO OF FIELD SERVICE https://youtu.be/wwNPxsUVStM

Click To Play
Highlighted Service
BridgeScan®

 BridgeScan® provides a full deck and

approach slab condition assessment
providing quantitative results that far
exceeds traditional chain dragging
methods
 Replaces Chain Dragging & visual
subjective methods
 Inspections with 100% coverage
 Conducted within the current DOT’s
budgets
OLD METHOD
 Quantitative data prioritizing future CHAIN DRAGGING
maintenance activities
 BridgeScan®
Deck Condition Assessments
Deterioration – Delamination throughout the deck
Locates
Maps reinforcement
delamination and
patterns
debonding

Conducts approach
Locates voids under
slab deterioration
approach slab
assessment

Abutment water
Fill density assessment
under approach
intrusion
slabs assessment
through backwall

Inspections are
Identifies 12 performed by bridge
levels of inspectors and
reviewed by bridge
deterioration engineers
BridgeScan®
Deck Condition Assessments
Provides quantitative data to the Department of Transportation
Helps the DOT better allocate assets
Helps the Asset manager create an action plan for repairs!
Can provide budget for maintenance repairs.
Shows deterioration progression over time on subsequent inspections

Healthy Damaged End of Life

Deck Deck Deck

Normal Delamination
Reinforcement and debonding
BridgeScan™
Deck Condition Assessments

Delamination Concrete Deterioration

BridgeScan provides a more comprehensive deck assessment then traditional

chain dragging method and far exceeds standard GPR.
 BridgeScan utilizes a custom GRP
sled with multiple antennas reducing
scanning time and costs

BridgeScan™ IPC’s BridgeScan® goes beyond just GPR.

This is a complete bridge deck and approach
roadway assessment.
Highlighted Service
CableScan®

 Cable Stay Robotic Bridge Inspection System

1-Visual 2- Magnetic Flux Leakabe
 8 minute mount / dismounts
 Portable self contained
 1080i 60fps video – 24mp stills
 Tracks linear and deck horizontal distances
 Real-time evaluation
 360 degree viewing OLD METHOD
 Redundant power systems
 Battery operated
 Wireless control
CableScan®

More accurate
No lane closures
Eliminates need for than traditional
with daytime
boom trucks inspection
inspection
methods.

Double blind study of an

Uses LIDAR to inspection of 84 cables
Safer for both the
measure length found 1 issue with
inspector and the
and width of traditional method. IPC’s
public. QC of 9 cables found 12
cracks.
issues.

Recorded video file

for future
comparisons.
CableScan® https://youtu.be/LAuZhN1Z_yE
For both NBI inspections and special inspections that can locate loss of
metallic area inside a bridge cablestay.
Digital images of elevations ranging between 150 to 300 ft.

Magnificati Sample of Failed clear Painted- Damage

on of what laminar rust coat / UV over due to
was beneath coating gouges scaffolding
detected coating due to man standoff
lift damage bars
Highlighted Service
CrackScan™

 Scans for cracks from over 100 feet away

 No Lane closures
 No boom lifts required
 More efficient, less expensive and more
accurate than current inspection methods
 Records X and Y coordinates of the cracks as
well as length and width
 Future inspections allow the asset manager to
track crack progression over time
 Double blind study of 2 bridges in Nevada where
the engineering firm showed no cracks on 1
bridge and none on another
 IPC located 7 cracks on one and 6 cracks on the
other
 Manual methods cannot compete with laser
technology
CrackScan™
Video: https://youtu.be/XlgQwi40WCc

 2 D and 3D Crack Maps

Highlighted Service
RopeScan®

Wire Rope Inspections

 From Suspension to Suspender cables
& more
 Check for loss of metallic area and
broken wires including suspender
cables, suspension cables, crane
cables, hoits, mining cables, people
movers, oil rig and other steel cables.

https://youtu.be/XnyZGQfg6nc
Highlighted Service
Laser Vibrometry

 Measuring the tensile load of a cable

from a distance
 Post analysis software that can
calculate the tensile forces in real time
 Eliminates lane closures and costly man
lift devices
 Inspects
 Cable Stays
 Suspender Cables
 External Cables
 Other Wire Cable Structures
ColumnScan®

 Replaces the risk to human life

 Robotically Inspects Column
 Produces high resolution video and
stills of any anomolys
 Provides deterioration progression
over time
 Utilizes video, stills, infrared.
 Inspects bridge columns, shafts,
mining and any vertical column.
Highlighted Service
Bridge Inspection
Services
 Movable Bridge Inspections
 Full Structural & Fracture Critical
Inspections
 Mechanical & Operational Inspections
 Emergency inspection Service
 Complex Bridge Inspections
 Full Structural Critical & Fracture
Critical Inspections
 In Depth Truss, Gusset Plate & Thickness
Inspections
 Cable Stays, Post Tension (PT) System
Inspections
Highlighted Service
Drawbridge Health
Monitoring

 Gear Box Monitoring

 Electric Motor Monitoring
 Monitoring of Hydraulics
 Highlighted Service
PoleScan®
High Mast Light Pole Robotic Inspection Services

 Complete Inspection of
 Pole
 Seams OLD METHOD
 Mast Arms
 Anchor Bolts
 Foundation
 Can lower Luminaries if required

High Mast Light Pole Robotic Repair Services

 No lane closures or bucket truck

 Abrasive surface preparation of rust
areas and paint coats the surface.
PoleScan™

Takes HD 360
Takes HD video Includes
degree video as
of the luminaries, ultrasonic testing
well as 24mp stills
bolts, etc. of anchor bolts
of abnormalities

Keeps video file Report reviewed

for future 2 man crew per by structural
reference team engineer
PoleScan®
PoleScan®
Ultrasonic Testing of Anchor
Bolts

High Mast Light Pole Inspection Service

https://youtu.be/0LmyEVRIpEM
High Mast Light Pole Inspection Service

High Mast Light Pole Inspection Video –Field Inspection and

Repair Services for

https://youtu.be/0LmyEVRIpEM
Drone Inspection
Services

 Hard To Reach
Inspection Locations
Utilizing Drones
 High profile structures
 Towers
 Windmills
Project References

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 Arrigoni Bridge
Through Arch Bridge

PROJECT
Inspection of suspender cables and Pins

CLIENT
AI Engineers

IPC ROLE
Special Assessment: 10 year detailed NDT inspection

Bridge Hanger Pin – Ultrasonic

Magnetic Flux Leakage of Suspender Cables

Laser Vibrometery to calculate tensile load on cables

Problem solved
Met 10 year inspection requirement
NY Thruway
Bridge Deck Deterioration Assessments

PROJECT
Inspection of Multiple Bridge Decks

CLIENT
New York State Thruway Authority

IPC ROLE
Special deterioration assessment to develop priority maintenance plan

Problem solved
Bridge repair prioritization based on deterioration analysis
Skyway Bridge
Cable Stay Inspection

PROJECT
Robotic Visual Inspection of Bridge Cable Stays

CLIENT
DBI Services

IPC ROLE
QC inspection of 9 Cable Stays following Traditional Inspection

Problem Solved
Identified surface condition anomalies that could not be detected from
ground based visual method.
 Wando River Bridge
Post Tension Tendon Assessment

PROJECT
Tendon condition assessment

CLIENT
HDR Engineering
IPC ROLE
Condition assessment of Tendon to determine extent of corrosion due to
age of bridge

Problem Solved
Loose and failed tendons led to concern of condition of tendon system.

IPC solution included magnetic flux in lieu of ECT, which produced

misleading results. MF result led to fewer invasive examinations from
open tendon
 Remarkable
Quantitative Provide remarkable detail of quantitative data

NBIS (National Data

Bridge Accurate
Budgets
Enable transportation agencies to make very accurate budgetary
decisions

Inventory
System)
Extend Asset Extend service life of critical infrastructure assets
Life

Reduce
Closures and Allow for inspections to be conducted with minimal lane closures or
Use of heavy equipment
Equipment

Services provided within the agency’s current maintenance budgets

Cost Savings •in other words for the same price they have budgeted today for subjective manual
inspections.
 Infrastructure Preservation Corporation
In Association with Pre-Stressing Expanded Metal Components

Contact Information:

National Bridge Inventory System “NBIS”

UAE Phone : +971 (0) 4 320 5466
USA Phone: +727-372-2900 Ext.24

IPC: Ph.727-372-2900 ext. 24 ICS: Ph. 00 971 4 320 5466

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