Basic Inspection Programs

Course Description:

The Federal Highway Administration’s Bridge Inspectors Reference Manual (BIRM) is a comprehensive manual on programs, procedures, and techniques for inspecting and evaluating a variety of in-service highway bridges. BIRM serves as the basis of a comprehensive National Highway Institute training program in bridge-safety inspection. The present course is based on BIRM’s Chapter 1, Bridge Inspection programs, and discusses

·         The history of the National Bridge Inspection Program

·         Responsibilities of the bridge inspector

·         Quality control/quality assurance

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Be familiar with the history of the national bridge inspection program
• Know today’s national bridge inspection program
• Understand the responsibilities of the bridge inspector
• Know the qualifications needed to be a bridge inspector
• Be familiar with a framework for implementing quality control and quality assurance methods in a bridge inspection program