MPC Research Reports |
Title: | Investigation of PONTIS: A Bridge Management Software |
Authors: | Richard Gutkowski and Nicholas Arenella |
University: | Colorado State University |
Publication Date: | Aug 1998 |
Report #: | MPC-98-95 |
Project #: | MPC-066 |
TRID #: | 00753757 |
Keywords: | bridge management systems, computer program documentation, development, manuals, software, testing |
In 1991 federal transportation legislation, Congress mandated that state DOT's develop and implement comprehensive bridge management systems (BMS). Related to this, a rigorous BMS software package, PONTIS, was developed via federal contracting to industry.