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This course will provide hands on training on the new bridge management software for Ohio. The software includes: the bridge inspection program, the introduction of new inspection practices, new inventory items, tracking of maintenance items, and web-based access of the new inspection software. The new bridge management software will change how bridges are inventoried and managed in Ohio.

The latest changes to the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS), which became effective January 13, 2005, require FHWA-approved bridge inspection training for all divers conducting underwater inspections. One method of meeting this requirement is the completion of an FHWA-approved underwater diver bridge inspection training course. Satisfactory completion of this 4-day course will fulfill the NBIS requirement. This course provides an overview of diving operations that will be useful to agency personnel responsible for managing underwater bridge inspections.

This training will help inspectors evaluate bridges more thoroughly and will provide them with additional knowledge in how structures work and what can take place when they don’t work. The course curriculum for this training reflects current practices, while addressing new and emerging technologies. The course also features exemplary hands-on training with popular types of non-destructive evaluation (NDE) equipment, and a case study of an inspection plan for a fracture critical bridge.

This course is intended for new bridge inspectors in order to provide an introduction as well as an overview to industrial rope-access techniques as a plausible means to access and inspect structures. Next course planned for Fall 2013.

Next Anticipated Class: Late 2013 in Columbus. Prerequisite: None. The objective of this course is intended for new bridge inspectors. This 3-day course is part one of two required for the comprehensive training course based upon the NBIS and the Bridge Inspector's Reference Manual. Required Review: Bridge Inspection Primer Workbook (link below), print out and answer the questions.

Print this Workbook out, fill in the answers and bring to the Level 1 Bridge Inspection course for review.

Next Anticipated Class: Late 2013 in Columbus. Prerequisite: Bridge Inspection Level 1. This 3-day course is part two of two required for the comprehensive training course based upon the NBIS and the Bridge Inspector's Reference Manual.

Next anticipated class: 2014. Prerequisite: Active NBIS Program Manager or NBIS Team Leader. This 1-day course will refresh the skills of practicing bridge inspectors in fundamental visual inspection techniques; review National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS); communicate issues of national significance; re-establish proper condition and appraisal rating practices; and review the professional obligations of bridge inspectors. The course is based on the latest revision of the ODOT Manual of Bridge Inspection. Topics include both administrative requirements and component ratings.