Integrated application of advanced surveying techniques and BIM for inspection and asset management of reinforced concrete bridges

This work was financially supported by: project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007633 (ISISE), funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI), and by national funds through FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia. FCT and FEDER (COMPETE2020) are also acknowledged for the funding of the research project IntegraCrete PTDC/ECM-EST/1056/2014 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016841). The financial support of COST Action TU1404 through its several networking instruments is also gratefully acknowledged. The collaboration of Eng. Luis Santos from Leica GeoSystems Portugal is gratefully acknowledged, in view of his participation by carrying out the laser scanning survey of the bridge. The participation of the former MSc student of UMinho, Joao Rodrigues, in the inspection and early BIM modelling activities is also acknowledged.