NVF Annual Bridge Conference 2015

BIM and bridge management

systems

2-3 September 2015, Stockholm Sweden Organised by NVF Swedish Bridges Technical Committee

Goal of the conference

The conference is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on existing bridges and maintenance

systems and the second part focuses on implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in

Infrastructure in general and Bridge Design in particular.

The conference is a continuation of the annual bridge conference series arranged by the NVF Bridges

Technical Committee. It allows Nordic and Baltic bridge experts to network and share expertise in issues

specific to the Nordic bridge stock, geographical area and bridge management routines.

The conference is intended to Nordic and Baltic bridge engineers, contractors and clients.

About organizers

The Nordic Road Association (www.nvfnorden.org) aims at developing the road transport sectors in

Northern Europe through professional cooperation between experts from all Nordic Countries. NVF was

founded 1935 and has reached well known and recognized status among professionals on its field. Bridges

Technical Committee handles bridge engineering tasks under the auspices of NVF. The tasks are mostly

specific to Nordic and Northern European existing and new bridge stock. Among other activities, the

Committee arranges annual seminars on various technical matters.

Practical Information

Conference language is English.

Conference venue is Tekniska Nämndhuset, Fleminggatan 4, 112 45 Stockholm.

Conference dinner will be held in restaurant Rött, Rörstrandsgatan 19, Stockholm.

www.rott.se. Maximum 50 persons. Please specify meat, fish or vegetarian.

The on-line registration is open. Click here.

On-site registration is also possible at the venue on the 2rd of September.

Conference fees are shown in table below. Accompanying persons are welcomed to register to the

dinner and the technical tour by paying the associated fees.

Registration is binding.

Accommodation Information about accomodation in Stockholm can be found at http://www.hotels.com.

Conference fees

Fee (SEK) Registration fee

Conference (incl. Lunch and coffees)

SEK 2500

Dinner SEK 1000

Technical tour free to conference participants

SEK 500

Pre-conference events

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

NVF golf championship: tisdagen den 1/9 at own expence, contact Anders Samuelsson,

mailto:anders.samuelsson@stockholm.se.

Conference Program

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

09:30 10:00 Registration and Coffe

10:00 10:10 Opening of conference, part 1 (Bridge management Systems)

Anders Samuelsson

10:10 10:30 Bridge management system in Iceland Gudrun Thora Gardasdottir - Vegagerdin (Iceland)

10:30 10:50 Maintenance models on the bridges general inspection and the functionality in the new assets management system

Heikki Myllymäki – Finnish Transport Agency (Finland)

10:50 11:10 Monitoring a measure to increase safety and service life while limiting maintenance costs.

Simon Rex – Rambøll (Denmark)

11:10 11:25 Refreshments

11:25 11:45 New Bridge and Structures Management System

Mika Stenmark – Finnish Transport Agency (Finland)

11:45 12:05 Danbro - The Danish bridge management system. Prioritizing and intelligent maps.

Arne Henriksen – Vejdirektoratet (Denmark)

12:05 12:25 The collapse of Skjeggestad bridge. What happened.

Morten Wrigt Hansen – Vejdirektoratet (Norway)

12:30 13:45 Lunch

13:45 13:55 Opening of conference, part 2 (BIM for Infrastructure Design)

Anders Samuelsson

13:55 14:15 Bjørgum bridge. BIM/3D-modeling and production

NN –Moelv/ Aas-Jakobsen (Norway)

14:15 14:35 BIM carrot or stick, in an international perspective

Anders Kuhn Jeppesen – COWI (Denmark)

14:35 14:55 BIM in renovation design of Bridges Päivi Lipponen – Sito OY (Finland)

14:55 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 15:35 Lecture 10 (to be announsed) Thomas Vincent - Sweco (Sweden)

15:35 15:55 NCC:s approach to VDC Maria Freeney - NCC (Sweden)

15:55 16:15 Digital construction - the road towards BIM. Experiences from The Danish Road Directorate on implementing disciplinary models to create efficiency.

Rasmus Fuglsang Jensen - Vejdirektoratet (Denmark)

16:15 16:35 What is the lifecycle of a BIM model? How do we preserve the complete as-built BIM model? Examples of extracting necessary data from As-built BIM models to management systems.

Heidi Berg – Vianova (Norway)

16:35 17:00 Discussion Anders Samuelsson

17:00 End of day 1

19:30-23:00 Dinner

Thursday, September 3, 2015 Excursion Schedule

09:00 - Excursion Citybanan, starts with presentation at Västra järnvägsgatan 3

10.00 - Transport by bus to Årstaberg for visit on sight

12.00 - Lunch

13:00 - Excursion E4/E20 Väster om Hagastaden. Transport by bus to bridges at Karlberg -Tomteboda.

14.30 - Transport by bus to Stockholm Central Station.

15.00 - Drop-Off at Stockholm Central Station.

Excursion Details

Citybanan

Excursion to a major infrastructure project including a 1.4 km long railroad bridge in Årsta and 6 km

tunnel passing underneath the central parts of Stockholm. General information about the project will be

provided including a visit to the bridge. More information kan be found at the official site:

www.trafikverket.se/citybanan.

Bridge at Årsta

E4/E20 Väster om Hagastaden

Excursion to another major project for highway E4/E20 called the North Link. Visit will include two

major steel-concrete composite bridges at Tomteboda. More information san be found at the official

site: http://www.trafikverket.se/Privat/Projekt/Stockholm/E20-norra-lanken/Om_projektet/

Animation of the construction can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7JUG3BAJZk&index=12&list=PLBC77DA4EF653EF91