17th World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation 

Bridge owners and managers are faced with a growing number of challenges. Bridges are aging and often subject to more severe operating conditions and environments than had been envisioned during their design. In addition, some design approaches or design codes currently in use of yesterday are limited in how they can accommodate or adapt for these challenges. New causes of deterioration or damage appear almost routinely in many countries and require vigilant attention from managers, especially when the design of structures or routes are not redundant. This is often the case for the causes of deterioration and damage that effect post-tensioned grouted duct bridges. As such, this topic handled by Technical Committee 4.2 "Bridges", will be a particular focus in this cycle