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The 2022 NBIS Rule: What Changed for Owners and Engineers

1 PDH · about 60 minutes · Course no. BR-I01 · Instructor: Michael Craig, PE

About the instructor

Michael Craig, PE is Senior Vice President and Southeast Director at Strinteg Corporation, leading bridge inspection and structural engineering across eight states and Puerto Rico. In 27+ years he has inspected over 4,000 structures and completed 3,000+ load ratings and 160+ load tests. He has managed repair and preservation design for complex bridges, including cable-stayed bridges. He holds PE licenses in twelve states, DC and Puerto Rico, SPRAT Level 1, and FAA Part 107 credentials.

The NBIS final rule published May 6, 2022 (effective June 6, 2022) was the first major rewrite of the federal bridge inspection standards since 2004. This course walks through what changed and what it means for owners, consultants and engineers who inspect, rate and manage bridges.

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Learning objectives

  • Identify the major changes in the 2022 NBIS final rule
  • Describe the qualification paths for program managers and team leaders
  • Explain the new requirements for critical findings, load rating timing and data submittal
  • Locate NBIS requirements in 23 CFR 650 Subpart C

Outline

  1. Why the rule was rewritten
  2. New and sharpened definitions
  3. Personnel qualifications
  4. Intervals, critical findings, load rating and posting
  5. Inventory, QC/QA and scour
  6. Practical impacts for engineers
  7. Part A — How to read 23 CFR 650 Subpart C
  8. Part B — Applicability in practice
  9. Part C — Responsibilities of the inspection organization
  10. Part D — Personnel qualifications in depth
  11. Part E — The inspection types and what each is for
  12. Part F — Intervals: Method 1 and Method 2 worked through
  13. Part G — Procedures: load rating, posting and closure
  14. Part H — Critical findings and quality programs
  15. Part I — Inventory under the SNBI
  16. Part J — Implementation checklist for practitioners
  17. Part K — A short history: why the standards exist
  18. Part L — From fracture critical to NSTM
  19. Part M — Element-level data and the MBEI
  20. Part N — Case study: putting the rule together
  21. Part O — Glossary of key terms
  22. Part P — Frequently asked questions
  23. Part Q — Writing reports that satisfy the rule
  24. Open the course (29 screens, 2 knowledge checks)
  25. Final quiz — 10 questions, 70% to pass

References

  1. 23 CFR Part 650, Subpart C — National Bridge Inspection Standards (final rule published May 6, 2022)
  2. FHWA, Bridge Inspector's Reference Manual (BIRM), FHWA-NHI-12-049, 2012 (as revised)
  3. FHWA, Specifications for the National Bridge Inventory (SNBI), FHWA-HIF-22-017, March 2022