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1 PDH · about 60 minutes · Course no. BR-DP01 · Instructor: Michael Craig, PE
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.
Most bridge budgets are spent on the bridges in the worst condition, and most of the inventory is quietly sliding toward that condition while it waits. A preservation program is the deliberate alternative: spend modest amounts on good and fair bridges, on a schedule or in response to early defects, so that they stay good or fair longer. This course defines preservation the way FHWA does and separates it from routine maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement. It covers cyclical and condition-based work, how preservation is tied to asset management and to the State asset management plan required by 23 CFR Part 515, and the eleven steps FHWA lays out for building a program. It draws mainly on the FHWA Bridge Preservation Guide: Maintaining a Resilient Infrastructure to Preserve Mobility (FHWA-HIF-18-022, 2018) and on the text of 23 CFR 515.9. Numbers in worked examples that do not come from these documents are labeled illustrative.