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Welcome to Iabmas

Promoting Bridge Safety & Sustainability in Romania

IABMAS-Romania supports innovation, maintenance excellence, and life-cycle management for a resilient national infrastructure.

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Aim/objectives of

IABMAS Romania is

Step 1

To promote technology transfer in the area of bridge maintenance, safety and management in Romania.

Step 2

Work with owners, industry, and academia to promote activities in the area of bridge maintenance, safety and management in Romania

Step 3

To promote IABMAS and its mission and objective in Romania and encourage representation of members in IABMAS global activities.

About us

The International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS) was founded in 1999.
IABMAS’s field of activity is to encompass all aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, and management.

Specifically, it deals with: bridge repair and rehabilitation issues; bridge management systems; needs of bridge owners, financial planning, whole life costing and investment for the future; bridge related safety, risk, resilience, sustainability, and life-cycle issues and economic and other implications.

IABMAS’s mission is to become the premier international organization for the advancement of the state-of-the-art in the fields of bridge maintenance, safety, risk, resilience, sustainability and management.
IABMAS’s objective is to promote international cooperation in the fields of bridge maintenance, safety, risk, resilience, sustainability and management.

Committee

Prof. Ungureanu Viorel

Founding President

Politehnica University Timisoara

Prof. Dan M. Frangopol

Honorary President

Lehigh University & IABMAS President

Dr. Popa Victor

Founding Vice President

Technical Sciences Academy of Romanian

Assoc. Prof. Dr. eng. Petzek Edward

Founding General Secretary

Politehnica University Timisoara

Prof. Vacareanu Radu

Founding Vice President

University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest

Founding Members

Prof. Vacareanu Radu

University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest

Prof. Băncilă Radu

Politehnica University Timisoara

Prof. Răcănel Ionuţ

University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest

Acad. Prof. Dubina Dan

Politehnica University Timisoara

Prof. Ungureanu Viorel

Politehnica University Timisoara

Assoc. Prof. Dr. eng. Petzek Edward

Politehnica University Timisoara

Dr. Popa Victor

Technical Sciences Academy of Romanian

Events

IABMAS Conference

Every two years IABMAS holds a conference at a different location throughout the world. The conference attracts researchers, representatives from all sections of bridge engineering, bridge engineers working with transportation departments, consultants, contractors and local authorities interested in all aspects of bridge maintenance, safety and management.
The aim of the conference is to consider recent developments in the field of bridge maintenance, safety and management and related topics and to stimulate and promote research into this field with the intention to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

The conference has been held in the following locations:

  • 2002 Barcelona, Spain
  • 2004 Kyoto, Japan
  • 2006 Porto, Portugal
  • 2008 Seoul, Korea
  • 2010 Philadelphia, USA
  • 2012 Stresa, Italy
  • 2014 Shanghai, China
  • 2016 Iguassu Falls, Brazil
  • 2018 Melbourne, Australia
  • 2020 Sapporo, Japan
  • 2022 Barcelona, Spain
  • 2024 Copenhagen, Denmark

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Publications

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design and Performance

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering – Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design and Performance (SIE) is a subscription-based, peer-reviewed journal covering recent advances in maintenance, management and life-cycle performance of a wide range of infrastructure systems, such as: buildings, bridges, dams, road networks, railways, underground constructions, offshore platforms, pipelines, ocean structures, nuclear power plants, and other types of constructed facilities.

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