A Critical Review of Bridge Management System in Indonesia

Abstract

AbstractThe bridge is a crucial infrastructure in public mobilization. Recently, the utilization of old bridges has intensely come into an option during limited funds in many developing countries. Hence, the bridge management system plays an important role in maintaining and reducing bridge failure. In Indonesia, the bridge management system is called Interurban Bridge Management System (IBMS). However, the IBMS implementation in Indonesia is still poor. This system has been implemented throughout all provinces in Indonesia since 1992, yet many bridges were still found damaged, even collapsed. At this moment, Indonesia is still focusing on construction, not maintenance work. Some developed countries like the United States of America and Japan have expanded a complex system for a bridge management system, Pontis, and J-BMS. Thailand as a developing country is the same as Indonesia has also realized the importance of having a bridge management system. Thailand has established a Bridge Maintenance and Management System (BMMS) to guide the periodic bridge inspection and maintenance program. In this study, the authors intend to grow the awareness of the IBMS application in Indonesia which consist of the development of bridge management system, the causes of poor IBMS implementation, the improvement needs to enhance the IBMS implementation, and recommended aspects may extend to current IBMS implementation in Indonesia by seeking for and integrating the advantageous information the existing bridge management system (BMS) that has been established and implemented in the U.S., Japan, and Thailand.KeywordsBridgeIBMSMaintenanceManagement system