Support APRR-AREA in optimizing bridge maintenance and investments through a digital asset system and preventive, data-driven strategy.
Context
APRR-AREA, the second-largest motorway operator in France, is responsible for managing part of the national motorway network, which includes over 3,000 bridges. To enhance user experience and ensure safety while optimizing investment in bridge maintenance, APRR-AREA set out to develop a multi-year investment plan that incorporates a preventive maintenance strategy. This approach relies on capitalizing existing data through a digitalized asset reference system. Since 2018, Oxand has been supporting APRR-AREA with its software solution.
In Figure
3 000
Bridges
2ᵉ
Operator
2018
Partnership
What did we do?
Centralize scattered data on civil structures into a digitalized asset reference system
Conduct a component-by-component analysis for each bridge
Simulate component and bridge aging to anticipate maintenance needs and act preventively through generalized “campaigns”
Justify investment needs to inform leadership, reduce project costs, and minimize user disruption
Continuously monitor bridge conditions by linking safety audit data with Oxand’s investment planning and maintenance scenario simulation tool
Gains
Securing additional funding by demonstrating the benefits of preventive over corrective maintenance
Alignment of executive strategy, allocated budgets, and actual technical needs
Improved customer experience through shorter worksite durations (preventive maintenance being less disruptive than corrective interventions)
Visualization of cumulative costs to invest at the optimal time