Bridge Maintenance Academy
BMA 1
A series of eLearning modules which should be completed prior to attending Bridge Maintenance Academy 2.
- Bridge Components & Elements
- Bridge Loads and Forces
- Understanding Bridge Movement
- Introduction to Bridge Plan Reading
- Structural Steel in Bridges
- Future Courses: Concrete, Timber, Introduction to Bridge Maintenance
BMA 2
An introduction to the fundamental skills required to perform bridge maintenance. Participants are given the opportunity to observe experts and perform hands-on bridge maintenance tasks, such as concrete formwork, rebar placement, concrete placement, finishing and curing, chain dragging, patching and structural steel repair. An in-person class held indoors in mid-winter in alternating years.
- Prerequisite: BMA 1
- Next anticipated class: February 2028
BMA 3
Participants construct a small single span bridge to be used for bridge jacking training. Participants will be able to observe experts and perform hands-on bridge maintenance tasks, including setting elastomeric bearings and steel beams, fastening steel diaphragms, constructing bridge deck formwork, placing rebar and bridge deck concrete, and installing a strip seal joint. Following construction of the bridge, participants will receive an introduction to basic bridge jacking and bearing and joint maintenance fundamentals. An in-person class held indoors in mid-winter in alternating years.
- Prerequisite: BMA 2
- Next anticipated class: Feb. 8, 2027 to Feb. 12, 2027