The firm has developed and implemented its own BMS (called SIGEP), especially designed to be applied in developing countries. Based on Fuzzy Sets Theory, it helps to prioritize investments for the management of bridge networks based on information given (typically scarce in those countries). The implementation of this low cost BMS is simple, it is triggered with little information, and accepts the addition of information to improve its recommendation for management. Official authorities can modify the main parameters by which the prioritization is made. The SIGEP was implemented to manage the main network of bridges in Guatemala, joined with a system for road management and based on a GIS. Implementation of a BMS (Danish system) in Uruguay, to manage the main network of almost 500 bridges. The firm was responsible for the inspection an evaluation of 300 bridges all along the country and of the load capacity evaluation of 15 bridges. Advising on Bridge Management Systems for the Departments of Transportations of four states in Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe and Neuquén, as part of the program supported by the World Bank. Development and implementation of a bridge maintenance and rehabilitation system for Autopistas del Sol, a concessionaire that administrates more than 130 existing bridges that were almost at the end of their service life.

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