Strategic Life-Cycle Management for Civil Infrastructure Systems with the Latest Information Technologies

在我国，由于民用基础设施系统数量庞大，因此，在不久的将来，为这些基础设施开发一个完整的寿命管理系统将成为一个重大的社会问题。然后，我们需要开发一个创新的系统，为长期生命周期管理工程作为医生的基础设施系统。也就是说，它需要结合最新的信息处理技术和智能健康监测技术，开发民用基础设施系统的综合寿命管理系统，并建立民用基础设施系统博士学位（INFRADOCTOR）。本研究课题与欧美等先进国家的优秀成员共同探讨21世纪日本的民用基础设施系统全寿命周期管理战略。在本研究课题期间，与欧盟作为地区性课题正在启动的芬兰组织LIFETIME Thematic Network建立了良好的合作关系。PONTIS集团以美国等国为首广泛开展。之后，在山口大学举办了三次基础设施维护和环境管理国际研讨会。在研讨会上，我们就如何结合健康监测和下一代信息技术共享数据库系统，以及如何制定综合生命周期管理系统的世界标准进行了许多富有成果的讨论。因此，主要是在社会资本发达的国家中，出现了建立共同全球目标的趋势。日本必须与最近的举措密切协调，在相关领域建立领先于世界的先进管理体系，并创建一个使日本能够领导世界的研究基地。

In our country, because there are a huge number of civil infrastructure systems, it will be becoming a major social concern to develop an integrated lifetime management system for such infrastructures in the near future. Then we need to develop an innovative system for long-term lifetime management engineering as Doctor for Infrastructure Systems. Namely, it needs to develop an integrated lifetime management system for civil infrastructure systems combined with the latest information processing technologies and intelligent health monitoring techniques, and also to establish the Doctor Degree for Civil Infrastructure Systems (INFRADOCTOR). This research project makes discussions about our Japanese strategy of life-cycle management in civil infrastructure systems for the 21st Century with outstanding members of advanced countries such as Europe, the United States, etc. During the term of this project, we established a good collaboration with LIFETIME Thematic Network, an organization based in Finland that is now being launched by the European Union as an area-wide project, PONTIS group led by the United States, etc widely. Then, three International Symposiums on Infrastructure Maintenance and Environ-mental Management were held in Yamaguchi University. In the Symposiums, we had made many fruitful discussions about how database systems were shared by combining health monitoring and next generation information technologies, and how world standards for an integrated life-cycle management system were developed. Thus, there has been a move, mainly among the countries with well-developed social capital, to establish a common global goal. It is important for Japan to establish an advanced management system in the relevant field ahead of the rest of the world in close coordination with the recent move and create a base for research that will enable Japan to lead the world.