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BEST Center | The Bridge Engineering Software & Technology Center BEST Center The Bridge Engineering Software & Technology Center Menu Skip to content Home Status of Center Staff Short Courses Projects Current / Recent Projects Current Research Thrust Areas Slab Bridge System Wired Signal Pole Pier Replacement Risk Analysis for Explosive Attacks on Highway Bridges Cost allocation study Performance of Elastomeric Bearings Truss Bridge Top Chord Buckling Analysis and Redundancy Analysis Development of GDOS Health Monitoring of Steel Bridge Concrete Mix Design Sign Structure and Asset Management Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP) Previous Projects MD 24 FRP Deck Replacement Project MD140 over MD27 HPS Project Software Merlin-DASH Q&A for Merlin-DASH Merlin-DASH/PBEAM SABRE Q&A for SABRE VISUAL BRG TRAP RWALL PILEGP DPOLES MicroStation Utility Program Publications Best Bridges Links Francis Scott Key Bridge (I-695) William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge (US50/301) I-83 over Gunpowder River Baltimore County, MD Welcome The Bridge Engineering Software & Technology (BEST) Center of the University of Maryland was established in 1986 to develop bridge related technology and provide a mechanism whereby the bridge oriented software which was developed for the Maryland State Highway Administration is made available on a commercial basis to other state design agencies and private consultants. To ensure that the services and software provided by the BEST Center are of demonstrable quality, and in order to avoid potential liability, the State of Maryland has provided substantial resources to support the commercialization process. These resources have been provided over a twenty-year period from the Maryland State Highway Administration and numerous other sources. The BEST Center has been in operation for over ten years and has established a premiere quality development team and user base. Through bridge related projects, including laboratory and on-site testing, the BEST Center has accumulated years of experience and knowledge related to bridges. Chung C. Fu, PhD, PE Director, The BEST Center Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Tel: 301-405-2011 Fax: 301-314-9129 Email: ccfu@umd.edu Website: ccfu.umd.edu Personal Homepage Location Search Copyright © 2020 BEST Center | Accessibility...