Maintenance, management, life-cycle design and performance of structures and infrastructures: a brief review

The optimal decisions to maintain or improve the reliability and functionality of structures and infrastructure systems can only be achieved through proper integrated management planning in a life-cycle comprehensive framework. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering (SIE) is an international journal dedicated to recent advances in maintenance, management, and life-cycle performance of a wide range of infrastructures. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief review of the recent research accomplishments in the field of design, maintenance, life-cycle management, and optimisation of structures and infrastructures reported in papers published in SIE during the period 2005-2011. The papers are categorised under main topics and very briefly discussed.