Jacinto, LucianoNeves, Luís CanhotoSantos, Luís2017-07-132017-07-132016-01JACINTO, Luciano; NEVES, Luís Canhoto; SANTOS, Luís Oliveira - Bayesian assessment of an existing bridge: a case study. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. ISSN: 1573-2479. Vol. 12, N.º 1 (2016), pp. 61-771573-2479http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7271Nowadays, companies in global markets have to achieve high levels of performance and competitiveness to stay "alive”. Within this assumption, the building maintenance cannot be done in a casual and improvised way due to the costs related. Starting with some discussion about lean management and building maintenance, this paper introduces a model to support the Lean Building Maintenance (LBM) approach. Finally based on a real case study from a Portuguese company, the benefits, challenges and difficulties are presented and discussed.engExisting bridgesProbabilistic assessmentBayesian updatingStatistical uncertaintyPredictive modeljournal article10.1080/15732479.2014.995105