64380 2025 eng 420 427 conferenceobject Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz 0 -- -- -- With the advancement of digitalization and related technological developments, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has become a useful and increasingly widespread tool to assist in the maintenance management of bridges and other engineering structures. The process of implementing monitoring requires expertise in many fields such as civil engineering, bridge operation and maintenance, monitoring technology, and data analysis. In recent years, monitoring has moved from method and technology development to standard practice. However, the implementation of monitoring as a standardized process can be an obstacle, especially for bridge operators, due to a lack of practical experience combined with the various expertise required. This can affect several areas, such as determining the cost-effectiveness of a monitoring measure, proper tendering and contracting, quality control, analysis and evaluation of measurement data, and last but not least, data management. In order to support the introduction of monitoring technologies into the practice of infrastructure operators, several guidelines have been developed in Germany in recent years by different interest groups, each with a different focus and essentially complementing each other. This paper aims to provide an overview of four different recently published guidelines and to highlight their strengths and advantages. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure 10.3217/978-3-99161-057-1-064 urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-643809 13th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure Graz, Austria 01.09.2025 05.09.2025 publish false true Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International Falk Hille Frederik Wedel Frank A. Lehmann Stephan Pirskawetz eng uncontrolled Structural Health Monitoring eng uncontrolled Bridge structures eng uncontrolled Guidelines Ingenieurbau 7 Bauwerkssicherheit 7.1 Baustoffe 7.2 Ingenieurbau Infrastruktur Verlagsliteratur Datei für die Öffentlichkeit verfügbar ("Open Access") Wissenschaftliche Artikel der BAM Verkehrsinfrastrukturen Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/files/64380/shmii_13_064.pdf