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 inmaintenance, 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. Keywords: designmaintenancelife-cycle performancemanagementoptimisationstructuresinfrastructures Acknowledgements It is our pleasure to acknowledge the constructive comments and suggestions offered by Dr. Paolo Bocchini (assistant professor) and Mr. Mohamed Soliman (Ph.D. candidate) of Lehigh University.
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Frangopol et al. (2011) studied this question.