Managing Director of WENZEL Consulting Engineers GmbH Dr. Wenzel has been involved in bridge engineering construction and health monitoring since the beginning of his career. Major bridge projects required the development of extraordinary skills in design, construction technologies as well as construction and asset management for successful completion. In this capacity Dr. Wenzel serves as technical advisor to many owners or operators of large infrastructure projects. Dr. Wenzel coordinated High-end research projects of the European Commission, such as IRIS, SAMCO, BRIMOS, Safelife-X, NERA, TU1402 and 1406 His engagement has produced major results which have found their place in the international standardization. The developed mathematical formulation of ageing is included in the new EUROCODE on the Risk-based Inspection Framework (EN16991:2018) and the monitoring and assessment approach is documented in the VDI Guideline 4551 on Monitoring and Assessment of Offshore Wind Structures. He is currently engaged in ISO TC59 to issue the standard ISO21928 on sustainable civil engineering works. These are useful bases for practical bridge management.