A new video from LIAISON partners at École des Ponts ParisTech’s highlights the design, development and circular-economy implications of optimised reinforced concrete beams — a key output of the LIAISON project’s ambitions to making Transport Infrastructure more sustainable.
In the video Jean-François Caron, a researcher at the Navier Laboratory of École des Ponts ParisTech outlines how LIAISON is tackling structural elements through a circular-economy lens: combining digital-design methods, high-performance materials and reuse/disassembly concepts in transportation infrastructure components.
In the video, you will see these principles in action. From the lab-stage material trials, through digital modelling of beam geometry, to pilot-ready preparation, the video illustrates how LIAISON’s work on concrete beams is pushing conventional thinking. Key themes include embodied-carbon reduction, geometric optimisation, circularity (reuse, disassembly), and bridging engineering with sustainability.
While beams may appear “standard” in infrastructure, they offer large potential gains if re-designed with efficiency and circularity in mind. LIAISON’s approach to ubiquitous transport infrastructure elements like concrete beams shows how even established structural elements can be “re-engineered” for lower material use, reduced lifecycle impact and better end-of-life prospects.
Original source: https://ingenius.ecoledesponts.fr/en/articles/what-is-the-liaison-project/
