Smart precast pavement and structural solutions
This demo site in Toledo, Spain, showcases the potential for innovative road elements within a precast tunnel element production facility.
These include two generatively designed precast sustainable smart beams for an on-site pedestrian bridge, and smart precast geopolymer slabs for rigid road pavements made of an industry-friendly geopolymer concrete and integrating an innovative system for the real-time optimization of transport infrastructure’s management.
These slabs integrate an innovative system for optimally managing transport infrastructure in real-time.
The project will demonstrate and validate :
- Geopolymer mixtures (LIAISON aims at extending their use, against cement based) and a new modular rigid pavement.
- Performance-based design models and manufacturing techniques (i.e. additive and subtractive manufacturing) with the aim to substantially reduce the consumption of materials in construction and maintenance activities.
- Enhanced modular construction, maintenance and decommissioning interventions able to reduce life cycle cost (LCC) by at least 30%.
- Constructability of the industrialised construction (integrating 3D printing, digital twins and SHM/WIM systems) of structural elements for real tailored solutions.
Local desk contact: lpiarulli@fundacionabetancourt.org
