Zero Corrosion Sheet Pile Elements with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars

Informations projet

PRECOPAL

N° de convention de subvention: 790367

DOI

10.3030/790367

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 24 Novembre 2017

Date de début 1 Novembre 2017

Date de fin 31 Mars 2018

Financé au titre de

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

SIGMA C SUD
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PRECOPAL (Zero Corrosion Sheet Pile Elements with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars)

Période du rapport: 2017-11-01 au 2018-03-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

The urbanized world is supported using steel sheet piles (SSP) or concrete sheet piles (CSP). Despite the massive use of this technology, these structures are by their nature subject to oxidation, being realised entirely by metal (SSP) or with concrete reinforced with metal bars (CSP). In places where oxidising conditions are extreme, their useful lifespan is reduced to a few years, resulting in high costs for their maintenance or replacement.
With Precopal we will be the first to realize a reinforced CSP with fiberglass bars totally resistant to oxidation, guaranteeing a useful lifespan up to 4 times longer and allowing huge savings in different sectors of construction. The project will be oriented towards obtaining the following main objectives:
• technology optimization
• Obtaining certificates and standards for the sale of Precopal units;
• Development of an innovative installation system (water jet)
The FS confirms the uniqueness of our solution, its technical feasibility and commercial profitability even in the worst scenario. Precopal has already aroused great enthusiasm in our clients, who expressed their interest with letters of interests.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, including: Technology definition and in-depth cost analysis; SoA assessment; Detailed technical plan to increase TRL to 9; Analysis of risks and design of a mitigation and contingency plan.
COMMERCIAL AND EXPLOITATION PLAN, including: Market analysis, end user’s segmentation, main competitors, commercial barriers; definition of commercial strategy, FTO analysis, definition of IPR strategy.
FINANCIAL PLAN, including: business model, price policy; benefits for end users and 3 sales scenarios.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Precopal is the future of sheet piles: so far there is no solution on the market to overcome oxidation problems derived from particularly oxidizing environments (marine environments, such as consolidation of the channels’ banks, extension of ports, coastal protection, isolation of waste disposal areas). Precopal will have a huge impact reducing the costs for the application of this technology by a third and a quarter, guaranteeing enormous economic benefits to end users and allowing a huge growth for our company (+ 5.4 M EUR revenue and + 32 new employees at the third commercialisation year).

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