Objective Concrete piles are being used extensively in the civil construction industry, but there are a lot of issues to be addressed in the integrity testing of these piles. The most commonly used concrete piles are the pre-cast concrete piles and the cast in-situ concrete piles. Cast in-situ concrete piles are limited in the length or depth at which it could be cast unlike pre-cast piles (it can be extended to greater depths using mechanical joints). Apart from its advantage in installation depth, pre-cast concrete piles are becoming more preferred because of the decreasing length of the individual pile sections before installation. There are equipments and method available for concrete pile integrity testing that is time and cost effective (e.g. ultrasonic testing), but they have limitations especially when testing pre-cast piles. Therefore, our idea is to produce an innovative quality assurance system to enable a cost effective, efficient and reliable means of monitoring the integrity of pre-cast concrete piles through out its supply chain from manufacturing up until after its installation. The proposed project would involve the development of: · A means of recording and accessing pile information (pile number, batch number, pile location, periodic integrity check results etc) using an embedded ID tag on each pile; · A means of verifying a number of piles used to form a segmented pile has been properly driven (installed) into the ground and can hold a given amount of weight. This would be done by developing an innovative concrete pile manufacturing process to slightly embed a conductive circuit path through the pile common failure areas to allow current passage through the pile, which would allow for the detection of changes in resistivity due to cracks or strain to the concrete pile using an intelligent monitoring technique. This could be a means to verify the possibility of reusing a concrete pile if the case arises. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering Keywords Concrete pile manufacturing Instrumentation and Measurement Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator BULLIVANT TARANTO LTD EU contribution € 415 425,00 Address OLD SCARVA ROAD TANDRAGEE 2 BT62 2ED CO ARMAGH United Kingdom See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Simon Bullivant (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE UK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 10 965,00 Address PERA BUSINESS PARK NOTTINGHAM ROAD LE13 0PB MELTON MOWBRAY See on map Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicestershire CC and Rutland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact John Danvers (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NYSKOPUNARMIDSTOD ISLANDS Iceland EU contribution € 10 140,00 Address ARLEYNI 2-8 112 Reykjavik See on map Region Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Pall Arnason (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INGENOR CONSTRUCCIONES SL Spain EU contribution € 151 055,00 Address Calle Aragon 14-1 H 26500 CALAHORRA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Fernandez Yecora (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data RESEAUMATIQUE SA Participation ended France EU contribution No data Address RUE DU COMMANDANT MALRAIT 1 27303 BERNAY See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jean Pierre Bruneval (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IMKO INTELLIGENTE MICROMODULE KOHLER GMBH Germany EU contribution € 230 582,00 Address IM STOCK 2 76275 ETTLINGEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kurt Koehler (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data HASWELL MOULDING TECHNOLOGIES LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 239 872,00 Address Rice Bridge Industrial Estate Unit 3 Thorpe Le Soken CO16 0HH ESSEX See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Geoff Haswell (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data
