Projects
End users, such as water utilities that own concrete pipes, transport agencies managing roads, and mining operations using cement for backfill, need better information to select the most suitable concrete types for their specific needs. With the right decision-making tools, concrete manufacturers and suppliers would gain access to a more reliable market, while end users would have a more dependable source of innovative concrete solutions tailored to their requirements.
This project, led by the University of Sydney, will develop technical guidelines providing a decision framework for using innovative concrete. To create the technical guidelines, researchers will start by testing many of the most-promising emergent innovative concrete products to gather data on factors such as their durability, performance and costs. They’ll then feed this data into AI algorithms to work out which are the best applications for each concrete type. Finally, researchers will compile the information into the technical guidelines, which will be available for immediate use and serve as the basis for future national standards and codes of practice. By involving stakeholders across the concrete value chain, this project will greatly improve the acceptance and adoption of sustainable and profitable innovative concrete.
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