
IDVIA WAS SELECTED BY BRISA TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS EIC PROCURERS DAY
On 18 March 2021, IDVIA had the pleasure to participate in an exclusive event promoted by the European Innovation Council (EIC) together with José de Mello, one of the Portugal’s largest economic groups.
This virtual session was dedicated to matching selected EIC-beneficiaries with José de Mello Group’s procurement needs in the fields of Mobility and Asset management as they were seeking to establish partnership between innovative European companies and Brisa, one of its companies.
Brisa is an international reference and the largest motorway infrastructure manager and mobility service provider in Portugal, with 1.628 km under concession. Brisa is a forward-looking organization with high tech intensity that wants to shape the future of highways with a strong focus con digital transformation.
After a Pitching session and Q&A where we highlighted how our innovative solution for structural health diagnosis of bridges can add value to Brisa, we engaged in one-to-one business meetings with representatives of the company where we explained in depth some aspects of our disruptive technology that make possible the development of Digital Twins of bridges, to understand its structural condition and performance, now and in the future, to ensure safety while implementing a predictive maintenance strategy that reduces the global investment needed. We also discussed the possibility of implementing a pilot project that could lead to a commercial agreement at a later stage.
This is the second time IDVIA has been selected to participate in an EIC Corporate Day, which is a real milestone for the company as in this case, more than a hundred companies applied to participate but only 13 were chosen by Brisa.
According to Salvador de Mello, CEO at the José de Mello Group, the synergies that emerge through these events promote knowledge transfer and the introduction of innovative technologies in their businesses. We hope that this event will result in important agreements that will contribute to achieve best-in-class operational performance and a long-term partnership.
Tras una sesión donde presentamos nuestra solución y respondimos preguntas, a través de las cuales destacamos cómo nuestra innovadora solución para el diagnóstico de la salud estructural de los puentes puede beneficiar a Brisa, mantuvimos reuniones de negocio con representantes de la compañía en las que explicamos en profundidad algunos aspectos de nuestra tecnología disruptiva que hace posible el desarrollo de Digital Twins (o Gemelos Digitales) de los puentes, para conocer su estado estructural y su comportamiento, ahora y en el futuro, para garantizar la seguridad al tiempo que se implementa una estrategia de mantenimiento predictivo que reduce la inversión global necesaria. También se habló de la posibilidad de poner en marcha un proyecto piloto que podría dar lugar a un acuerdo comercial en una fase posterior.
Esta es la segunda vez que IDVIA es seleccionada para participar en un EIC Corporate Day, lo que supone un verdadero hito para la compañía, ya que en este caso, más de un centenar de empresas solicitaron participar pero sólo 13 fueron elegidas por Brisa.
Según Salvador de Mello, CEO del Grupo José de Mello, las sinergias que surgen a través de estos eventos promueven la transferencia de conocimientos y la introducción de tecnologías innovadoras en sus negocios. Esperamos que este evento dé lugar a importantes acuerdos que contribuyan a lograr el mejor rendimiento operativo y una asociación a largo plazo.
PAROST is a low cost and easy to install system capable of not only identifying (locating and quantifying) visible and non-visible structural damage in civil engineering concrete structures but also predicts their evolution over time for making cost-effective maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement decisions (MR&R), and to ensure that safety, serviceability and functionality of the structure can be sustained over its designed service life. The latter makes PAROST a real disruptive breakthrough in the structural health monitoring area considering all existing SHMs on the market.
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CONTACT
www.parost.eu
contacto@idvia.es
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 873261.
PAROST is a low cost and easy to install system capable of not only identifying (locating and quantifying) visible and non-visible structural damage in civil engineering concrete structures but also predicts their evolution over time for making cost-effective maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement decisions (MR&R), and to ensure that safety, serviceability and functionality of the structure can be sustained over its designed service life. The latter makes PAROST a real disruptive breakthrough in the structural health monitoring area considering all existing SHMs on the market.
FUNDED BY
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 873261.
CONTACT
www.parost.eu
contacto@idvia.es