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Innovation Knowledge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction

智能基础设施与建设创新知识中心

基本信息

批准号：
EP/I019308/1
负责人：
Lord Robert Mair
金额：
$ 631.53万
依托单位：
University of Cambridge
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2011 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FI019308%2F1
关键词：
Innovation Knowledge Centre Smart Infrastructure

项目摘要

Infrastructure is a large part of the UK's assets. Efficient management and maintenance of infrastructure are vital to the economy and society. The application of emerging technologies to advanced health monitoring of existing critical infrastructure assets will quantify and define the extent of ageing and the consequent remaining design life of infrastructure, thereby reducing the risk of failure. Emerging technologies will also transform the industry through a whole-life approach to achieving sustainability in construction and infrastructure in an integrated way - design and commissioning, the construction process, exploitation and use, and eventual de-commissioning. Crucial elements of these emerging technologies will be the application of the latest sensor technologies, data management tools and manufacturing processes to the construction industry, both during infrastructure construction and throughout its design life. There will be a very substantial market for exploitation of these technologies by the construction industry, particularly contractors, specialist instrumentation companies and owners of infrastructure.In this proposal, we seek to create the Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction that will bring together four leading research groups in the Cambridge Engineering Department and the Computer Laboratory (sensors, computing, manufacturing engineering and civil engineering), along with staff in other faculties - the Judge Business School and the Department of Architecture. The Centre will develop and commercialise emerging technologies which will provide radical changes in the construction and management of infrastructure, leading to considerably enhanced efficiencies, economies and adaptability. We propose to create 'Smart Infrastructure' with the following attributes: (a) minimal disturbance and maximum efficiency during construction, (b) minimal maintenance for new infrastructure and optimum management of existing infrastructure, (c) minimal failures even during extreme events (fire, natural hazards, climate change), and (d) minimal waste materials at the end of the life cycle. The IKC will focus on the innovative use of emerging technologies in sensor and data management (e.g. fibre optics, MEMS, computer vision, power harvesting, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and Wireless Sensor Networks). These will be coupled with emerging best practice in the form of the latest manufacturing and supply chain management approaches applied to construction and infrastructure (e.g. smart building components for life-cycle adaptive design, innovative manufacturing processes, integrated supply chain management, and smart management processes from building to city scales). It will aim to develop completely new markets and achieve breakthroughs in performance.The business opportunities in construction and infrastructure are very considerable, not only for construction companies but also for other industries such as IT, electronics and materials. The IKC is designed to respond directly and systematically to the input received from industry partners on what is required to address this issue. Through the close involvement of industry in technical development as well as in demonstrations in real construction projects, the commercialisation activities of emerging technologies will be progressed during the project to a point where they can be licensed to industry. The outputs of the IKC will provide the construction industry, infrastructure owners and operators with the means to ensure that very challenging new performance targets can be met. Furthermore the potential breakthroughs will make the industry more efficient and hence more profitable. They will also give UK companies a competitive advantage in the increasingly global construction market.

基础设施是英国资产的很大一部分。基础设施的有效管理和维护对经济和社会至关重要。将新兴技术应用于现有关键基础设施资产的先进健康监测，将量化和确定老化程度以及基础设施的剩余设计寿命，从而降低故障风险。新兴技术还将通过一种全生命周期的方法，以综合的方式实现建筑和基础设施的可持续性，包括设计和调试、施工过程、开发和使用，以及最终的退役，从而改变行业。这些新兴技术的关键要素将是最新的传感器技术、数据管理工具和制造流程在建筑行业的应用，无论是在基础设施建设期间还是在其整个设计寿命期间。建筑行业，特别是承包商、专业仪器仪表公司和基础设施业主，将会有一个非常大的市场来利用这些技术。在这个提案中，我们寻求创建智能基础设施和建筑的创新和知识中心，这将汇集剑桥工程系和计算机实验室的四个领先研究小组（传感器，计算，制造工程和土木工程），以及其他院系的工作人员-贾奇商学院和建筑系。该中心将开发新兴技术并将其商业化，这些技术将在基础设施的建设和管理方面带来根本性的变化，从而大大提高效率、经济效益和适应性。我们建议创建具有以下属性的“智能基础设施”：(a)在施工过程中干扰最小，效率最高；(b)对新基础设施的维护最少，对现有基础设施的管理最佳；(c)即使在极端事件（火灾、自然灾害、气候变化）中故障最少；(d)在生命周期结束时废物最少。IKC将专注于传感器和数据管理（如光纤、MEMS、计算机视觉、电力采集、射频识别（RFID）和无线传感器网络）新兴技术的创新应用。这些将与应用于建筑和基础设施的最新制造和供应链管理方法形式的新兴最佳实践相结合（例如，用于生命周期适应性设计的智能建筑组件、创新制造流程、集成供应链管理以及从建筑到城市规模的智能管理流程）。它的目标是开发全新的市场，实现业绩的突破。建筑和基础设施领域的商机非常可观，不仅对建筑公司来说是如此，对IT、电子和材料等其他行业也是如此。IKC旨在直接和系统地回应从行业合作伙伴那里收到的关于解决这一问题所需的投入。通过工业界对技术开发的密切参与以及在实际建设项目中的示范，新兴技术的商业化活动将在项目期间取得进展，直至可以向工业界授权。IKC的成果将为建造业、基础设施业主和运营商提供手段，以确保能够达到极具挑战性的新绩效目标。此外，潜在的突破将使该行业更有效率，从而更有利可图。它们还将使英国公司在日益全球化的建筑市场上获得竞争优势。