bETon: Sensor-Based recovery of Construction Materials from Excavated Resources for Next Generaton, Sustainable and Durable Cement and Concrete
The bETon project aims to maximise the circular use of recovered aggregates and fine flows from excavation operations, thereby reducing waste production, material transport and the ecological footprint. The construction of the ET project can serve as a demonstration.
The Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR) is preparing a bid book to host the Einstein Telescope (ET). This underground observatory will enable undisturbed measurements of gravitational waves. The realisation of the ET observatory offers a unique opportunity for the construction industry to develop and demonstrate innovations such as new tunnel boring technologies, new characterisation techniques, circular construction methods, low-carbon cements and concrete.
Intelligent, artificial intelligence-supported automatic characterisation of excavated materials will enable application-oriented quality sorting. Low-carbon, sustainable cements and structural concrete elements with sorted/reprocessed excavated materials will be important end products.
Integrated, AI-enabled quality and aging monitoring of structural concrete elements can pave the way for next-generation applications of sustainable cement and concrete across the construction industry.
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