New binding solution for high speed railways’ ballast consolidation

• Concept and main objective: Development of a binding solution for stabilizing and consolidating the ballast of high speed railways with the objective of reducing and preventing the effect known as “ballast projection”

• Advantages:- Prevention of ballast projection phenomena in railways- Increased platform service life by preventing the formation of micro-fissures in the ballast - Low maintenance requirements and economical savings associated- Noise and vibration reduction

New binding solution for high speed railways’ ballast consolidation

Type of partners required:

• Countries: any of the Eureka network. • Organization: Large company, SME.• Expertise: related to construction/operation of railway infrastructures or

systems for railway applications

Risk assessment and decision support system for tunnelling and underground construction works

Concept and main objective: Development of an intelligent decision support tool toidentify, control and manage the risks associated to tunnelling and undergroundconstruction works.

This software tool would be used by engineers, technicians as well as decision makersinvolved in the construction process to evaluate and assess the different impacts of the project during all the project’s stages including its study, deployment and implementation.The use of the tool in the decision making process will result in cost and time savings, too.

Innovative aspects of the project:• Improvement of the tenders through a better assessment of the different alternatives, obtaining a more competitive bid in economical and technical terms in tender processes while minimizing risks.• Construction works simulations, evaluating and anticipating the different possible scenarios• Reducing the margin for human errors in specific situations which require quick decisions

Risk assessment and decision support system for tunnelling and underground construction works

Type of partners required:

• Countries: any of the Eureka network. • Organization: Large company, SME.• Expertise: related to tunnelling /underground technologies

Contact Details:

Name: Asier Sorli, Email: asorli@acciona.es , Phone: +34 94 427 80 88