What we do

Our research and development team explores, analyses and solves the infrastructure challenges facing today's infrastructure owners and managers.

We draw on the expertise of our network of universities, research institutes and industry partners to accelerate the development of new technologies and solutions for clients.

  • As a researcher on the Safe 10-T Rail project, I developed protocols for advanced, real-time condition assessments of transport infrastructure assets.

    Ciaran Carey

    Dr Ciaran Carey

    Principal Engineer
  • As scientific lead on the CEDR INTERLINK project, I researched the use of BIM (Building Information Modelling) for civil infrastructure asset management.

    Aonghus O'Keefe

    Aonghus O'Keeffe

    Director
  • As scientific lead on the CEDR WATCH project, I researched ways of attaining effective and sustainable stormwater management practices in the face of climate change.

    John Paul Rooney

    John Paul Rooney

    Associate

Research aims

Our research helps infrastructure owners and managers save money by:

  • identifying the most economic asset management strategy
  • minimizing the premature replacement of existing infrastructure
  • producing optimal infrastructural designs
  • improving infrastructure resilience

Research projects

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Expertise

  • Risk-based asset management
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Topological optimisation
  • Traffic load modelling
  • Data modelling
  • Weigh-in-motion

Services

  • Reliability analysis
  • Whole-life optimised management
  • Probabilistic load modelling
  • Statistical modelling
  • Structural modelling
  • Vehicle-bridge dynamic interaction
  • Long run simulations of traffic loading on bridges
  • Fatigue life assessment
  • Code development
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