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Aero-Beam

Loughborough IP named most innovative product by LIFTEX2015Aero-Beam, a breakthrough in crane operation technology, has won the Most Innovative Product Award at the LEEA LiftEx 2015 exhibition and conference.The aerodynamic lifting aid reduces drag and improves stability of loads so that work on construction sites – particularly of tall buildings...

Published: 4/16/2019 | Inventor(s): Ian Skelton, Jacqui Glass, Peter Demian, Colm Watling

Keywords(s): Construction, Engineering, Ergonomics

Category(s): Civil and Building Engineering

3D Concrete Printing

As modern architecture makes ever greater demands on construction specialists, meeting these developments creatively and cost effectively poses a range of testing challenges.Funded by the EPSRC and IMCRC, researchers in the School of Civil and Building Engineering have been developing 3D printing technology for the construction industry for almost a...

Published: 12/18/2023 | Inventor(s): Rupert Soar, Richard Buswell, Simon Austin, Sungwoo Lim, John Webster, Nikolaos Konstantinidis, Thanh Le

Keywords(s): Architectural Engineering, Construction, Design Management, Printing, Sustainable Infrastructure

Category(s): Civil and Building Engineering

REPOINT

REPOINT – a breakthrough in fail-safe rail track switchingREPOINT is a revolutionary railroad switch system, which delivers improved performance, network capacity and reduced cost of ownership.Put simply – REPOINT is a failsafe switch.HistoryRailway networks need innovation to increase capacity and reliability.Railway track switches have...

Published: 1/12/2023 | Inventor(s): Roger Dixon, Samuel Bemment

Keywords(s): Rail network modelling and optimisation, Rail performance metrics, Rail reliability metrics, Rail Transportation, Railway asset condition monitoring, Regulatory Affairs, Simulation

Category(s): Civil and Building Engineering

LeakFinderST

Reductions in leakage are a high priority for SevernTrent, Ofwat, the Environment Agency and the Consumer Council for Water. Customers are also keen to see leakage levels reduced, but need to be convinced that the costs are justified. An estimated 27% of treated water is currently lost through distribution systems as leakage (although some of this is...

Published: 2/9/2024 | Inventor(s): Neil Dixon, Maninder Pal, James Flint

Keywords(s): Construction, Design Management, Transport

Category(s): Civil and Building Engineering, Materials, Business and Economics

SlopeALARMS

Developed at Loughborough University – in collaboration with the British Geological Survey – Slope ALARMS is a novel landslide detection system. Its patented, award-winning technology measures acoustic emissions caused by soil movement – offering life-saving, real-time monitoring of unstable hillsides. The ChallengeLandslides world-wide...

Published: 4/28/2023 | Inventor(s): David Field, Neil Dixon, Alister Smith, Matthew Spriggs, James Flint

Keywords(s): Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering

Category(s): Civil and Building Engineering, Geographical