innovation
Research and development of solutions that offer innovative alternatives to challenges in the sector.
Innovation projects and constructive solutions
Innovation is one of our growth levers that allows us to apply sustainable and efficient construction solutions to meet the needs of our customers.
Implementing our innovative construction projects contributes to the continuous transformation of the construction and maintenance of buildings and transport infrastructure.
Sando employs new working methodologies and construction solutions in the construction sector, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction. Both are defined within a collaborative innovation project that transforms the design, construction, and management processes of projects and works, evolving towards smart, efficient, and sustainable construction execution.
BIM and Lean Construction integrate all the agents involved in the project and establish a transversal communication flow between them Specifically, BIM generates a virtual model of the project that contains all the project information, is updated with characteristics and information on materials, installations, equipment, etc., and helps detect early problems in the project. .
At Sando, we have developed the REBECCA project, a research project to create a system of rules and biocomputational algorithms for controlling and monitoring construction projects. Through this project, we have created an intelligent system for automatically applying the BIM methodology in construction.
Through Lean Construction, it is possible to guarantee compliance with on-site deadlines, making continuous improvements and eliminating restrictions using the Last Planner System (LPS) methodology, which consists of collaboratively carrying out detailed planning with all those involved in the project.
This research is based on collecting cartographic data using drones to monitor and analyse natural areas. Through this system, we can estimate coastal erosion, for example, in sandy beach areas. It has direct implications for the tourism sector, the environment, land use planning, and the definition of the Public Maritime Terrestrial Domain. During the research, different systems were evaluated on the drones, including onboard thermal, multispectral, and laser scanner LiDAR sensors.
Sando has designed a methodology and a system for the execution of trench shoring. Committed to occupational health and safety, this mobile structure has been developed to protect workers and equipment inside from landslides, minimising environmental impact and ensuring a more efficient execution.
This construction solution makes building more sustainable breakwater walls possible by optimising local resources with materials other than those initially planned. This is a study and experimental development of alternatives for ground containment in problematic geological environments due to the presence of clayey materials or water.
This technological innovation has been designed to construct vertical tunnels of great depth and diameter next to railway tunnels in service located under urban centres. It was created while building three new emergency exits for the Sants-La Sagrera high-speed tunnel in the city centre of Barcelona. Using this auscultation system helps minimise the occurrence of conditions, as it provides real-time readings.
This new technological process is applied to rehabilitating buildings and constructions of historical and heritage interest through laser scanning and BIM (Building Information Modelling) tools. A point cloud represents the data obtained and then transformed into a 3D model. All this information is processed through the BIM collaborative working methodology, which allows Sando to study the actual conditions of its surroundings and enables it to conserve historical and archaeological heritage more accurately.
Research project on the construction, through innovative construction techniques, of seismic-resistant, energy-efficient and intelligent buildings in their life cycle Within the INNTERCONECTA programme, we are leading the development of an integral building system with seismic-resistant capacity, highly industrialised thanks to prefabricated concrete panels and, on the other hand, a package of ICT tools. Focusing on the design, construction and progress of smart buildings.
This innovation project consists of on-board simulation for track monitoring by observing the condition of railway vehicles. The overall objective is to develop a new auscultation system that can be installed on any rail vehicle after several modifications. The system reduces maintenance costs and provides more information by using virtual sensor technology to monitor variables that cannot be measured directly, such as wheel-rail contact forces.
Process innovation allows us to design and develop a system to improve safety conditions in MEWP work. SAFE-PEMP focuses on developing a product that improves the safety conditions of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) used in construction and industry. The innovation resulting from the project was patented as a “utility model”.
At Sando, we are committed to sustainable development. This innovative construction project, therefore, uses materials from construction waste in road pavements. Through this line of research, it has been possible to verify that recycled material from the construction industry meets the technical requirements for use in the lower layers of road pavements.
This prevention project develops a new process for managing green spaces through sensors onboard Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The main objective of this project is to create and implement a methodology for identifying and solving specific problems in green spaces through thermal imaging cameras, multispectral sensors and software on board UAV systems or drones.
This research has allowed us to develop a system of rules and biocomputational algorithms for controlling and monitoring construction projects. The REBECCA project aims to create an intelligent system for the automatic application of the BIM methodology in construction, to meet the sector’s requirements and to have tools that improve its operations and provide added and differential value. RECONLOD Project
Thanks to this process innovation, we can reclaim soils degraded by construction activities using sludge from sewage treatment plants and the use of cyanobacteria. The project aims to provide a new sustainable strategy to restore spaces degraded by developing construction-related activities in arid areas. To this end, the research combines the inoculation of cyanobacteria into the soil and the introduction of indigenous plants with amendments with sludge from WWTP.
Serveco is aimed at the “Assessment and promotion of ecosystem services provided by urban trees” using remote sensing and sensors to measure green spaces’ economic, social and environmental benefits. This way, we can value the city’s ecosystem services provided by green spaces. Especially urban trees for adaptation and mitigation of global warming and the urban heat island.
Project with the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the detection of incidents on the pavement for the efficient conservation of the road network.
Objective: Development of a tool for the automatic detection of road surface deterioration from video and generation of maps of the location and state of the pavement.
Results: Positive validation of results, and implementation of a video capture flow, automatic data extraction and obtaining maps of location and condition of deteriorated pavements.
Place: Málaga, Huelva, Jaén
Execution period: 1-Oct-2022 – 31-Jul-2024.
Budget: €387,786.00.
Co-financing CDTI (€116,723.59) and ERDF (€50,024.39).
Motto: EUROPE IS FELT
In addition, this project has received funding from the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA)
Resulting incentive: 221.016,22 €
Refundable credit (€143,660.54) and non-refundable fund (€77,355.68)
Sando has developed a system for monitoring civil engineering infrastructures using SAR satellite images. The CIVILSAR project is based on Advanced Differential Interferometric SAR (A-DInSAR), PSI or MT-DInSAR, which consists of studying the differences between two satellite images. This technology makes it possible to analyse ground deformations with great precision, covering large areas without needing prior knowledge of the area to be monitored.
Financing: The project has received financial support from the Innovation and Development Agency of Andalusia (Agencia IDEA) and the Andalusian Technological Corporation (CTA).
An incentive of 164,349.68 €, 80% co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), was received from the Agency for Innovation and Development of Andalusia IDEA, of the Andalusian Regional Government, for the project “Implementation of a civil infrastructure monitoring system using satellite radar interferometry” with the aim of “Promoting technological development, innovation and quality research”. It also has private funding from the Andalusian Technological Corporation (CTA), File No. CTA: 20/1038.
Predictedar
Project description: to design and develop an intelligent predictive maintenance system for the critical components of urban wastewater treatment plants based on artificial intelligence tools. PREDICTEDAR
Geographical area: Seville.
Duration: 1/Jan/2023 – 31/Oct/2024.
Investment: €254,860.00.
Co-financing CDTI (€51,584.94) and FEDER (€22,107.83).
Results: It has been possible to promote the circular economy and the sustainable use of resources, increasing the valorisation of sludge as agricultural fertilisers by optimising the reliability and availability of the associated subsystem and promoting a decrease in energy consumption that improves the self-sufficiency ratios of a WWTP.
Motto: EUROPE IS FELT
In addition, this project has received funding from the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA)
Resulting incentive: 142,937.79
Refundable credit (€92,909.56) and non-refundable fund (€50,028.23)
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