Decision intelligence
for end-of-life
reinforced concrete infrastructure

Continuous corrosion evidence supporting repair,
replacement, and life-extension decisions

When inspection snapshots aren’t enough

The reinforced-concrete bridges carrying today’s traffic loads were largely built between 1960 and 1980. Sixty years on, those same assets now sit at the point in their lifecycle where deterioration accelerates and the cost of getting a decision wrong is greatest.

Periodic visual inspection was designed for a different problem. It captures snapshots; it doesn’t capture the conditions driving deterioration between inspections. When a repair-or-replace decision is pending and the exposure runs into the millions, a six-yearly inspection regime isn’t decision-grade evidence on its own.

Structivate provides the continuous corrosion evidence between inspections, the basis for defensible engineering reports that hold up under board scrutiny.

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Sub-surface corrosion progresses invisibly between Principal Inspections. Continuous monitoring closes the gap.

How Structivate works alongside your engineering team

01

Embedded sensors

We work directly with your structural engineers to locate and install continuous corrosion monitoring sensors in critical detail zones, such as half-joints and main structural elements.

02

Defensible modelling

Continuous corrosion potential and environmental measurements feed degradation models grounded in corrosion science and engineering domain knowledge.

03

Engineer-grade reports

Findings translate into structured engineering reports that align with existing assessment workflows, ready to support repair, replace, or life-extension decisions.

04

Engineering judgement stays yours

Decisions stay with your in-house team and consultants. Structivate provides the evidence; you and your engineers carry the accountability.

Structivate’s approach focuses on the final stage of a structure’s life, the window where deterioration accelerates and decisions carry the most weight.

Active SM:ART Trials

SM:ART is actively being developed at TU Dublin with Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund support. Trials are active with Transport Scotland and the Department for Infrastructure NI.

Aerial view of the Woodside Viaduct on the M8 motorway.
Active

Transport Scotland

Woodside Viaduct, M8, Glasgow

1960s-era reinforced concrete viaduct with severe half-joint corrosion.

Engineering partner: WSP

Lifford Bridge — reinforced concrete road bridge between Lifford and Strabane.
Active

Department for Infrastructure NI

Lifford Bridge

Reinforced concrete road bridge with corrosion concerns at half-joints.

Engineering partner: WSP

Pending

A US state department of transport

US state DOT collaboration on ageing concrete infrastructure.

Open call for candidate half-joint structures for The SM:ART Trial

Sensors and analytics are provided at no cost under Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund support through April 2027. Asset owners pay for installation and traffic management.