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Concrete temperature monitoring technology can increase infrastructure lifespan to 125-years.
FREMONT, CA: In order to ensure performance and early-age cracking, the thermal monitoring of concrete can be essential. large foundations or piers for a bridge are involved in this scenario. However, the concrete in the country's crumbling infrastructure will demand attention and billions of funding for the Infrastructure Bill. Further, careful analysis of the maturity can help ensure that every placement reaches its life expectancy. Capturing temperature data from concrete the traditional way can be time-consuming and labor-intensive, which is still possible on smaller projects. Although for larger projects like bridges, infrastructure, public transportation, dams, cast-in-place, or large precast products, the work is ramped up and these manual methods may not be able to keep up. Additionally, with shortage of labor being a tough problem to solve, contractors are looking for ways to automate or get more work done with the same or fewer people than they already have.
In order to ensure performance and early-age cracking, the thermal monitoring of concrete can be essential. Building's large foundations or piers for a bridge are involved in this scenario. However, the concrete in the country's crumbling infrastructure will demand attention and billions of funding for the Infrastructure Bill. Further, careful analysis of the maturity can help ensure that every placement reaches its life expectancy. Capturing temperature data from concrete the traditional way can be time-consuming and labor-intensive, which is still possible on smaller projects.