European projects
SARAH – SARAH: uSer-centred civil infrAstructure Reliable Assessment and Healing
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About project
The maintenance of civil infrastructures – such as roads and railways – is one of Europe’s key challenges, especially in a context of ageing infrastructure, environmental pressure, and sustainability demands.
SARAH, a European project funded under Horizon Europe, addresses these challenges by developing advanced digital tools for predictive maintenance and data sharing in the civil infrastructure sector.
Thanks to innovative solutions based on interoperability, artificial intelligence, sensor technology and digital twins, SARAH aims to improve the efficiency, safety and sustainability of infrastructure management in Europe. The project promotes a systemic and collaborative approach that enables data-driven decision-making and prevents emergency interventions through scheduled and intelligent maintenance.
Details
Project in progress
Program: Horizon Europe GA n. 101178082
Theme: #DigitalTwin, #InfrastructureMaintenance, #PredictiveMaintenance, #Standards
Start
June 2025
End
May 2028
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Project objectives
Develop interoperable digital tools to improve predictive maintenance of civil infrastructure.
Facilitate efficient data sharing among different stakeholders in the sector.
Adopt solutions based on digital twins, sensors and artificial intelligence to support data-driven decision-making.
Map existing standards and promote the development of new pre-normative documents to fill identified gaps.
Strengthen dialogue between research, industry and standardization bodies at the European level.
Concrete actions
SARAH promotes a systemic approach to infrastructure management by integrating:
- Intelligent monitoring systems based on advanced sensor technology.
- Predictive models to assess asset conditions and schedule interventions.
- A digital toolkit for standardization, useful for companies, public authorities and policy makers.
- The involvement of European technical committees CEN/TC 319 and CEN/TC 350 to foster future standardization.
- The definition of a new CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) to address the emerging standardization needs of the sector.
Project partners
9 partners including research institutions, universities, companies and standardization bodies from 6 European countries.
| Organizzazione |
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| CEA – Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives – France |
| Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation – Spain |
| Ferrovial Construcción S.A. – Spain |
| MATZ-Erreka S. Coop. – Spain |
| Työterveyslaitos (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health) – Finland |
| Quasset B.V. – Netherlands |
| Armengaud Innovate GmbH – Austria |
| UNI – Ente Italiano di Normazione – Italy |
The project is funded by the European Research & Innovation Programme Horizon Europe under Grant Agreement No. 101178082.