Costain begins 'self-healing' concrete trials

Withers, Iain

Costain begins 'self-healing' concrete trials - Building (281) 06 November 2015, 14(1) .

Costain and Cardiff University have begun a ground-breaking trial of self-healing concrete techniques without human intervention, which could save the UK billions of pounds in structural repair costs. Researchers are piloting three separate concrete-healing technologies. They want to develop a single system that can be embedded into concrete when is initially set, and then automatically sense when damage occurs.


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STRUCTURAL REPAIRS


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