Case Study: Mott MacDonald accelerates road reopening and reduces destructive testing with Giatec SmartRock

Mott MacDonald - Customer Case Study

Mott MacDonald, a global engineering firm, faced the challenge of rapidly replacing sections of road for the Norfolk transportation network during nightly closures. Their primary challenge was validating that new rapid early strength concrete would achieve the required load-bearing strength within a strict four-hour window to allow roads to reopen by 5:00 AM, all while seeking to eliminate the need for slow and destructive lab testing. The vendor, Giatec, provided its SmartRock® wireless sensor technology to address this.

Giatec's solution involved embedding SmartRock sensors directly into the concrete pour to monitor its temperature and strength gain in real-time. This provided the team with immediate data on their mobile devices, replacing the need for unreliable lab tests on concrete cubes. The technology was easily adopted and performed flawlessly, giving the team precise, reliable data to confirm the concrete had reached sufficient strength for the safe reopening of traffic each morning. This allowed Mott MacDonald to complete the project successfully while dramatically reducing its reliance on destructive testing methods.

Mott MacDonald