A project to reduce roading costs with rapid subsurface moisture detection has been nominated as a finalist in the annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.
The work is being carried out by TDRI, a spin-out company with breakthrough sensing technology born out of Lincoln Agritech, and the team has been named a finalist in the MAS Commercialisation Impact Award category.
The technology helps measure subsurface moisture across road networks which can generate significant long-term benefits for New Zealand.
Increased subsurface moisture can accelerate road deterioration and the sector has lacked a good way to measure it across networks.
As such, root causes for road deterioration are often missed in maintenance approaches that predominantly treat surface level symptoms or failures. This leads to unnecessary rework and waste of resources in the short term.
Generating over $300,000 in the past year working with some of NZ’s leading roading stakeholders, TDRI’s breakthrough sensing technology enables asset managers to transition from a reactive maintenance approach to one that incorporates preventative drainage and sealing treatments informed by proactive subsurface moisture surveys.
The KiwiNet Awards showcase the passionate people and teams from around New Zealand creating new technologies and businesses from outstanding research.
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