Infrastructure Transport infrastructures

BAM develops interdisciplinary solutions for resilient and sustainable transport infrastructure for roads and railways. In light of key challenges such as aging structures, rising traffic volumes, resource scarcity, and the impacts of climate change, the efficient maintenance of existing infrastructure is essential.

Innovative building materials, modern construction, testing, monitoring, assessment, and prediction methods, as well as optimized maintenance measures, ensure the safety of civil engineering structures and transportation routes and extend their lifespan. Extending the life of existing infrastructure reduces the short-term need for new construction and, consequently, resource consumption, costs, and emissions.

The results of BAM’s research are directly incorporated into national and international norms, standards, and guidelines to promote implementation in practice. In this way, BAM actively shapes the future of transport infrastructure and provides answers to transportation issues through the lens of civil engineering and research.

Fields of expertise and range of services:

Competence for Lifecycle: research and solutions for design and maintenance of engineering structures and transport routes
Material & Structural Research: innovative building materials, damage and ageing analyses
NDT & SHM: smart sensor technology, data acquisition systems and data-driven structural health monitoring
Data & AI: modern data management, FAIR data workflows, AI-powered analysis
Assessment & Maintenance: models for condition assessment, remaining service life and risk-based inspection
Simulation & Validation: pilot applications and transfer to real-world scenarios, guidelines for practice, digital twins
Networking: close cooperation with public infrastructure operators, public bodies and universities