Infrastructure Condition Monitoring
Infrastructure Condition Monitoring refers to the continuous assessment of the health and performance of physical assets such as bridges, tunnels, dams, and buildings using data-driven techniques. It replaces infrequent, manual inspections with ongoing evaluation from sensors, historical records, and environmental data to detect structural degradation, corrosion, cracks, and other early warning signs. The goal is to understand the true condition of assets in near real time and translate this insight into targeted maintenance and repair decisions. AI is used to fuse heterogeneous sensor streams, detect anomalies, and predict how structural conditions will evolve under loads and environmental stressors. By turning raw vibration, strain, corrosion, and environmental measurements into early warnings and remaining-life estimates, organizations can prioritize interventions, reduce unplanned outages, and improve safety. This application is particularly valuable in harsh or hard-to-inspect environments—such as marine-exposed coastal bridges—where failure risks and inspection costs are high.
The Problem
“You’re flying blind between inspections—until a bridge forces an emergency shutdown”
Organizations face these key challenges:
Inspections are periodic, expensive, and inconsistent—condition can degrade significantly between site visits
Sensor data exists (vibration/strain/corrosion) but isn’t trusted or actionable; engineers sift spreadsheets and plots