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BEIS project aims at researching, developing and validating under real conditions of use a modular Information system which, by incorporating and combining economic and financial tools, analytical and numerical tools, structural analysis tools, construction management tools, statistical tools and heuristic and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools, will allow to deliver in just a few hours and automatically a valid preliminary and technically updated budget for a bridge. Plus, and in parallel with the budget preparation, the system will assess the carbon footprint of each technical solution.
Thus, BEIS system addresses the main gaps within the process of preliminary study and budgeting in bridge engineering, namely the enormous consumption of internal resources, the extended deadlines that directly and negatively impact the project development / decision making process, and, finally, the limited range of technical solutions considered, systematically limited to the technicians knowledge.
In compliance, a highly qualified and multidisciplinary consortium was created, bringing together the core competencies and necessary experience to achieve the proposed objectives and deliver a cutting-edge technological solution to the market: BERD (Consortium Leader), Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, and SimpleAxis.
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