The Victorian Government of Australia has committed AU$50 million to deploy tiny fibre optic sensors onto bridges across the state for early detection and prediction of problems, thus preventing costly repairs and helping bridge operators to efficiently manage maintenance budgets…

The state government has partnered with technology vendor Xerox on a joint venture named Eloque to commercialise the new technology that will remotely monitor the structural health of bridges…

The Eloque solution is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology, that accurately measures and estimates structural strain, thermal response, bending, loads, vibration on bridges. Advanced analytics are then used to evaluate the sensors’ data and deliver insights directly to the bridge owners and operators in real time, to monitor whether a bridge is being over or underutilised, has structural problems or damage that needs repair.
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