R&D&i
Research, development and innovation have been at the heart of Torroja Ingeniería since its very beginning. The engineer’s desire to go one step beyond the known — to solve real problems with achievable solutions.
R&D&i
Innovation at the service of our clients
Research, Development and Innovation have been a constant since TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. began its work in project design. This commitment has been maintained and developed across the different fields into which the firm has progressively expanded its activity.
Today it encompasses project design, structural inspections, development and implementation of structure management and assessment systems, structural calculation software development, construction management, technical assistance, and the drafting of technical manuals and regulations.
TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. applies R&D&i always for the benefit of its clients, endowing the delivered products with a quality and added value that have determined the prestige the firm has maintained for over 95 years.
Also noteworthy is the close relationship that TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. has maintained since its origin with university activity, both in teaching and in research.
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UNE 166000 Certification
R&D&i management according to reference standards
The REHABCAR Project
REHABCAR
Co-funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, INNPACTO 2010 sub-programme, with ERDF Funds from the European Union. Completed in 2013.
Aimed at developing new tools for transforming existing roads and motorways into economically sustainable, high-quality infrastructure. Focused on three main areas:
Rehabilitation alignment design
Pavement strengthening
Repair, strengthening and/or modification of overpasses and viaducts
Participating entities
Specific objectives
Inspection methodology including non-destructive evaluation techniques
Systematisation of action prioritisation and estimation of rehabilitation costs
Assessment of traffic effects during rehabilitation operations on bridges in service
Criteria for sizing and design of bearings to increase durability
Technology for the modification of existing structures affected by platform widening
Milestones in the history of engineering
Inspection and management methods
Watercourse inspection method
TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. has developed a new method for inspecting watercourses in the vicinity of bridge structures, with the aim of assessing the potential scour risk of bridges over rivers and streams.
The principles underpinning this work and the methodology for carrying it out were pioneering, not only in Spain but also within the international scientific community.
This system has already been used in contracts with the Directorate General of Roads of the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and with Abertis Autopistas España.
Bridge Management Systems
TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. has designed, developed, programmed and implemented an entire family of Bridge Management Systems, including the one for the Directorate General of Roads of the Spanish Ministry of Public Works.
It was the first comprehensive bridge maintenance management system developed and implemented in Spain. Similar systems have also been deployed for toll motorway concessionaires.
The firm’s engineers have carried out more than 5,000 bridge inspections using this methodology.
Participation in technical standards
Coordinator of the drafting group for the IAP-98 (Instruction on Actions to be considered in Road Bridges) and member of the drafting group for the current IAP-2011. Also a member of the Technical Commission for drafting the IAPF (Standard on Actions in Railway Bridges).
Speaker on the Drafting Commission for the Steel Instruction EAE. National technical contact for Part 2: Bridges and Part 1.5: Plated Structural Elements of Eurocode 3, representing Spain before CEN (European Committee for Standardisation). Member of the Management Committee of COST 345 on the assessment of road infrastructure structures in the EU, and of the IAPF Commission.
Coordinator of the drafting group for the IAP-98 (Instruction on Actions to be considered in Road Bridges) and member of the drafting group for the current IAP-2011. Also a member of the Technical Commission for drafting the IAPF (Standard on Actions in Railway Bridges).
Speaker on the Drafting Commission for the Steel Instruction EAE. National technical contact for Part 2: Bridges and Part 1.5: Plated Structural Elements of Eurocode 3, representing Spain before CEN (European Committee for Standardisation). Member of the Management Committee of COST 345 on the assessment of road infrastructure structures in the EU, and of the IAPF Commission.
Structural calculation software
The development of new calculation processes has always been a concern and a challenge in the day-to-day work of TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. since its inception.
Successive cantilever bridges
Incrementally launched bridges
Movable scaffolding system
Slender piers — 2nd order
Piers for beam bridges
Slab Bridge Collection — DGCE
- For the General Subdirectorate of Technology of the Directorate General of Roads of the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, the "Three-span Slab Bridge Collection" (2000–2001) was produced: an intelligent system for the design, verification and definition of variable-depth prestressed concrete bridges with spans of up to 40 m, capable of calculating, drawing and estimating quantities based on geometric, location and environmental characteristics.
Courses, seminars and conferencess
As a result of the high professional qualifications of TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. staff, the firm organises courses and seminars in which it seeks to share its contributions and achievements with the scientific community, in the conviction that sharing knowledge creates a benefit for society.
- The Bridge Inspector courses taught by TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. have trained the majority of those responsible for structural inspections carried out in Spain.
Furthermore, TORROJA INGENIERÍA S.L.P. is a regular speaker at both national and international conferences on structures, concrete and all the fields encompassed by its professional activity.
Areas of participationn
Bridge Inspector courses — training engineers throughout Spain
International structural conferences — IABSE, FIB, IABMAS
National conferences — ACHE, SETRA, Civil Engineering
Publications in national and international specialist journals