Foundation Element Data Carrier Nesting for Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for producing foundation elements in the ground, such as bored piles and diaphragm walls, face challenges in accurately and efficiently documenting the production process, especially for large-scale structures, which can lead to difficulties in tracing and verifying the execution of individual elements over time, particularly when multiple elements are produced.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that involves introducing a data carrier, such as an RFID chip, into the foundation element before hardening, allowing for direct storage and wireless querying of essential data, ensuring tamper-proof and reliable documentation, even after years or decades, by embedding it within the hardenable mass in the foundation element.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data is stored externally in a computer unit at a construction company or client center, then data can be stored and transmitted, but data allocation to individual foundation elements becomes difficult and time-consuming for large-scale structures with hundreds of elements
Solution Approach 1:
The data carrier is embedded directly inside the foundation element, nesting the information storage within the structure itself. This eliminates the need for external storage systems and complex data allocation processes, allowing immediate and accurate retrieval of information specific to each foundation element.
Solution Approach 2:
The data carrier acts as an intermediary between the foundation element and the information storage system. By placing the data carrier within the element, it serves as a direct link that stores and transmits information locally, avoiding the need for external computer units and complex data management systems.
2Reliability
If traditional documentation methods are used without direct data storage in foundation elements, then external storage systems can be maintained, but rapid identification of damage causes and cost estimation becomes difficult after years or decades
Solution Approach 1:
The data carrier is nested within the foundation element, ensuring that information remains attached to the specific element throughout its lifecycle. This enables rapid retrieval of element-specific data for damage analysis and cost estimation, even decades after construction, without relying on external storage systems.
3Reliability
If data carriers are introduced into foundation elements prior to hardening, then tamper-proof documentation is achieved, but the hardening process must be carefully managed to protect the data carrier
Solution Approach 1:
The data carrier is introduced into the foundation element before the hardening process begins, while the filling mass is still in a workable state. This preliminary action ensures the data carrier is properly positioned and protected before the element hardens, creating tamper-proof documentation without requiring complex post-hardening intervention.
4Productivity
If multiple foundation elements are produced in large-scale constructions, then construction capacity is increased, but tracing and verifying execution of individual elements becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Each foundation element contains its own embedded data carrier with unique identification and execution information. This nesting approach allows hundreds of elements to be produced efficiently while maintaining complete traceability of each individual element, as the information is stored within the element itself rather than in external systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enables efficient, accurate, and long-lasting documentation of foundation elements, facilitating rapid identification of causes for damage and cost estimation, while providing tamper-proof electronic certification of the construction process, enhancing data security and ease of data retrieval.
Implementation Method 1
The data carrier can in particular be a so-called RFID-chip which, on receiving a corresponding electromagnetic signal, automatically transmits a response signal with the desired data.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a foundation element in the ground, wherein a hole is formed in the ground which is filled with a hardenable filling mass in order to form the foundation element. According to the invention provision is made in that prior to the hardening of the filling mass a data carrier is introduced into the hole, on which information on the produced foundation element is stored .