We work developing new processes that help a more efficient and sustainable production and setting-up of the pavements, innovate with new materials and look for new applications for pavements.

The group has successfully performed filtering pavements able to treat the surface runoff on site from the reuse of plastic waste, or make use of the asphalt heat energy with energy purposes.

We work in continuous collaboration with companies of the sector with the aim to develop new construction processes and methods, that help to guarantee safety in linear works both at the stages of construction and exploitation.

In the last years our success in this area is reflected in the achievement of different Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs. We also count on the experience of Software development for the dimensioning of nets for slope stabilisation.

We consider fundamental the bet on the digital transformation of the construction sector, being the automation of processes one of the target areas of this change. In this sense, 3D printing is an emerging technology which may fill a niche in the construction market of limited pieces and complex shapes where other conventional technologies cannot reach without incurring uncompetitive costs.

The challenges overcome by construction companies are an example of the degree of development reached in civil engineering and of the technological components employed. Our research group has led a high number of projects focused on upgrading the methods of construction and development of new work tools, making progress in the achievement of new objectives and the methods to reduce the costs associated to the public works.

We work in the research and development of new applications of geosynthetic materials in the scope of civil engineering, analysing the use of these materials as reinforcement of pavements and in sustainable urban systems of drainage (SUDS).

We count on the experimental support of the Laboratory of Geosynthetics of the University of Cantabria (LAGUC) in this task, which apart from collaborating in our research projects, gives answer to the different needs arising in private companies and public institutions.

SUDS group together a series of design techniques for the treatment of rainwater ensuring the right quality with the aim to make use of it for environment, urban or household uses.

We have worked in different research projects dealing with the design of collection systems, storage, on site treatment of rainwater, energy efficiency, etc., with special emphasis on pervious pavements as the most comprehensive technique.

Our capacities grow stronger thanks to the work developed by the Laboratory of SUDS (SUDSlab), belonging to the group.

We bet on the technological development of the energy sector as a way to reach a more sustainable environment. For this reason we have introduced a line specialised in the construction of the infrastructure needed to exploit green energies, where geothermal, wind and biogas energies stand out.

Thanks to the works carried out by GITECO the outcomes and costs have been improved, what makes their introduction easier and favours their development.

The application of technological innovations is essential for optimising the construction, exploitation and maintenance processes. The digital transition and the application of algorythms based on AI is one of the keys of the future of the sector.

We are currently working on the automated monitoring of surface pathologies in pavements, maintenance of infrastructures by the analysis of satellite images and the automated detection of vehicles, for the improvement of safety in roads.