uSer-centred civil infrAstructure Reliable Assessment and Healing

European consortium

10 project partners from 6 European countries; France, Spain, Italy, Finland, Austria and The Netherlands are working together for 36 months.

human-centered digital solution

SARAH adopts a human-centered approach to develop a safe-by-design integrated digital solution.

civil infrastructure

Solutions empowering civil infrastructure supervisors and intervention workers in the maintenance and repair of civil infrastructure.

Transforming how Europe inspects, maintains and repairs its critical civil infrastructure

SARAH adopts a human-centred approach to develop a safe-by-design integrated digital solution that supports maintenance and repair decision and planning, order, intervention and reporting. Leveraging metaverse technologies and egocentric augmented reality solutions, the system empowers infrastructure supervisors and intervention workers by providing real-time assistance, fostering skill development, and improving their Occupational Safety and Health. The solution, rooted in Human Factors:

Identification

identifies issues in civil infrastructures in a rapid, cost-effective and safe manner thanks to innovative sensors deployed on-site (corrosion, soil nail and anchor, structural crack) possibly via an unmanned aerial system (load up to 1kg)

Assessment

fastly and accurately assesses the needs for repair (98 % of issues properly ranked) using a Digital Twin of the infrastructure able to run in real-time (reduced order, automatic continuous calibration) and proposes prioritised timely interventions, considering risk assessment using a Decision Support Engine (80% ad hoc correct advice for inspections)

Inspection

launches extra inspections (either with autonomous aerial system or human), and provides remote support to the intervention workers (80% satisfaction, evaluated via interviews)

Reporting

delivers certification report generated using generative AI, after intervention and repair (at least 2 types of reports generated)

“Preserving the value and safety of Europe’s civil infrastructure requires smarter tools”

“That’s where SARAH comes in. We are proud to contribute to this initiative aimed at transforming the infrastructure management across Europe, with economical and societal impacts.”

Sébastien Boisseau, lab manager at CEA Leti

Investment in EU policy priorities

SARAH is funded under the Digital, Industry and Space programme, fully aligning with the EU’s digital agenda and contributing to clean air, artificial intelligence and climate action priorities.

Digital agenda

Clean Air

Artificial Intelligence

Climate action

A skilled project consortium

Coordinated by CEA Leti, the SARAH consortium brings together leading industries, universities, research centres and technology providers from across Europe.

project partners

European countries

SARAH Use Cases

News from SARAH

SARAH Newsletter available

2 March 2026/in News/by Armengaud Innovate

We are more than happy to provide you the first edition of our SARAH project newsletter, which we are kindly inviting you to check out HERE.

SARAH Consortium Meeting

20 November 2025/in Events/by Armengaud Innovate

In November, members of the SARAH project consortium gathered in Madrid for a two-days working meeting. There was a great exchange on human factors, communication / dissemination and architecture and specifications. Having set the actions for the next steps, there will be lots to share and we are looking forward to it. Thanks a lot […]

Human Factor Orientation Online Training: ON

14 October 2025/in News/by Armengaud Innovate

The SARAH consortium is fully committed to Human Factor orientation and today is the kickstart of an online training on the topic that is provided by our project partner Työterveyslaitos – Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. The training provides basic information on the Human Factor aspects of system performance and occupational safety in individual, work, […]

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