PRIIC-MER: Integrated regional platform for marine construction engineering

The Integrated Regional Platform for Marine Construction Engineering, commonly known as PRIIC-MER, was funded under the 2015-2020 State-Region Planning Contract (CPER). This integrated platform project aims to strengthen, through dedicated equipment, the areas of excellence relating to the degradation, behaviour and instrumentation of offshore materials and structures, taking uncertainties and variability into account.

Programme

CPER 2015–2020

Themes

Degradation, behaviour and instrumentation of offshore materials and structures

Co-funding

ERDF, Pays de la Loire Region

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Key strengths

Deep sea

Developing the experimental testing of materials and structures in deep-sea conditions

Construction materials

In-depth characterisation, for sustainable construction in the marine environment

Foundation soils

Detailed analysis of the soil on which the structures will stand

Uncertainties

Uncertainties and variability taken into account

Ambition

Its ambition is to develop the experimental testing of materials and structures in deep-sea conditions.

This approach is based on a clear vision focused on two key aspects of sustainable construction in the marine environment: in-depth characterisation of construction materials and detailed analysis of the soil on which the structures will stand.