INWED22 - Applying digitalisation to the civil engineering industry

Overview

Technological innovation plays a fundamental role in the design and maintenance of infrastructure. Thanks to the use of tools like advanced software, platforms, 3D scanning technologies, digital twins, and virtual reality, it is possible to optimise the entire process in all its phases, improving performances, comfort, and safety of assets. 'Renovation of Tunnels in Flanders' is one of the most impactful infrastructural redevelopment projects Arcadis is developing for its client AWV, and in which the speaker is involved, so much so that the project has won the BIM Awards for two consecutive years.

The evolution of quality in the sector is not only through the implementation of new techniques but also through the involvement of women in the entire process of its digitalisation. To ensure increasingly high-performance solutions, companies need to favour equality, diversity, inclusion; and the creation of role models that could not only be a technical reference but also a source of inspiration for other colleagues to develop a career.

Silvia is an inspiring role model, and this is the second time that she joins as a speaker at an event for International Women in Engineering Day.

She said:

"I am very proud of it because it represents an opportunity not only to celebrate the achievements in STEM works of women like me but also to reflect together on how to achieve new ones."