Kevin Reigrut, former director of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) (Baltimore, Maryland, USA), has joined the board of advisors of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider Dynamic Infrastructure (New York, New York, USA).
The company says it is implementing the world's first deep-learning solution, which creates visual “medical records” for critical assets such as bridges and tunnels and their defects. In turn, this allows operators and owners to claim control over future risks and unexpected maintenance events.
“Dynamic Infrastructure’s revolutionary AI based solution can lead to huge savings for Departments of Transportation and private infrastructure companies in maintenance costs, freeing up much-needed resources to repair and improve our aging infrastructure,” Reigrut says.
During his tenure in the top position at the MDTA, Reigrut lead the construction, management, operation, and improvement of the state’s tolled transportation network.
Reigrut brings with him over 25 years of experience in public policy, legislative affairs, and project and program management. During these years, he conducted detailed research and analysis, and supported integrated program management, planning, and budgeting.
“Kevin Reigrut’s addition to the board is a vote of confidence in our company and its unique product,” says Saar Dickman, co-founder and CEO of Dynamic Infrastructure.
Dynamic Infrastructure is already conducting projects in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, and Israel with different transportation infrastructure stakeholders. The company's clients operate a total of 30,000 assets, ranging from Departments of Transportation to public-private partnerships (PPPs) and private companies.
The group’s technology provides live, cloud-based analysis of a bridge or tunnel and automatically alerts the user when changes are detected in maintenance and operation conditions—before these defects evolve into large-scale failures. Dynamic Infrastructure's service quickly creates "medical records" for every bridge, tunnel, and elevated highway, based on existing images taken through periodic condition inspections, including images from smartphones, drones, and laser scanning.
The proprietary technology compares old and archived images to new ones, detecting maintenance and operation issues, defects, and anomalies. Like an MRI for humans, the “medical records” serve as the basis for the alerts on changes in meaningful maintenance conditions. The diagnostics can be easily accessed through a simple browser and can be instantly shared with peers and contractors to speed maintenance workflows and increase return on investment.
Dynamic Infrastructure was founded in 2018 by Saar Dickman and Amichay Cohen. Dickman and Cohen collaborated with a group of industry experts in the United States and Europe who share the same vision—creating visual medical records for mega infrastructure elements, and focusing on the challenging conditions of bridges and tunnels.
Sources: Dynamic Infrastructure, www.diglobal.tech.