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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Pipe dreams OXEMS, a company created to commercialise EPSRC-funded research, has developed a unique sensor device to detect underground assets such as water pipes, sewers and cabling without the need for excavation. The tough, low cost, low maintenance sensor identifies and detects ‘tagged’ piping rather like a barcode reader. The ‘intelligent’ part of the technology is on the surface. OXEMS believes the technology could reduce the costs to utilities or street works by at least 40 per cent.
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