Disasters require coordinated solutions that provide an effective response to the most urgent needs. 

With this premise, six Spanish companies and two technology centres have teamed up to launch the project “Smart planning and comprehensive deployment for the rapid and sustainable reconstruction of territories after disasters, Remodec”, which has secured funding from the Missions programme of the Centre for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI), supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. 

Missions is one of the most competitive and prestigious calls for proposals in the Spanish R&D&I landscape and this project in particular has a budget of €6,504,048 and an execution period of four years starting from January 2026. 

Real solutions 

Remodec aims to develop a smart platform capable of optimising decision-making amidst the chaos of a large-scale emergency. 

To better visualise this, we could imagine that, in a region devastated by a DANA storm, an earthquake or a forest fire, among other disasters, several teams intervene in a coordinated manner to deploy modular buildings, supply drinking water, restore power and build temporary roads. 

The company ARPA, which specialises in self-sufficient mobile infrastructure, is leading this project, which includes ATBIM, a consultancy firm specialising in the digitisation of the environment; Hidritec, offering portable water treatment solutions; LUCE IT, specialising in Big Data; Estudio Metro 7, dedicated to modular architecture; and Sorigué, a benchmark in the construction, infrastructure and materials sector. This consortium is backed by the Aragon Institute of Technology (ITA) and the CARTIF technology centre, based in Valladolid. 

Sorigué’s role 

To accelerate the reconstruction of territories following a disaster, it is essential that roads allow access for emergency and logistics vehicles. 

In this context, Sorigué, through its Research Laboratory, proposes developing a temporary pavement for rapid restorations. 

This is the first time Sorigué has tackled the development of temporary pavements for environments affected by natural disasters. The aim is to enable emergency road infrastructure by reusing the materials available after the disaster, such as deteriorated bituminous mixtures, granular layers or construction and demolition waste, thereby avoiding the immediate need for external materials. 

This strategy is based on circular economy principles, as it prioritises the reuse of existing resources in the affected area. Furthermore, the process is carried out without the need to heat materials to high temperatures, significantly reducing energy consumption and the environmental footprint associated with conventional construction. 

In this regard, Sorigué will apply the cold central-plant recycling technique, a procedure that allows recovered materials to be treated and mixed at room temperature, incorporating specific binders for their stabilisation and subsequent laying. 

This technology can reduce CO₂-eq emissions by up to 45% compared to traditional solutions, by minimising the transport of virgin materials and eliminating the heating processes typical of hot mixtures.