FCC Construcción is leading the R&D&I project DOVICAIM in which the Environmental Hydraulics Institute "IH Cantabria" is also participating. DOVICAIM consists of creating an integrated methodology and the tools necessary to support the complete life cycle of the construction of maritime infrastructures, using prefabricated blocks in a floating dock, including design, optimisation, construction, installation and operation.

The new development will incorporate field-acquired knowledge and experience, the most advanced numerical models in the study of fluid-structure interaction, calibrated and validated with a combination of unique lab and field data. This will imply a competitive improvement of the consortium in the scope of port engineering and in particular in the scope of construction for FCC Construcción.

Specific project objectives:

• Drawing up of a field campaign, in the FCC Construcción sites in Granadilla Port (Tenerife), specifically to monitor the transport, storage and anchor processes.
• The adaptation of an advanced tridimensional numerical model for the numerical modelling of maritime structures tailored to the needs of the company.
• The implementation of a methodology and simulator of storage operations and installation of calibrated and validated docks.
• Development of a simulator of special haulages of medium and long distances
• Development of operational systems to help with the anchorage of vertical docks.