This research project falls within the Horizon 2020 European framework, which allocated 7 million euros for its development. Led by the University of Cádiz, the project involved a team of 29 partners from 11 different countries, encompassing a wide range of disciplines (mathematicians, physicists, chemists, architects, engineers, restorers, computer scientists, historians, economists, etc.) and types of organizations (universities, research centers, non-governmental organizations, architecture and engineering firms, industrial companies, information science companies, computer companies, etc.).

The main objectives can be summarized as follows:

• Definition of criteria and meaning of what constitutes 20th-century cultural heritage made of concrete.
• Social awareness of the heritage value of these structures and the need to establish a maintenance policy to ensure their transmission to future generations.
• Development of new concrete repair products, especially focused on these structures and based on nanotechnology.

INES participated in the in-situ validation phase of the developed products on two case studies, one in Poland and another in Lithuania, defining application and monitoring protocols to ensure the consistency of studies among all partners. Seven different products were applied, and their behavior was monitored over a period of 20 months.

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