The University of Cambridge’s Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction and geosynthetics manufacturer Huesker have created a standard ground-stabilising mesh woven with fibre optic cables, named Sensorgrid. It has been tested At HS2’s Chilterns tunnel south portal site by a team that includes Align’s designer, Jacobs, and infrastructure monitoring company, Epsimon, Together, they created a test pit at the site to trial the technology by simulating ground movement.