Build Aid: Driving Innovation in Non-Destructive Testing & Asset Integrity

India’s infrastructure is entering a critical transformation phase driven by the ₹11-lakh-crore national in­vestment push, the 100 Smart Cities Mission, and a nationwide effort to audit ageing bridges, flyovers, and industrial assets built over half a century ago.

The nation’s Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring industries are experiencing unprecedented de­mand due to the emergence of new engi­neering frontiers such as urban growth, coastal corrosion, and vertical load re-rating.

However, there is a critical gap where dependability, safety, and life­cycle sustainability increasingly define competitive advantage due to a lack of skilled workforce, consistent reporting, and integrated digital auditing system.

Build Aid has established itself as one of India’s most trusted providers of end-to-end NDT, corrosion mitigation, and structural retrofitting solutions. Combining 30+ years of field experience with academic depth and advanced diag­nostics, the company delivers complete lifecycle services from visual inspection and material testing to design, execution, and IIT- vetted validation.

Build Aid is a one-stop shop that starts with data-driv­en assessment and ends with sustainable restoration and strengthening in a vari­ety of industries, including real estate, ports, airports, industrial facilities, and infrastructure.

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Build Aid has established itself as one of India’s most trusted providers of end-to-end NDT, corrosion mitigation, and structural retrofitting solutions

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Research-Led Innovation

At the core of Build Aid’s strength is a deep research-driven culture. Its mul­tidisciplinary team including doctorate researchers and postgraduate engineers brings together hands on field expertise and advanced analytical capabilities in tools such as STATPRO, ETABS, and AN­SYS. This rare blend of academic rigour and site intelligence allows Build Aid to provide tailor made, scientifically vali­dated solutions that extend asset life by up to 25 years while optimizing lifecycle costs by 20-30 percent.

“Our collabo­rations with IITs, NITs, CSIR, and CBRI ensure that every project benefits from world class technical insight and inde­pendent peer review”, says Dhruvesh Shah , Managing Director, Build Aid.

The company is actively developing AI-enabled corrosion mapping systems, wireless sensor networks, and digital twins that power predictive mainte­nance and let engineers see possible problems up to 12 to 18 months ahead of time.

By collaborating with leading R&D institutions, Build Aid seamlessly bridg­es the gap between laboratory research and on-site application, transforming experimental technologies into reliable tools for India’s rapidly evolving struc­tural health monitoring ecosystem.

Sustainability in Practice

A key component of Build Aid's ideology is sustainability. Up to 18 percent less carbon is imported, thanks to the compa­ny's corrosion protection systems, which use low-energy cathodic protection methods and recyclable inhibitors.

In or­der to achieve nearly zero carbon repair cycles, it promotes the reuse of demol­ished material as recycled aggregates whenever possible. This “repair-rath­er-than-replace” approach conserves material resources, lowers embodied energy, and aligns with national green building certification goals such as GRI­HA and IGBC.

Beyond technology, Build Aid has earned recognition for its educational outreach and policy advocacy. The com­pany also undertakes regular training programs, workshops and institutional lectures to create awareness on predic­tive maintenance, standardized NDT re­porting and sustainability in civil infra­structure.

“Our management is actively involved in CII, BIS, and NACE national committees, where it helps in the devel­opment of the future policy towards cor­rosion management and structural audit in India”, says Dhruvesh Shah.

Looking ahead, Build Aid is expand­ing its footprint across India’s coastal and seismic corridors, partnering with international specialists for LiDAR sur­veys, underwater inspections, and 3D scanning.

Build Aid has a clear vision of developing all the vital capabilities with­in a single roof and become the best cen­tre of excellence of structural health monitoring and rehabilitation to ensure that the development of the nation is not merely rapid but developed in a way that it is sustainable.