National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE)

What National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) does

NCREE (National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering) is a government research institution operating as a division of NARLabs (National Applied Research Laboratories) in Taiwan, focused on earthquake engineering and smart-city disaster-prevention technologies. Its core product is the 5D Smart City Platform, which integrates 3D BIM visualization, 4D construction-condition monitoring, AI-driven precision estimation, and digital twin technology to address information silos, inefficient infrastructure maintenance, and decision-making errors in road, bridge, and construction projects. Adjacent modules include the Slope and Bridge Safety Platform (digital twin plus IoT sensors with AI big-data assessment), the Street Tree Toppling Monitoring System (four-level tilt alerts), and the 5D Smart Structural Safety Monitoring System deployed with the National Taiwan Museum.

The organization's revenue model is institutional rather than commercial. NCREE is funded through NARLabs' government appropriations and earns professional-services revenue from public-sector contracts—notably with the Public Works Bureau, whose "Resilient City Public Works Management and Decision-making Assistance Platform" ingests NCREE's monitoring data. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts appear to be negotiated on a project basis. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales directed at government agencies, supplemented by event-driven visibility through Smart City conferences and innovation awards.

NCREE is backed by world-class physical experimental infrastructure—a tri-axial shaking table, L-shape reaction wall system, and large strong floor test bed—that supports full-scale structural earthquake simulation and is not commonly available in the region. It has begun limited international expansion via a Smart Factory in Thailand (2022) and a 2025 non-disclosure agreement with Japanese capital Shutoko, while continuing to add adjacent product lines such as tilt monitoring and museum structural health monitoring. The organization remains small in headcount (three named researchers/founders visible) and has not disclosed financials, funding rounds, or venture investment.

Name

National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE)

Legal name

National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering

Website

https://5dsmartes.weebly.com/

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

NCREE is a Taiwan government research institution under NARLabs that develops earthquake engineering and smart-city disaster prevention technologies—including the 5D Smart City Platform and digital-twin slope/bridge monitoring systems—primarily serving public infrastructure agencies and cultural institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infrastructure Safety Monitoring Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (56162), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210)

SIC

Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure & Network Monitoring (NPM/NPMD) (HDABAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business Continuity Management (BCM) Platforms (HDABAIAD)

Keywords

• Earthquake engineering research
• Structural health monitoring
• Smart city platforms
• Disaster mitigation systems
• Seismic simulation testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Taipei

HQ country

Taiwan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Institution Funding: NCREE operates as a division of NARLabs (National Applied Research Laboratories), receiving government research funding for earthquake engineering research and development activities
2. Government Infrastructure Monitoring Contracts: Provides slope and bridge safety monitoring services to Public Works Bureaus through the Resilient City Public Works Management and Decision-making Assistance Platform

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NCREE is a government research institution that develops and operates the 5D Smart City Platform—an integrated system combining 3D BIM visualization, 4D construction condition monitoring, AI-based estimation, and digital twin technology—for infrastructure safety and disaster mitigation. It also delivers specialized monitoring platforms for slopes, bridges, and street trees, and operates world-class seismic simulation testing facilities including a tri-axial shaking table and large strong floor test bed for full-scale structural experiments.

Product overview

NCREE operates as a unified platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its 5D Smart City Platform. The core platform integrates 3D BIM visualization, 4D construction monitoring, and AI precision estimation for infrastructure safety. Key modules include the Slope and Bridge Safety Platform (using digital twin technology), the Street Tree Toppling Monitoring System (with four-level tilt alerts), the 5D Smart Structural Safety Monitoring System (for museum real-time monitoring), and the Tilt Monitoring System. The platform connects to government systems including the Resilient City Public Works Management and Decision-making Assistance Platform, and has expanded internationally with a Smart Factory in Thailand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SMARTES: 5D Smart City platform that integrates information, 3D BIM models, 4D construction monitoring, and AI for infrastructure safety management in smart city applications.
• 5D Smart City Platform
• Tilt Monitoring System
• Slope and Bridge Safety Platform

Products and services

• 5D Smart City Platform Intelligent operation management platform integrating information, 3D BIM model visualization, 4D construction condition monitoring, and AI precision estimation to improve infrastructure resilience and ensure safe and sustainable development of road, bridge, and construction projects. Targeted at government agencies and public-sector infrastructure programs.
• Slope and Bridge Safety Platform Long-term slope and bridge safety monitoring system using digital twin technology and AI big data to intelligently assess structural safety through integration of monitoring data (water level wells, rain gauges, inclination tubes, micro-weather stations, accelerometers, displacement meters), aerial photography models, point cloud models, and equipment models. Data is sent to Public Works Bureau's Resilient City Platform.
• Street Tree Toppling Monitoring System IoT-based tilt monitoring system with four alert levels (Level 1 >20°, Level 2 >15°, Level 3 >10°, Level 4 >5°) that automatically sends email notifications to management staff prompting tree removal operations, structural reinforcement, regular inspections, or on-site safety checks. Used by urban municipalities to prevent street tree collapse incidents.
• 5D Smart Structural Safety Monitoring System Real-time structural health monitoring system developed in partnership with the National Taiwan Museum using advanced 5D Smart City technologies to monitor museum structural health continuously and ensure visitor and artifact safety against seismic events.
• Earthquake Simulation Testing Services Full-scale seismic simulation testing services using NCREE's tri-axial shaking table, L-shape reaction wall system, and large strong floor test bed for earthquake engineering simulations of structural components or systems. Provided to researchers, government agencies, and engineering institutions studying seismic resilience.
• Resilient City Public Works Management and Decision-making Assistance Platform Government platform for the Public Works Bureau that receives monitoring information from NCREE's slope and bridge safety systems and uses AI big data to collect data and feedback calculations for intelligent safety assessment of slopes and bridge structures, integrating digital twin visualization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Alert and action values for rainfall: 6hr alert >185mm, 12hr >355mm, 24hr >525mm; action values: 6hr >225mm, 12hr >430mm, 24hr >640mm; landslide warning at typhoon cumulative rainfall >350mm
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Shutoko (Japanese Capital)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025NCREE met with Japanese capital Shutoko in 2025 and signed a non-disclosure agreement, indicating potential future collaboration in smart city or infrastructure monitoring technologies
• National Taiwan MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNARLabs' NCREE and National Taiwan Museum jointly developed a 5D Smart Structural Safety Monitoring System employing advanced technologies to monitor structural health in real-time, ensuring visitor and artifact safety
• Public Works BureaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMonitoring information sent to Public Works Bureau's Resilient City Public Works Management and Decision-making Assistance Platform, using AI big data for intelligent safety assessment of slopes and bridge structures, with integration of digital twin technology

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kinemetrics: Kinemetrics is a US-based manufacturer of seismic monitoring instruments, strong-motion recording systems, and structural monitoring solutions used by governments and research institutions worldwide. It directly overlaps NCREE's structural health and seismic monitoring instrumentation layer.
• Campbell Scientific: Campbell Scientific designs rugged data-acquisition systems, IoT sensors, and environmental/structural monitoring platforms used in civil engineering and research. Its sensor-and-data acquisition approach mirrors NCREE's slope and bridge monitoring instrumentation.
• GeoSIG: GeoSIG is a Swiss manufacturer of seismic and structural-health monitoring instruments, including accelerometers and real-time monitoring stations for civil infrastructure. Comparable to NCREE in deploying field-grade earthquake and structural monitoring systems.
• Güralp Systems: Güralp Systems is a UK-based designer and manufacturer of broadband seismometers and strong-motion sensors used for earthquake and structural monitoring. Directly comparable to NCREE's instrumentation-side activity for seismic safety.
• EUCENTRE: EUCENTRE is the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering, a non-profit foundation operating shaking tables and structural testing labs. Closest mission-aligned peer to NCREE as a government-affiliated earthquake engineering research center.
• Tokyo Sokushin Research Institute: Tokyo Sokushin is a Japanese manufacturer of seismometers, strong-motion accelerographs, and structural-monitoring instruments. Comparable regional peer to NCREE in serving seismic safety customers across Asia with field-grade monitoring hardware.

Broad incumbents

• Trimble: Trimble provides geospatial, construction, and infrastructure monitoring solutions (including structural and asset monitoring) at global scale. Overlaps with NCREE's BIM-based infrastructure monitoring but addresses a broader construction-tech market.
• Yokogawa Electric: Yokogawa provides industrial measurement, control, and monitoring systems for process and infrastructure industries globally. Comparable to NCREE's instrumentation and monitoring capabilities but serving a much broader industrial automation portfolio.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Siemens Smart Infrastructure delivers building and city-scale digital infrastructure, including structural monitoring, energy, and IoT solutions. Adjacent to NCREE's 5D Smart City platform but operates at much larger scale across global smart-city deployments.
• National Instruments (NI): NI (now part of Emerson) supplies measurement and data-acquisition hardware and software widely used in structural, environmental, and seismic testbeds. Overlaps with NCREE's testing and instrumentation capabilities at a much broader enterprise scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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