How to perform site monitoring?

The MONITORING OF WORK, both during and after construction, allows companies:

- Improve decision making
- Risk management
- Increasing safety
- Increasing productivity
- Optimize designs
- Reduce costs

Monitoring systems are an integral component of construction projects that have complex geotechnical challenges, risk to the public or adjacent infrastructure, and when observational methods will be used to confirm design performance. Site monitoring can be used on the asset under construction and also on adjacent assets that may be affected. This is especially applicable in dense urban environments where surface and subsurface assets are in close proximity to each other. Infrastructure projects that typically involve monitoring systems include:

Bridges
Tunnels
Buildings
Excavations
Roads / highways / railroads
Retaining walls
Embankments
Pipelines
Pile load tests
Geohazards (landslides).

What are the advantages of implementing site monitoring mechanisms?

By implementing instrumentation programs, key stakeholders such as the asset owner, engineer of record, prime contractors and subcontractors can monitor geotechnical parameters during construction. If site parameters change during construction or are unexpected compared to the project design, action plans can be implemented to mitigate the risks to protect the public safety and health of all assets involved.

Our site monitoring systems allow you to perform long-term monitoring to confirm the performance of the structure over time, providing information on key areas of concern, such as:

Soil displacement (settlement or lateral movement), groundwater levels and loading, stress and inclination of structures, among others.

What are the monitoring activities?

Instrumentation, data acquisition and data collection should be selected to suit specific site conditions and stability concerns.
Instrumentation installations should be designed to address specific concerns in the structure, including the geotechnical parameters to be monitored and the location to install the sensors.
A variety of data acquisition options are available to meet specific site needs. These can range from manual to fully automated systems.
RST engineers and instrumentation specialists can help you select the right solutions for your site conditions.