Applications

Structural Monitoring

Structural Health and Response Monitoring is an innovative method that monitors structural status and performance using sensors embedded in or attached to a structure. The sensors detect performance issues and verify structural behavior without affecting the structure itself.

Natural or human-made events and increased usage can significantly reduce a structure's strength and serviceability. By using Structural Health and Response Monitoring systems, potential problems can be detected early, while the structure's behavior is continuously monitored 24/7/365.

The growing use of Structural Health and Response Monitoring in the past decade is driven by the need to monitor innovative designs and materials and better manage existing structures.

Reactive vs. Preventive vs. Prescriptive Maintenance

Poor maintenance strategies can shorten a structure's lifespan and pose safety risks. Visual inspections often miss damages. Maintenance strategies fall into three categories:

Reactive

Addressing issues after they occur.

Preventive

Regularly scheduled maintenance with an eye to preventing issues.

Prescriptive

Using Structural Monitoring tech, with data and analytics, to detect issues precisely when and where they occur, as well as prevent damages.

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Commercial / Residential Buildings

In a typical office building with 500 people, a structural safety survey is needed after a disaster before workers can return. This process can take hours or days, depending on the building's size and damage.
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With a live monitoring system, the owner could instantly determine safety levels. Consider the costs of the survey and the lost time of 500 idle workers.

Earthquakes with Early Warning

Earthquakes cause severe damage and loss of life, and their precise timing, location, and size cannot be forecasted. GeoSIG's Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) solution uses primary waves to assess an earthquake's location and size almost instantly, providing warnings before the far more destructive secondary waves arrive.
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This fast communication offers crucial seconds to take preventive measures, reducing the catastrophic impacts. After an earthquake, GeoSIG's Rapid Response (RR) solution provides shake maps and estimated damage distribution for quick analysis and response.

From residential buildings to commercial buildings, bridges, dams, rail ways, power plants, and practically any type of structure.