Structural Monitoring Sensors

Structural sensors are used to monitor structural movements, deformations, stresses and strains in buildings, engineered structures, civil engineering structures and historic monuments.

The wide range of sensors available means that structural monitoring solutions can be tailored to specific challenges and budgets.

One of their main applications involves the installation of structural sensors where works are carried out on, or near the structure, to ensure that its integrity is not compromised.

These sensors also used for long-term structural monitoring to track the health of the structure over time, and tailor appropriate maintenance solutions.

Structural sensors support the process of structure life cycle management within a wider sustainability policy.

Typical applications for structural sensors:

Protect structures during adjacent construction work
Renovation, upgrading, extension, underpinning projects
Ttracking structural issues, such as cracking and tilting of foundations
Monitoring for changed structural conditions (eg. greater bridge traffic volumes, a change of machine type in a production plant, a change in the type of warehouse use, creation of additional floors in a building, etc.)

In the context of long-term monitoring, the measurements produced by these sensors enable:

Health monitoring of the structure as the basis for changes to maintenance operations
An extended lifespan for the structure
Verification of structural safety and usability following an earthquake, climate event, fire or accident
Verification of structural integrity following an extreme climate event for which the structure was not initially designed
Optimisation of designs for similar new structures (thereby reducing their environmental footprint)

The following sensors are commonly installed for structural monitoring applications:

Strain Gauges
Displacement Transducers
Crack Meters / Crack Gauges
Tilt Sensors / Inclinometers
Accelerometer
Vibration Sensors
Cyclops ATS and Monitoring Prisms
GNSS Sensors
Laser Distance Meters
Fiber Optic Sensors
Load Cell
Temperature Sensor
Acoustic Emission Sensor

La mise en place de capteurs structurels permet de :

Contrôler à court ou à long terme les mouvements et déformations d’un ouvrage
Limiter les interruptions d’exploitation d’un ouvrage en cas d’événement climatique ou d’accident
Analyser et de comprendre le comportement d’un ouvrage
Augmenter la durée de vie des ouvrages et optimiser les coûts de maintenance
Accompagner une démarche de développement durable et de résilience dans la gestion du patrimoine

Monitoring with structural sensors allows you to:

Achieve short- or long-term monitoring of structural movement and deformation
Limit interruptions to the operation of a structure following a climate event or accident
Protect structures against adjacent construction activity
Analyse and understand the behaviour of a structure
Extend the service life of structures and optimise their maintenance costs
Manage sustainability and resilience of assets

The added benefits of our structural monitoring services

Cutting-edge expertise

gained from more than 20 years of experience and in-house development

The availability of dedicated local teams

as a result of our extensive network

A turnkey service

from installation to provision of processed data, alarms and reports in our monitoring website

Geotechnical and structural know-how

allowing intelligent interpretation of measurements, and to identify anomalies

Data quality control

driven by proactive maintenance to ensure that measurements are accurate and actionable

Access to our vast sensor network

we partner with the world's leading sensor suppliers, to bring you the best quality sensors at the best price

Sample application

Structural monitoring

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