About deformation monitoring, geotechnical monitoring and structural monitoring

Monitoring of this deformation involves accomplished surveys are carried out to study the process and nature of stresses involving landslides or other kinds of violent changes that may have contributed in deformation of the buildings or ground area. This kind of monitoring involves critical observations and is done to ensure that the stresses do not render the building or the area concerned too dangerous to be in the vicinity of.

There are special equipment and special amount of training that’s required to ensure that the deformation has or has not occurred. It is so, because the deformation is not always obvious to naked eye. This is why the deformation monitoring is such a critical procedure.Deformation monitoring also is a very significant money saver as the deformation can result into a lot of money if it occurs. There are many varieties of techniques that are used to acquire the right kind of information while a survey is being carried out. These techniques include thermometers, radar and other equipment to gauge the evidence of deformation. 

Geotechnical Monitoring is a process that involves determination of how a particular area’s condition is capable of affecting the man-made architectural structures that are built on land. It also involves detection of formation or presence of different barriers for the construction of different structures. This kind of monitoring process is really important and significant to determine the foundation frameworks that are placed. For instance, a terrain that’s slightly uneven or has a potential to compress in a wrong fashion then it would make the terrain unsuitable for the purpose of construction. Through geotechnical monitoring techniques and equipment involving limit test, analysis of the grain size and geophysical exploration etc. the danger and deformity in the terrain can be determined!Structural Monitoring is a process that involves determination of the changes that occur in the buildings with changing conditions like installing of tunnels, changing conditions of water etc.Structural Monitoring requires digital levels, caliper equipment and piezometers etc. to find out exactly how building’s integrity would have changed over time. This is important to be able to ensure that a building is a safe place to live in and that it is not an area that would crumble due to changing conditions and hence, is not a dangerous space making it kind of unfit to live!