For over 40 years, the team at SOCOTEC Monitoring has been acknowledged as a leader in the design, installation and data provision for geotechnical and structural monitoring systems. From the biggest tunnelling project in Europe in 2010 to one of the most complex rail projects ever undertaken in the UK in 2020, SOCOTEC Monitoring has worked on some iconic monitoring projects over the past 10 years.…
If you’re new to geotechnical and structural monitoring, are looking to procure these services for the first time or just want to refresh your memory of some of the key terms, this A to Z will help you understand everything from ‘asset monitoring’ to the ‘zone of influence’.…
Heritage buildings and historical assets present a truly unique monitoring challenge. By their very nature, they are often old and fragile with poor foundations and constructed from materials less tolerant to small environmental changes. At the same time, heritage buildings are often extremely valuable as historical architectural records and need to be preserved in a state that is as close to original as feasibly possible. Over the years, SOCOTEC Monitoring has become well-known as an expert provider of monitoring solutions for heritage buildings and other heritage assets.…
Nick Slater, monitoring services director at SOCOTEC Monitoring, shares his insights into some of the benefits of asset monitoring, as well as the advantages of implementing automated monitoring over manual monitoring systems using a project for the Coal Authority as a case study.…
