Civil Engineering

Obtaining reliable seismic data in real-time and post event is crucial to determining the state-of-health of a structure. Nanometrics provides all the necessary hardware, software and project management expertise to monitor:

Large Structures
- Dams
- Bridges
- Nuclear Reactors
- Power Plants
- Multi-storey buildings

New Buildings

Historical Buildings & Structures

Civil Engineering Research & Consulting

Understand the response of structures to seismic events

Instrument an existing structure to analyze its seismic performance

Use instrumentation data to conduct seismic studies & site surveys

Instrument new structures and monitor civil structures

Observe that the seismic performance criteria have been met upon completion of structure

Monitor the structure for the duration of its lifetime

Plant / Facility Managers

Mitigate expensive unplanned shutdowns & outages

Monitor real-time response of a structure for immediate safety reasons & operational integrity

Continuously monitor for a threshold of acceleration

Make informed post-event decisions based on accurate real-time data

Develop earthquake protocols & update safety upgrades program

Satisfy insurance requirements for safety processes

Site Surveys & Analysis

In some instances, it is important to undertake a seismic study before purchasing a seismic monitoring system. Nanometrics offers seismic site surveys and data analysis that will identify and characterize the local site noise benchmark and help mitigate false triggers. Once a site noise analysis has been performed, a system design is created and provided along with a proposal for a customized solution with recommendations for the permanent instrumentation of the site/facility. Nanometrics will help you to determine how to integrate and optimize the seismic monitoring system into your facility/structure. Please contact us for more information.

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