Afşar Dam
Afşar Dam is a rock fill dam with a front surface concrete coated, it has a height of 138 meters and a body filling volume of 6 million m3.The dam is located on the Ilıcapınar Stream in Konya’s Taşkent district, in Turkey. Afşar Dam has started to hold water, the waters that will be stored […]
Limfjordstunnelen – Tunnel monitoring
Limfjordstunnelen is a Danish motorway tunnel which connects the highway in eastern Aalborg with the highway east of Nørresundby. Opened 6 May 1969, it was the country’s first motorway tunnel. The tunnel measures 582 metres (1,909 ft) in length, and 27.4 metres (90 ft) in width. Limfjordstunnelen comprises a 6-lane motorway, which is part of the E45. The tunnel consists of […]
Neckartal Dam project
In March 2020 the huge dam of Neckartal was inaugurated in Namibia. This dam is fundamental to bring water to the Namibian desert and irrigate 5 thousand hectares of land, stimulating the agriculture and creating employment.This work, realized with the RCC technology (Roller-Compacted Concrete), is the biggest dam of Namibia: 80m high, 518 long and […]
Forrestfield Airport Link
“The $1.86 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link is jointly funded by the Australian and Western Australian governments and will deliver a new rail service to the eastern suburbs of Perth – with three new stations at Belmont, Airport Central and Forrestfield.The rail link will connect with the existing Midland line near Bayswater Station and will run to […]
Warsaw Metro Project – Line 2
The 6.5 km east-west route links Rondo Daszyńskiego and Dworzec Wileński includes seven stations and an 870 m tunnel under the Wisła River. The civil works began late in 2010 and became operative in March 2015. In 2016 the works for the extension toward east and west of the second line started, estimated schedule of […]
Electrical Crackmeters and Jointmeters
Reference products codes: D313, D313S Electrical and vibrating wire crackmeters (jointmeters) are intended to monitor movement across surface cracks and joints in concrete structures or rock. The instrument assembly includes sensor housing and target, both parts are equipped with screw anchors. Typically the anchors are bolted on the opposite sides of the joint (crack). The […]
Netherlands, Structural Health Monitoring related to ancient underground mining activities
In the South of the Netherlands activities of underground mining probably begun already by the Romans. Surely these activities strongly developed during the late middle ages. Since the 16th century, marl has been mined on a large scale by the so-called “block breakers” who sawed out the blocks of limestone. Due to a layer of […]
Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Project – Laos
The Xayaburi Dam is a hydroelectric dam under construction on the Lower Mekong River approximately 30 kilometres east of Xayaburi (Sainyabuli) town in northern Laos. The main purpose of the dam is to produce hydroelectric power.With a planned capacity of 1,295 MW – of which 1,220 MW will be sold to the Electricity Generating Authority […]
Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project, Malaysia
The Project will involve the construction of an accumulation reservoir (Susu Reservoir) with two main water intakes, Telom Intake and Lemoi Intake, located upstream of Susu reservoir. The main part of the project is the construction of the Susu dam on the Bertram River, more than 80 m high and entirely built using the advanced […]
Rome Underground – Line C – Italy
Rome metro Line C runs through the city from North-West (Della Vittoria district) to the eastern suburb and is extending beyond the Grande Raccordo Anulare.Line C has a full-run of 25,6 km and 30 stations, passing through the old town centre.The Route will be characterised by the green colour. The interchanges with the other metro […]
Milan Metro Line 4 – Lorenteggio–Linate – Monitoring of the underpass of railway trails RFI between stations “Forlanini Q.RE” and “Forlanini FS” – Italy
The main aims of the M4 realization are: to realize a new diametrical line from East to West, in order to connect through the historical center some highly populated urban areas that are not well served by the network of public transport; to interconnect with the whole railway system, urban and regional; to realize a […]
Fuerte San Fernando and Fuerte BaterÍa San José monitoring, Cartagena de Indias – Colombia
Il forte di San Fernando a Cartagena de Indias, nella zona meridionale dell’isola di Tierrabomba,ha sostituito il forte di San Luis che è stato distrutto durante l’assalto all’isola da parte delle truppe dell’Ammiraglio Vernon. La sua costruzione è iniziata nel 1753, seguendo i disegni preparati dall’ingegnere Juan Bautista Mac Evan. Ha bastioni circolari sormontati dalle […]