Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburg – Russia
From the official Lakhta Center web site: Lakhta Center is a large scale project of the construction of a modern business center in Primorsky district of Saint Petersburg exercising a wide range of public functions with a developed public and transport infrastructure. Lakhta Center is implemented as a pilot project of an integrated development of […]
Center for Monitoring of impact of infrastructures on environment, Bucharest – Romania
Under EU financing, a Center for monitoring of impact of infrastructure on environment has been created within Technical University of Bucharest.The project was developed though an International Tender which was awarded to SISGEO. The aim was to provide Technical University with comprehensive list of geotechnical equipment, in order to allow University specialist to deal with […]
Bangkok Blue Line Extension Project, Contract 2 – Thailand
The MRT (Metropolitan Rapid Transit) Blue Line is being extended.The extension is expected to be completed in 2017 and by then the Blue Line will become a loop line around the centre of Bangkok, with the part on the western side of the Chao Praya River mainly being an elevated system and the other half […]
Avshar Hadimi Dam – Turkey
Avshar Hadimi Dam, Avshar Region, Turkey
Sogamoso hydroelectric project – Colombia
Sisgeo worked on the hydroelectric project on Sogamoso river, through Monitoriza, a company of Sisgeo group. Sisgeo supplied and installed all the equipments necessary for this project, located in the north-western area of Colombia, at about 40 km from Bucaramanga. The project concerns the building of a dam 190mt high and 300mt long, of a […]
Monitoring works for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games – Russia
Sisgeo, thanks to the collaboration with its Russian partners AGT Systems and GPIKO, furnished and installed all the equipments necessary to monitor the most important road and railway works that are under construction in Sochi area, that is the neural centre of 2014 Winter Olympics.The monitored works are: retaining walls for the protection of roads, […]
Cleaning-up project of Panama City and Bay
The cleaning-up project of Panama City and Bay includes: Construction of Health Service networks Construction and rehabilitation of Collectors and Drive lines Interceptor system Plant for wastewater treatment. These elements will be developed to collect, transport and treat wastewater of Panama City which is currently discharged directly into the bay or rivers and streams in […]
Egnatia Odos Road – Athens, Greece
Egnatia Motorway was designed to the specifications of the Trans-European road network. Across Epirus and Northern Greece from Igoumenitsa to Evros, Egnatia Motorway is one of the largest road construction projects in Europe, 670 kilometres long and 24.5 metres wide.The realisation of this motorway requires the construction of: 50 road interchanges; 350 entrance / exit […]
FAQ#029 – What is the Real Gauge Factor reported in the Specifications and Compliance Certificates of both VW embedded and arc-weldable strain-gauges?
The gauge factors for VW strain-gauges are generic factors calculated from the dimensions and the physical properties of the gauge material. The VW strain-gauges arep roduced in series with industrial method, so each strain gauge is equal to the other: it means that the gauge factor of VW strain gauges do not change. The Gauge […]
FAQ#028 – Are the vibrating wire strain-gauges and spot weldable VW strain gauges equipped with temperature sensors?
Yes, vibrating wire strain-gauges, as well as all other Sisgeo’s vibrating wire instruments, are equipped with a built-in NTC thermistor YSI 44005 type (3000 Ohm at 25°C). Thermistor is included in the instrument price and therefore there is not additional cost for it.
Cantanghel idraulic tunnel, access tunnel and main tunnels – Italy
Project Name: Martignano Tunnel Purpose of the project: Variant of S.S.47 “Valsugana” Project location: Italy – Trento Client: TOTO Costruzioni Spa – Italy Contractor: Provincia di Trento – Italy Tunnel Type: Double highway tunnel Excavation method: TBM machine Total length: About 4.200 meter Tunnel diameter: 12 meter End of construction: December 2006
Madrid Subway M 30 – Spain
The Madrid M30 motorway, the inner ring road of the city, is at the centre of a major urban renewal project. At the current time the M30 is a ‘barrier’ to movement in the urban areas it runs through. Despite its necessity as part of the road infrastructure of Madrid it causes much pollution to […]