Urban regeneration: Former Municipal Theatre of Florence
Le projet de transformation de l’ancien Théâtre Municipal de Florence, entre Via Solferino, Via Magenta et Corso Italia, prévoit sa démolition presque complète et la construction de 160 appartements, de magasins, d’un gymnase et d’un parking souterrain. Il s’agit du projet de rénovation urbaine le plus important du centre de Florence, qui devrait réaménager un […]
Fuel terminal monitoring
Supply of instrumentation for the monitoring of fuel terminal tanks in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. The scope includes the monitoring of the settlements of structures through H-Level settlement cells and tiltmeters. The settlements and horizontal movements of the ground will be evaluated through IPI inclinometer probes and DEX S probes.
San Siro Stadium – Politecnico di Milano and Sisgeo roof monitoring
San Siro Stadium, also known as “La Scala del Calcio” is one of the most iconic football temples worldwide. Its peculiar structure has been modified in occasion of the 1990 Italy’s World Cup, by adding the third level of tribunes (third ring). The structure has been monitored for the last 13 years from Politecnico di […]
Grand Paris Express
Le Grand Paris Express est le plus grand projet urbain en Europe avec la construction de 200 km de lignes automatiques, soit autant que le métro actuel, et 68 gares. Les quatre nouvelles lignes du Grand Paris Express (15, 16, 17 et 18), ainsi que la ligne 14 prolongée au nord et au sud, seront […]
St. Moritz, Chesa Corviglia
St. Moritz Brattas-Fallun, Chesa Corviglia, 22 years landslide and structural health monitoring.Located above the northern part of the town of St. Moritz in Switzerland, there is a 600m wide and about 1500m long clastic flow type landslide. At the sides bounded by parallel shear zones and at the lower end constrained, the Brattas-Fullun landslide is […]
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 […]
ALACAES Pressure plug instrumentation – Geotechnical monitoring for a research project – Switzerland
ALACAES, an Airlight Energy company, is currently constructing a compressed air energy storage solution that enables large-scale electricity storage. ALACAES’ storage solution will be a valuable solution for grid stabilization and energy balance of the electricity network. This pilot plant in Pollegio, Switzerland, to test the feasibility of its electricity storage solution will exploit an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hongsa Mine Mouth Power Project and Nam Louk Dam – Laos
The Hongsa Mine Mouth power project is the first and the biggest lignite-fired power plant to be developed in Lao PDR.The project is placed in Hongsa and Muang Nguen Districts of Xayaboury Province, Lao.The plant will be located on a 76.4km² concession area, which is leased for a period of 25 years.It will comprise 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 […]