Geotechnical Monitoring Instrumentation: Helping Mine Engineers Balance Safety & Productivity Requirements
Due to their nature, construction, and typical location, the operational status, safety, and productivity of underground mines (whether hard rock or soft rock) are heavily dependent on the geology and behaviour of rock masses in and around the mine. Because it is a...
read moreThe Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How of Using Geotechnical Instruments in Underground Mines
Using an array of geotechnical instruments within an underground mine is a highly effective but relatively simple way to gather a lot of accurate data that can be used by mine engineers who are responsible for making decisions that affect safety and productivity. Who...
read moreLinking Analog Geotechnical Monitoring Instruments to a Digital Data Acquisition System
Geotechnical monitoring instruments are increasingly used by civil engineers to monitor dams, tunnels, bridges, and other large structures and civil projects, both during the initial construction phase and on an ongoing basis for control and management purposes as...
read moreVibrating-Wire Monitoring: Keeping Control of Water in Your Mine
Water – we can’t live without it. If the rain were to stop falling and water no longer trickled through the natural water cycle (and the parts of it that have been modified by human intervention), life on earth would cease to exist. However, despite being a natural...
read moreGeotechnical Investigation: Now Android Tablet Compatible!
Geotechnical investigation, whether initial, ongoing, or both, is an important part of a surface mine engineer or civil engineer’s work. Initial geotechnical investigations are generally performed by engineers to determine the placement and status of rock and soil at...
read moreWireless Water Level Monitoring: Keeping Surface Mines and Civil Sites Safe and Productive
Wherever large-scale excavations are made, water build-up is almost certain to occur and more than likely become a problem that needs to be managed. This is usually because the water becomes trapped within the excavation and is unable to simply flow away, as would be...
read moreAdding Wireless Connectivity to Geotechnical Instruments
One of the hallmarks of the hi-tech, interconnected age in which we live and do business is the way in which new technologies are developed and then continue to evolve, often in a direction not envisaged or anticipated by their creators. An example of this is wireless...
read moreWireless Mesh Sensor Networks: When Redundancy is a Good Thing
Mention redundancy in most industries and businesses, and it will usually lead to negative thoughts, i.e. items that can no longer be used, people who lose their job due to their job function no longer being required or relevant, etc. However, there is an environment...
read moreCommon Types of Geotechnical Monitoring Instruments Used in Construction and Mining
Geotechnical monitoring instruments play an important role within construction, civil engineering, and mining environments. They are extensively used by engineers during construction and expansion projects, and as part of ongoing monitoring activities. Within mines...
read moreIntegrating Vibrating-Wire Monitoring Instruments into a Wireless Data Acquisition System Increases Their Usefulness
During the construction of tunnels, bridges, and other civil engineering projects; construction of new mines; expansion of existing mines; de-watering operations; and many other similar activities, it is vitally important that the quantity and behaviour of surface and...
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