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West Point CEAC
West Point CEAC West Point Military Academy is adding a Cyber & Engineering Academic Center as seen in this architect’s rendering. The start of construction involved blasting rock to make room for the new structure. GEO deployed 30 automated vibration monitors to monitor the effects of the blasting. Geophones were installed directly onto the structures…
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High Rise Construction Project Winthrop Center in the financial district of Boston features a 691-foot tower offering mixed commercial and residential spaces. Challenges As with all city-center projects, the initial challenge was finding the best location for each AMTS and working with building owners to gain access. Site activities will bring other challenges: construction equipment…
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Track & Tunnel Project A CSO tunnel was constructed below active light-rail tracks. Monitoring for settlement was required for safe operation during the tunneling works. Monitoring Solution GEO’s solution was a tower-mounted, solar-powered AMTS monitoring system and rail clip prisms. The AMTS provided near-continuous monitoring and transmitted measurements to a GeoCloud website. Data, graphs, and alerts…
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Light Rail & Utilities Project GEO monitored Sound Transit assets and an SPU water line during ground improvement work on an adjacent property. Instrumentation Instrumentation included automated vibration monitors for the water line and an AMTS system to monitor the Sound Transit assets.
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Bulkhead Stabilty GEO monitored a bulkhead along Harlem River in advance of construction of piers for a new bridge. Instrumentation included an AMTS monitoring system and automated vibration monitors.
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Bridge Stability A monitoring system was needed before Keller could perform compaction grouting to stabilize the abutments for this highway bridge in New Jersey. GEO-Instruments installed a fully-automated, solar-powered, wireless system in just a day. GeoCloud laser distance meters (circled) are installed below the bridge deck. These monitor for any convergence due to the grouting…
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Sales Force Tower Salesforce tower, the tallest building in San Francisco, is the centerpiece of the Transbay Redevelopment project. GEO monitored the support of excavation system. GEO deployed four AMTS systems and more than 138 prisms, such as the L-bar prism above, installed at critical locations on the support system.
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