Monitoring construction vibrations helps owners, builders, and contractors avoid property damage, litigation, project delays, and increased costs.
Sources of Vibration
- Excavations
- Demolitions
- Heavy construction
- Deep dynamic compaction
- Pile driving
- Interior renovations
Structures at Risk
- Commercial buildings
- Residential housing areas
- Civic & historical buildings
- Transit tunnels and stations
- Bridges
- Pipelines and utilities
Expertise from Experience
GEO has deployed vibration monitoring systems at hundreds of projects, each with its own unique requirements. We monitor all kinds of structures at risk from any source of vibration.
Tunnels
Civic Buildings
Pipelines
Residential Areas
Bridges
Vibration Monitoring Equipment
The essential components for monitoring construction vibration include a triaxial geophone to sense particle motion; a vibration monitor, also called a seismograph, to record and process signals from the geophone; and software to produce compliance reports.
The Instantel Micromate, triaxial geophone, and Blastware shown at right are ideal for short-term monitoring. GEO-Instruments has provided sales, rentals, calibrations, and repairs for Instantel vibration monitors since 2003.
Automated Vibration Monitoring Equipment
Additional hardware and services, such as weatherproof enclosures, solar panels, wireless data retrieval, smartphone alerts, and automated reports, can save time and reduce the total cost of monitoring for longer term projects. GEO-Instruments provides the automated monitors shown below.
