Shoring Monitoring (Shoring System, Adjacent Building and Underground Utilities)
During excavation, various construction risks could result due to a number of factors such as depth of the excavation, the site’s proximity to adjacent properties, and the complexity of the structure. Movements of shoring systems and the structures adjacent to the excavation are of particular concerns. Our specialist team can provide comprehensive shoring monitoring program and services to help mitigate those risks. We have work extensively in close coordination with both shoring engineers and contractors to allow for fast and effective collaboration for successful fulfillment of your project’s monitoring requirements.
Some of the shoring monitoring services provided by our specialist team include:
• Preparation of Monitoring Plan/Program
We can come up with a comprehensive monitoring plan customized to your project’s monitoring requirements. Some of the planning involves the locations of the monitoring points, locations of the adjacent sensitive structures/underground services, anticipated movements, monitoring frequency, and determination of alert levels/threshold values requiring remedial actions.
• Installation of Monitoring Points
We exercise high standard of care in installing the required Pile Monitoring Points (PMP) to monitor movements of piles and Building Monitoring Points (BMP) to monitor movements of adjacent structures. Inclinometers are also installed to allow measurement of the subsurface movements during excavation. The installation techniques will be customized to the actual site conditions.
• Real-Time Automated Monitoring
We can provide real-time monitoring throughout excavation using wireless automated total stations. Alerts will be sent automatically to the relevant parties once the movements detected have exceeded the threshold values as determined in the monitoring plan. This allows for immediate actions or modifications from the engineers and the contractors to minimize the risks due to damage claims.
