Strong communication and monitoring are essential to the success of any construction project. This lecture highlights the opportunities to link any site and office in real time and ensure a constant flow of data between planners and ‘at-the-coal-face’ engineers. These communication links have a number of specific advantages:
- Continuous monitoring of ground and structural movement
- Document control facilities to ensure the project team are continuously working with the correct materials
- Accurate remote control of machinery in dangerous or inaccessible situations
- More efficient use of engineers' and managers' time
- Immediate access to data at all times
A case-study monitoring the tunnelling of part of the Crossrail route demonstrates the implementation of this communications technology in the geotechnical monitoring of two key stations. Speakers from BBMV discuss the identification and solving of technical and logistical difficulties and compare actual results to predictions.
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Joint ICE and Topcon Lecture "Most issues in construction are caused by problems with communication"
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