Work Plan 2007-2010
Commission 6
Original work plan in .pdf-format.
Title
Engineering Surveys
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Dr. Alojz Kopacik, Chairperson of Commission 6 |
Terms of reference
- Acquisition, processing and management of topometric data and all
related information throughout the life cycle of a project (at construction
site)
- Quality control and validation for civil engineering constructions and
manufacturing of large objects
- Modern concepts for setting-out and machine guidance
- Deformation monitoring, analysis and interpretation, measurement of
dynamic loaded structures (general)
- Prediction of deformation and movements in engineering projects, mines
and areas of geological hazard
- Automatic measuring systems, construction and industry and multi-sensor
measuring sys-tems
- Terrestrial laser systems, their usage in architecture, civil
engineering and industry
- Quality control at the construction site;
- Standards related to construction and deformation measurement.
Mission statement
- Promote the knowledge, skills and abilities of surveyors in civil and
industrial works within the various professional fields of engineering
- Support all development and multidisciplinary expertise leading to
integrated survey methods, using various instruments and sensors and
combining geometry with all other data relevant to each engineering problem
- Provide a forum for exchange of knowledge related to engineering analysis
of survey data for the study of structures
- In addition to the links with related Working Groups of the International
Association of Geodesy (IAG), the International Society for Mine Surveying
(ISM) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS),
look for possible co-operation within these organisations and support the
co-operation of civil, structural and mechanical engineers with our
profession;
General
In addition to the specific activities in the Mission Statement, the
Commission will support and contribute to FIG Task Forces and the Standards
Network. The Commission will also respond to the FIG Council to address new
issues as they emerge.
Working Groups
This Working Plan covers a wide scale of survey disciplines related to
installations, plants and constructions of any kind.
Working Group 6.1 - Deformation Measurement and Analysis
Policy Issues
- Automation of monitoring surveys
- Enhancement of geometrical modelling of deformations from integrated
deformation surveys
- Physical interpretation of deformations including numerical modelling
and prediction of deformations and back analysis.
Chair
Specific project(s)
- Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned
professionals.
Workshop(s)
- 13th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Lisbon,
Portugal, 2008
- 14th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements,
Australia, 2009
- Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working
weeks
Publication(s)
- Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Beneficiaries
- Geodetic engineers dealing with comparative measurements of deformed or
unstable objects, geologists, geophysicists, and civil and structural
engineers concerned on this issue
Working Group 6.2 - Engineering Surveys for Industry and
Research
Policy issues
Engineering surveys in industry and research demand ultimate quality to be
realised in ever-shorter time slots and under spatially most limited conditions.
WG2’s main goal is to provide the specialists involved in that kind of missions
with the latest state of the art concerning:
- The use of adapted survey techniques in industry & Engineering;
- Multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers, civil
engineers, structural & mechanical engineers, R&D scientists - for a
better approach of complex Engineering survey problems;
- Specific algorithms, instrumentation, equipment and techniques in
Engineering Surveys;
- High precision measurements and special techniques for the large scale
metrology of big equipment or structures;
- Integration of survey & alignment sensors with actuators and/or tools
for on-line monitoring and control of a given process (dynamic systems);
- Relevant modules for the 'Optical 3d Measurement Techniques' series.
Chair
Vice-chair
Mr. Peter Kyrinovič
Department of Surveying SUT Bratislava
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
E-mail: peter.kyrinovic@stuba.sk
Specific project(s)
- Engineering surveying procedures for power plants
- Engineering surveying procedures for linear and circular accelerators
- Engineering surveying procedures for nuclear research facilities
- New techniques for as-built documentation and facility inventory
- Industrial metrology in production, assembling and finishing processes
- In-situ calibration of industrial robots
Workshop(s)
- Tutorials as part of the “International Course for Engineering Surveying",
Graz (Austria), 2007
- INGEO 4th International Conference on Engineering Surveying, Slovakia
2008
- Contributions to the FIG Working Weeks and to FIG Congress
- Specific seminars or workshops on dedicated topics.
Publication(s)
- Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Beneficiaries
- Dialogue with manufacturers to realise competent consumer wishes
- Advising optimal instrument for each special application of a mission
catalogue
- Development of suitable planning tools for extensive scanning tasks
- Software improvements to increase variety of best-fitting objects
- Monitoring of CAD-SW behaviour under heavy scanning data load
- Expansion of application fields
- The surveyors, designers and manufacturers are waiting to acquire more
expertise in these special applications
- The group of professional which have the benefit of the results consist
of engineers dealing with quality control of large objects or structures,
scientific laboratories dealing with particle accelerators and detectors,
fusion rings, gravitational antennas, power lasers, etc., scientists and
engineers dealing with large scale metrology and accurate positioning in R&D
sectors or in industry, finally universities and manufacturers involved in
the development of special instruments
Working Group 6.3 - Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility
Management
Policy issues
- Focus on the role of the surveying engineer as the responsible manager of
spatially referenced information;
- Support for the co-ordination of the activities of other disciplines.
Chair
Vice Chair
Prof. Vladimir A. Seredovich
Siberian State Academy of Geodesy (SSGA)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
E-mail: sva@ssga.ru
Specific project(s)
- Concepts of data models for the Mapping of relevant 4D or 5D project data,
covering 3D geometry, time, and descriptive attributes
- Exchange, provision and presentation of facility management data in
computer networks;
- Data integration for this subject, taking into accounts the presence of
redundant data and different sources of information;
- The automation and combination of feasible data acquisition techniques.
Workshop(s)
- Workshop on Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility Management, DDMM
200x, Ber-lin, Germany
- FIG Working Weeks
- Sessions and contributions to joint seminars, workshops and symposia.
Publication(s)
- Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Beneficiaries
- Surveying engineers, engineers and managers involved in facility
management tasks.
Working Group 6.4 - Engineering Surveys for Construction Works and
Structural Engineering
Policy Issues
- Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in industry &
engineering;
- Promoting a multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers,
civil engineers, structural & mechanical engineers;
- Promoting the understanding of fibre optic sensors, e.g. interferometric
sensors;
- Study the use of embedded sensor arrays and the role of advanced
surveying techniques for structural monitoring;
- Creating an awareness of surveyors through a task force 'Fibre optic
sensors' of the rapidly emerging technology of fibre optic sensors as
"non-geodetic" sensors to measure deformations (strain) and temperatures in
civil engineering structures
Chair
Specific Projects
- Precise methods and equipment for staking out during construction and
structural works;
- QC and documentation for as build compared to as designed;
- Precise methods and equipment for Engineering surveys for visualisation
and photo match;
- Precise methods and equipment for remote surveys.
- Dynamic Monitoring of Buildings and Structures;
- Offshore construction surveys.
Workshops
- Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned
professionals
- Tutorials as part of the “International Course for Engineering Surveying",
Graz (Austria), 2007
- Workshop on Automatic and multi-sensor measuring Systems, 2009
- Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG events
Publications
- Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
- Web page
Beneficiaries
- Surveying profession becoming involved in this developing technology which
will partly replace current geodetic techniques;
- Surveyors wanting to acquire information about fibre optic sensors as used
in "smart civil engineering structures";
- Engineers who has to decide about the best techniques to monitor civil
Engineering structures;
- Universities teaching advanced sensor technology.
- Engineering Surveyors and Engineers involved with construction and setting
out will benefit, as well as structural engineers, current buildings and
future building designs.
Working Group 6.5 - Terrestrial Laser Scanners (Joint with
Commission 5)
Policy Issues
- Promote the use of laser scanning for geometric documentation in a variety
of environments, particularly high risk and environments which benefit of
remote measurements (eg structures, slopes, underground surveys, structural
deformations of cultural heritage monuments);
- Investigate existing and developing terrestrial laser scanner
instrumentation for engineering applications;
- Evaluate and compare algorithms for processing terrestrial laser scanner
data (e.g. registration, surface modelling etc);
- Investigate and document metrological and quality control issues for
laser scanning measurements;
- Investigate the integration of laser scanning measurements with other
measuring techniques, such as conventional geodetic systems and
photogrammetric techniques;
Chair
Specific Projects
- Methods and equipment of terrestrial laser scanning for engineering
surveying procedures;
- Create standardised terrestrial laser data sets to allow comparison
between different software and processing methods;
- Calibration aspects for indoor and outdoor testing of terrestrial laser
scanner instrumentation;
- Methods for combining terrestrial laser scanners with other sensors, eg
CCD cameras, and integrating their data.
Workshops
- Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned
professionals
- Tutorials as part of the “International Course for Engineering
Surveying”, Graz (Austria), 2007
- Workshop on Laser Scanning, November 2007
- Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG events
- Contribution to the ‘Optical 3D Measurement Techniques’ conference
series
- Contribution to meetings of the ISPRS Working Group V/3 “Terrestrial
Laser Scanning”.
Publications
- Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
- Web page
Beneficiaries
- Surveying profession becoming involved in this developing technology;
- Engineers and other professionals involved in the cultural heritage
sector wishing to record and monitor structures of engineering and cultural
heritage importance;
- Manufacturers involved in the development of terrestrial laser scanners
to consider needs of users;
- Users requiring calibration aspects of terrestrial laser scanners.Surveyors wanting to acquire information about fibre optic sensors as used
in "smart civil engineering structures";
Study Groups
- Study Group 1 – Continuum Mechanics as a Support for Deformation
Monitoring, Analysis and Interpretation
Chair: Anna Szostak -Chrzanowski (Canada); Co-chair: W. Prószyñski
(Poland)
- Study Group 2 – Optimal Use of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture
Radar (InSAR)
Chair: Chris Rizos (Australia); Co-chair: tba
- Study Group 3 – Crustal Deformation
Chair: Stathis Stiros (Greece); Co-chair: tba
- Study Group 4 – Monitoring and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations
and Structural Vibrations
Chair: Gethin Wyn Roberts (UK); Co-chair: Philip Collier
(Australia)
- Study Group 5 – Fibre Optic Sensors
Chair: Helmut Woschitz (Austria); Co-chair: tba
- Study Group 6 – Terrestrial-Based RF Positioning Technologies
Chair: Joel Barns (Australia); Co-chair: Xiaolin Meng (UK)
Co-operation with Sister Associations
Commission 6 intends to continue co-operation with sister associations,
especially The Inter-national Association of Geodesy (IAG). Further more The
International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM) and the International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) are of interest.
Communications
Commission 6 will use
general the commission web page with linkages to other relevant web pages to
keep commission delegates, other FIG members and the public informed.
Commission 6 will provide
an annual newsletter with input from the working groups. This will be
distributed by e-mail.
New partnerships
Commission 6 will try to support the developed partnership with ISM and the
IAG Special Commission 4. New partnership could be developed with ISPRS
according the increasing in-put of laser scanning (terrestrial and airborne) to
the engineering survey projects.
Calendar of Events
2007
- Tutorials as part of the “International Course for Engineering Surveying",
Graz, Austria
- INGEO 4th International Conference on Engineering Surveying, Slovakia
- FIG Working Week, Hong Kong, China
- Optical 3D Measurement Techniques, Zurich, Switzerland.
2008
- 13th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Lisbon,
Portugal, 12-15 May 2008
- FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June 2008
2009
- 14th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, 2009, Australia
- FIG Working Week in Eilat, Israel, 3-8 May 2009
- Workshop of the WG6.4
- Workshop on Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility Management
2010
- FIG Congress, Sydney Australia, 9-16 April 2010
Commission Officers
Commission Chair
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Dr.
Alojz Kopáčik, Ass. Prof., PhD.
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering
SUT Bratislava
Radlinského 11
SK-813 68 Bratislava
SLOVAKIA
Tel. + 421 2 5927 4559
Fax + 421 2 5296 7027
E-mail: alojz.kopacik@stuba.sk
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Vice Chair of Administration, Commission secretary and Chair of WG 6.5 –
Terrestrial Laser Scanners (Joint with Commission 5)
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Dr. Maria Tsakiri
Lecturer, National Technical University of Athens
9 Iroon Polytechniou St., Zographos
GR-Athens, 15780
GREECE
Tel.: + 30 2107722735
Email: mtsakiri@central.ntua.gr
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Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.1 - Deformation Measurement and Analysis
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Dr. Stathis C. Stiros
University of Patras
Geodesy Lab., Dept. of Civil Engineering
University Campus, 26500
Patras
GREECE
Tel. + 30 2610 996 511
Fax + 30 2610 997 877
Email: stiros@upatras.gr |
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Vice Chair
Ms. Cecilia Whitaker
Geodetic Control & Deformation Programs
Geometronics Section, Metropolitan Water District
700 Moreno Avenue
La Verne
California 91750
USA
Tel. + 1 909 392 2591
Fax + 1 909 392 2464
E-mail: cwhitaker@mwdh2o.com |
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.2 - Engineering Surveys for Industry and
Research
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Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing.habil. Thomas A. Wunderlich
Ordinarius für Geodäsie an der TUM
Arcisstrasse 21
D-80290 Munich
GERMANY
Tel. + 49 89 289 22851
E-mail: Th.Wunderlich@bv.tu-muenchen.de |
Vice Chair
Mr. Peter Kyrinovič
Department of Surveying SUT Bratislava
Radlinského 11
SK-813 68 Bratislava
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Tel. + 421 2 5927 4310
Email: peter.kyrinovic@stuba.sk
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.3 - Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility
Management
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Prof. Lothar Gründig
TU Berlin
Institut für Geodäsie und Photogrammetrie
Secretariat H 20
Strasse des 17 Juni 135
D-10623 Berlin
GERMANY
Tel. + 49 30 314 22375
Fax + 49 30 314 21119
E-mail:
gruendig@inge3.bv.tu-berlin.de |
Vice Chair
Prof. Vladimir A. Seredovich
Siberian State Academy of Geodesy (SSGA)
10 Plakhotnogo Ul.
Novosibirsk, 630108
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tel. + 7 383 2 433 957
Fax + 7 383 2 443 060
E-mail: sva@ssga.ru
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.4 - Engineering Surveys for Construction Works
and Structural Engineering
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Dr. Gethin Wyn Roberts
The University of Nottingham
Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. + 44 155 951 3933
Fax + 44 155 951 3881
E-mail: gethin.roberts@nottingham.ac.uk |
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Mr. Joël van Cranenbroeck
Leica Geosystems AG
Heinrich-Wild-Strasse
CH-9435 Heerbrugg
SWITZERLAND
Email:
joel.vancranenbroeck@leica-geosystems.com |
Study Groups Chairs
- Study Group 1 – Continuum Mechanics as a Support for Deformation
Monitoring, Analysis and Interpretation
Chair: Anna Szostak -Chrzanowski (Canada); Co-chair: W. Prószyñski
(Poland)
- Study Group 2 – Optimal Use of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture
Radar (InSAR)
Chair: Chris Rizos (Australia); Co-chair: tba
- Study Group 3 – Crustal Deformation
Chair: Stathis Stiros (Greece); Co-chair: tba
- Study Group 4 – Monitoring and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations
and Structural Vibrations
Chair: Gethin Wyn Roberts (UK); Co-chair: Philip Collier
(Australia)
- Study Group 5 – Fibre Optic Sensors
Chair: Helmut Woschitz (Austria); Co-chair: tba
- Study Group 6 – Terrestrial-Based RF Positioning Technologies
Chair: Joel Barns (Australia); Co-chair: Xiaolin Meng (UK)
10 March 2007 |
