Scope

Click picture for bigger sizeThe aim of this series of symposia is to promote an interdisciplinary approach to Engineering Surveying in the construction field.

 

Policy Issues

  • Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in industry and Engineering
  • Promoting a multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers, civil engineers, structural and mechanical engineers
  • Promoting the understanding of fibre optic sensors, e.g. interferometric sensors, Brillouin and Raman scattering and Bragg gratings
  • 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

Specific Topics

  • 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 (terrestrial laser scanners etc.)
  • Dynamic Monitoring of Buildings and Structures
  • Offshore construction surveys
  • Task force "fibre optic sensors"
  • Monitoring using fibre optic sensors
  • Health monitoring of structures, including real-time and "non-geodetic" sensors in Engineering
  • Measurements and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Structural Vibrations
  • The use of novel equipment and techniques for engineering surveys for building and construction works eg GPS, laser scanners, pseudolites