Two Innovation Awards Celebrate Major Intelligent Structural Monitoring Project in the UK
July 16 2014 - 2:21PM
MISTRAS Group Provides Bridge Monitoring System as
Part of Atkins Supply Chain
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., July 16, 2014 (GLOBE
NEWSWIRE) -- The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Chartered
Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) have separately
judged and awarded the A38(M) Tame Valley Viaduct management
project with a 2014 Innovation Award. Key to management of the
viaduct is the MISTRAS monitoring system comprising over 1,100
sensors, which is one of the largest bridge monitoring systems in
the United Kingdom.
As a critical link between the West Midlands and
the rest of the UK, the Tame Valley Viaduct is a key section of the
highway network, carrying 620 metres of the A38(M) Aston Expressway
between Birmingham city centre and 'Spaghetti Junction,' Junction 6
of the M6 motorway.
The judging panel commented that they were impressed by the innovative use
of the latest computing and software technology to monitor the box
girder structure and provide understanding of its structural
behavior whilst safely remaining open to the
public.
The vision of Birmingham City Council shows how
investment at the assessment and design stage leverages major
savings during construction. Key to this was a long term
collaborative partnership contract between the council and Atkins.
In addition to saving millions in reduced strengthening costs, this
innovative monitoring approach will reduce the risks to the
workforce working in difficult conditions inside the box
girders.
As part of the Atkins supply chain, MISTRAS
Group's UK operation enabled the partnership by developing and
installing in-house, cutting edge monitoring technology to measure
strain, and displacement in steel webs and stiffeners. The
monitoring system's principal innovation was to apply instantaneous
temperature correction to provide actual dynamic strains and carry
out continuous threshold checks in real time using collected data.
This process provides accurate strain readings to input into
technically excellent structural analysis calculations predefined
by Atkins and acts as a
real time safety system alerting engineers if the
strains exceed variable seasonal thresholds. This was essential for
satisfying both operational
and safety requirements required by the management
process. Infrared (IR) cameras are distributed at key critical
locations within the viaducts box girders (connected to the
monitoring system) to allow remote visual inspection inside the
structure to support engineering decision making and mitigate the
time required for expensive internal access.
In addition to strain monitoring, MISTRAS also
designed and installed an elaborate low power IT network to support
the 13 IR cameras and 5 computers inside the bridge which connect
to central website control panel coordinating review of data and
system operation.
This use of innovative monitoring technology
pushed beyond design codes to sustain Birmingham city's
accessibility to and from the national motorway network and to
protect and maintain in service for the future this key highway
asset.
Please follow this link to the on-line coverage of
the winners in the Birmingham Post.
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/commercial-property/ice-awards-2014-7095480
Details of the CIHT are covered in the following
link.
http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/media-centre/news.cfm/ciht-awards-2014-honours-industry-professionals
About MISTRAS
Group
MISTRAS is a leading "one source" global provider
of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate
the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public
infrastructure. Mission critical services and solutions are
delivered globally and provide customers with asset life extension,
improved productivity and profitability, compliance with government
safety and environmental regulations, and enhanced risk management
operational decisions.
MISTRAS uniquely combines its industry-leading
products and technologies - 24/7 on-line monitoring of critical
assets; mechanical integrity (MI) and non-destructive testing (NDT)
services; destructive testing (DT) services; process and fixed
asset engineering and consulting services; and its world class
enterprise inspection data management and analysis software
(PCMS(TM)) to provide comprehensive and competitive products,
systems and services solutions from a single source provider.
For more information, please visit the company's
website at mistrasgroup.com or contact Nestor S. Makarigakis, Group
Director, Marketing Communications at marcom@mistrasgroup.com.
CONTACT: Nestor S. Makarigakis
Group Director of Marketing Communications
marcom@mistrasgroup.com
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