1st FIG
International Symposium on Engineering Surveys
for Construction Works and Structural Engineering
Workshop on Measurements
and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Structural Vibrations
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Technical Programme
 Programme as a .pdf-file
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Sunday 27 June |
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6 – 8 pm |
Registration
Lenton and Wortley Hall, The University of Nottingham
Tea and Coffee |
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Monday 28 June |
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8:00am |
Registration and coffee |
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Welcome address
Prof. A H Dodson |
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FIG Working Group 6.4
Dr. G W Roberts |
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10:30am |
Session 1 - Surveying in Construction
Chair Dr
Gethin RobertsThe Application of Dynamic Control Feedback
Loops to the Problematic Issue of Controlling 'as Designed' Compared
to 'as Built' on Construction Projects
Paul Watson, Richard Davis and Norman Wienand
(United Kingdom)
Surveying with GPS for Construction Works Using the National RTK
Reference Network and Precise Geoid
Ahmed El-Mowafy (United Arab Emirates)
Accuracy of simple GPS Kinematic Techniques: Evidence from
Experiments, and Implications for the Study of Large Flexible Engineering
Structures
K. Protopsalti, A. Nickitopoulou, P. Psimoulis,
S. Pytharouli, V. Kontogianni, P. Triantafillidis
and S. Stiros (Greece)
Real-time Long-term Monitoring and Static and Dynamic Displacements of an
Office Tower, Combining RTK GPS and
Accelerometer Data
James MW Brownjohn (United Kingdom), Chris Rizos
(Australia), Tan Guan Hong and Pan Tso-Chien
(Singapore) |
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11:50am |
Coffee |
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12:00pm |
Session 2 - Seismic Response of Structures
Chair
Joël VanCranenbroeckDamage Detection in Structures by
Real-Time Monitoring of Dynamic and Static Deformations
Erdal Safak (USA)
Seismic Response of a Tower as Measured by an Integrated RTK-GPS
System
Xiaojing Li, Linlin Ge, Gang-Ding Peng,
Chris Rizos (Australia), Yukio Tamura and Akihito
Yoshida (Japan) |
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12:45pm |
Lunch |
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2:30pm |
Session 3- Laser Scanning in Construction
Chair
Andreas EichornUnderground Void Visualisation using a Low
Cost Laser based System
P.J. Foster, A. Wetherelt, J. Jobling-Purser
and D. Parker (United Kingdom)
Measurement of Structural Deformation using Terrestrial Laser
Scanners
S. J. Gordon, D. D. Lichti, M. P. Stewart and
J. Franke (Australia)
Analysis of 3D Laser Scanner Data for the Detection of Tunnel
Displacements
P. Savvaidis and K. Lakakis (Greece) |
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3:30pm |
Coffee |
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4:15pm |
Session 4 - Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges
Chair
Ahmed El-MowafyThe Use of Dynamic Data for the Structural Health
Monitoring of Bridges
John S Owen and Steven R Pearson (United Kingdom)
Development of a Prototype Remote Structural Health Monitoring
System (RSHMS)
Xiaolin Meng, Gethin Roberts, Alan Dodson,
Marcus Andreotti, Emily Cosser and Michele Meo
(United Kingdom)
Single Frequency GPS for Bridge Deflection Monitoring: Progress
and Results
Emily Cosser, Gethin W Roberts, Xiaolin Meng
and Alan H Dodson (United Kingdom)
Structural Deformation Monitoring using Locata
J. Barnes, C. Rizos, Mustafa Kanli, David
Small, Gavin Voigt, Nunzio Gambale and Jimmy
Lamance (Australia) |
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5:45pm |
End |
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Tuesday 29 June |
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9:00am |
Session 5 - Surveys for Viaducts and Dams
Chair Prof
Chris RizosLong-term Geodetic Monitoring of
Two Dams in
Western Greece
V. Kontogianni, C. Skourtis, F. Stremmenos,
S. Pytharouli, A. Nickitopoulou, P. Psimoulis and
S. Stiros (Greece)
Quality Control of a Dam Geodetic Surveying System
Maria João Henriques and João Casaca (Portugal) |
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9:45am |
Coffee |
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10:45am |
Session 6 - Fibre Optic Workshop
Chair Prof Fritz Brunner
Welcome to FIG Special Task Force 6.4.1
Fritz K. Brunner
Fibre Optic Sensors: An Overview
Fritz K. Brunner
SOFO Sensors for Static and Dynamic Measurements
Invited Lecture, Daniele Inaudi
Fibre Optics Fabry-Pérot Sensors, Applications and Reliability Aspects
Invited Lecture, Wolfgang Habel
- handouts of PowerPoint
presentation
Environmental Sensing Using Fibre Optics
Invited Lecture, Brian Culshaw
- handouts of PowerPoint
presentation
A Structural Health Monitoring Paradigm for Civil Infrastructure
James Brownjohn, United Kingdom, Swee-Chuan Tjin,
Guan-Hong Tan, Boon-Leong Tan, Singapore and Sushanta
Chakraboorty, United Kingdom |
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1:15pm |
Lunch |
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2:30pm |
Session 7 - Structural Monitoring
Chair
Emily CosserRTK GPS Based Sea Piling Engineering:
Mathematical Model and Its Application
Chun Liu, Lianbi Yao (China), Xiaolin Meng
(United Kingdom)
High Precision Alignment Design for Swissmetro Rig
Fengxiang Jin, China, Hubert Dupraz and Vincent
Bourqin, Switzerland
Parametric Identification of Thermal deformations Using Adaptive
Kalman-filtering Techniques
Andreas Eichhorn (Austria)
Measurement of Temperature-Induced Deformations in a Large Roof
Structure
W. F. Teskey, R. S. Radovanovic, B. Paul and
R.G. Brazeal (Canada)
On the Potential of Geodetic Techniques for the Navigation of
Construction Processes
Wolfgang Niemeier (Germany)
- handouts of PowerPoint
presentation |
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4:15pm |
Coffee |
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4:45pm |
Session 8 - Frequencies and Cyclic Monitoring of Structures
Chair
Maria João HenriquesFrom St Paul’s to the Tate Modern; Overcoming
Problems in Monitoring Bridge Deflections Using GPS
Gethin Roberts, Xiaolin Meng and Chris Brown
(United Kingdom)
Measurement and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Movements of
the TV Tower in Sopron
Gyula Mentes (Hungary) |
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5:30pm |
End |
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6:30pm |
Drinks Reception |
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7:00pm |
Conference Dinner |
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Wednesday 30 June |
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9:00am |
Session 9 - Surveying During Construction and Planning
Chair
Stathis StirosAdjustment of the Rion-Antirion Cable-Stayed
Bridge:
An Innovative Multidisciplinary Response to a Construction Challenge
M. Marchetti, R. Boudon, J. Monnerie, P.
Bouve, D. Dupuis, F. Dadoun, G. Baechler
and J. Olsfors (France)
Urban Planning for Tehran, By Using Environmental Modeling and
GIS/RS
Alireza Gharagozlu (Iran)
A Visualisation Tool for Civil Engineering Using Virtual Reality
Mauricio Capra, Marcio Aquino, Alan Dodson and
†Steve Benford (United Kingdom)
DGPS Based Nationwide Highway Surveying in China
Pengfei Cheng, Xiyin Li, Li Zhang, Yanhui
Cai, Xiujuan Wu and Jingbin Liu (China) |
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10:45am |
Coffee |
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11:30am |
Session 10 - Engineering Surveying Equipment for Construction
Chair
Prof Pengfei ChengPrecise Engineering Applications of
Pseudolites Augmented GNSS
Emily Cosser, Xiaolin Meng, Gethin W. Roberts,
Alan H. Dodson (United Kingdom) Joel Barnes
and Chris Rizos
(Australia)
Structural Monitoring with the Leica Nivel20 Dual Axis
Inclination Sensor
Joël van Cranenbroeck and Neil Brown (Switzerland)
Impacts of Correlation between
Baselines on the Adjustment of GPS Control Network
Keliang Ding, Dajie Liu and Congwei Hu, China
P.R. |
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12:30pm |
Lunch |
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2:00pm |
Session 11 - Engineering Surveying Equipment for Construction
Chair
Fengxiang JinAn Innovative Concept to Manage GPS Reference
Stations Network and Implement GPS in Structural Movement Monitoring
Vincent Lui (Hong Kong)
Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) for Bridge with Hybrid
Sensor System
Renpeng Wang (China) Xiaolin Meng, Gethin Roberts
and Alan Dodson (United Kingdom)
Close Range Measurement and 3D Modeling
Halim Setan and Mohd Sharuddin Ibrahim (Malaysia) |
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End |
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General Session |
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Mapping Soil Surface Conditions and Monitoring Desertification Based
on Geographic Information System and Multi-Spectral and
Multi-Temporal Satellite Data (Case Study: Damghan Playa)
Alavi Panah, S.K. and Ehsani, AH (Iran)
The Development of a Windows-based Software for Construction Surveying
Using Visual Basic 6.0 and OLE Automation
Halim Setan and Chong Tuck Seng (Malaysia)
A Geodetic Deformation Survey to Monitor the Behavior of a
Concrete Slab During its Axial Compression Testing
Zainal Abidin Md Som, Halim Setan and Khairul Nizam
M. Idris (Malaysia)
The Use of Geodetic Methodology in Precast Concrete Building
Assembling
George D. Georgopoulos and Elisavet C. Telioni (Greece)
Bridge Monitoring With Garmin Handheld Receivers
Emily Cosser, Chris J Hill, Gethin W Roberts,
Xiaolin Meng, Terry Moore and Alan H Dodson
(United Kingdom)
Load Testing Measurements for Structural Assessment Using
Geodetic and Photogrammetric Techniques
Maria Tsakiri, Charalambos Ioannidis, Paraskevas Papanikos
and Marinos Kattis (Greece)
Leica GPS Spider for Deformation Monitoring
Joël van Cranenbroeck and Lienhart Troyer (Switzerland)
Results of Long-Term Observations of Deformations of the VEPP-4
Storage Ring Constructions, BINP
M. Bokov, D. Burenkov, A. Polyansky, Yu. Pupkov, Russia and
Yu. Levashov, USA
Preliminary Test of Using Pseudolite to Improve GPS Precision
Fang-Shii Ning, Szu-Pyng Kao, Chia-Chyang Chang
(Taiwan) and Xiaolin Meng (United Kingdom)
Recognizing the Existing Potentials of Iran in Identification of
Natural Resources for Ecological Studies with a Land Use Planning
Approach
Alireza Gharagozlu and Eng. Talebzadeh (Iran) |
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Thursday 1 July |
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Workshop on Measurements and
Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Structural Vibrations |
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9:00am |
Registration and welcome (coffee) |
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10:00am |
Structural Health Monitoring Systems
Mr N Knowles, retired director, WS Atkins |
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10:40am |
The
Global Positioning System
Dr GW Roberts, The University of Nottingham |
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11:20am |
Coffee |
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11:30am |
Finite Element Modelling
Dr M Meo, Cranfield University |
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12:10pm |
Current GPS Monitoring Systems
Dr G W Roberts, The University of Nottingham |
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12:40pm |
EPSRC project: A Remote Health Monitoring System Using Computational
Simulation and GPS Sensors
Dr GW Roberts, Professor AH Dodson and Dr X Meng
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1:00pm |
Lunch |
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2:00pm |
Project Results
Dr X Meng, Dr GW Roberts and Dr M Meo |
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2:30pm |
Industrial Needs
Mr R Evans, Retired Humber Bridge Master |
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3:00pm |
Coffee Break and System Demo |
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3:30pm |
Panel Q&A
Dr GW Roberts |
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4:00pm |
End |
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