Monitoring Strategies for Construction and Operation of Facilities
Publication: Forensic Engineering 2022
ABSTRACT
A significant part of the damage due to construction failures could be prevented by inspection. However, monitoring is not yet widespread in construction. The critical parts of many structures are not even accessible to inspection. Tragic failures could have been prevented if a monitoring plan had been in place. Innovative and unconventional structures that have not yet been empirically validated are particularly prone to unexpected failure mechanisms. Therefore, in order to determine if these structures behave as predicted, during construction and operation, a monitoring strategy should be developed during the design stage, before construction begins. Monitoring can be used not only to assess structural performance and provide guidance on required maintenance or repair activities; but, in addition, to verify or reject design assumptions and the appropriateness of the construction process. The present paper discusses monitoring strategies based upon a conceptual framework and classifies monitoring strategies according to two criteria: monitoring technology and frequency of measurement. Case studies validate and illustrate the benefits and the implementation of the concepts discussed in this paper.
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