Stories

Here you will find examples on how our customers have benefitted from using the INFRA system in their construction site monitoring projects. Thanks to the versatility of the system, you can measure many different types of environmental impact such as vibration, noise and dust.

“More efficient for the consultant and faster information to customers”

Big breakthrough for vibration measuring with INFRA in Norway There is a lot of blasting taking place in Norway – a country well known for…

Assisting the Emirate of Fujairah in vibration control

Biggest port in United Arab Emirates Fujairah Port is the second largest bunke-ring port in the world. Its strategic location on the eastern seaboard of…

Blasting close to the Bemposta water power plant

Portugal has about 100 small hydro systems with a capacity of 256 MW. The Portuguese government wants to increase renewables share in the country’s power…

Blasting without problems in sensitive quarries? – A contractor in Haninge, Stockholm found the answer

Blasting bed-rock for mining near populated areas requires vibration measurement. If you need to blast in the same place for a number of years, measurement…

Boosting the value of vibration monitoring

“The potential for improvements is found in analytics and in the quality of measurement“ Vibration monitoring is a growing business sector, but in many countries…

Californian break-through for efficient noise and vibration monitoring

The joint venture SSH (Skanska-Shimmick-Herzog) was awarded the prestigious design-build contract for the BART extension to Berryessa, including line, track, systems and stations. The project-wide…

Connecting Copenhagen’s new waterfront city

The Nordhavnen metro line to be opened in 2019 In Copenhagen, Denmark a large industrial port is now being transformed into a super-modern waterfront city…

Construction Pioneers

Greenland is an exciting place with an equally exciting future. Due to its unique geographic location, it is bound to play a central role when…

Continuous vibration monitoring eliminates costly problems

What if you need to blast a new hydro-plant 60 meters into solid rock next to an older plant in full operation including the turbines,…

Deutschland – Kundenfälle

Sie möchten mehr darüber erfahren, wie unsere Kunden die Sigicom Messsysteme einsetzen? Hier finden Sie interessante Kurzberichte über Projekte in Deutschland, bei denen das INFRA-System…

District heating cleans an ancient capital

Fortum is a leading energy company in Northern Europe with annual sales of 4.5 billon EURO. Company activities include the generation, distribution and sale of…

Effective monitoring of vibrations at the quarry – Boliden leads the way

Ore mining has been a major industry in Sweden for centuries. Present day mining is concentrated at a few large mines with highly streamlined operations….

Fully integrated environmental monitoring system

The Northern Line Extension project is the first major infrastructure scheme to use the fully integrated Sigicom environmental monitoring system in the UK. The web…

Getec in a large British measurement project

London Dock, close to the Tower of London was once the hub of the British trade with satin, coffee, tea, tobacco and other luxury goods….

Heavy load in northern India

How COWI ensured reliable safety data In 2012 the international consultancy company COWI was asked to propose a solution for a low-cost structural health monitoring…

How to avoid complaints and damages during facility work in city environments? Successful Danish measurement project methodology

The sewage system in Köge, a city of approximately 40,000 inhabitants, must be renewed in stages with strong (pipe) line culverts. The constructor Energiforsyningen has…

Monitoring dust, noise and vibration via one interface

“We even keep track of the weather at the building site” At noon traffic is intense and business brisk at London’s world famous shopping artery….

Multi-monitoring methods nominated to considerate constuctors scheme

Temple Group in prestigious tunneling project Members of the UK based FLO consortium have nominated the methods used for noise and vibration monitoring in a…

New generation INFRA equipment changes everything

Change batteries every 6 months The economics of field monitoring is, more than anything, related to the need for human involvement. This is why many…

Northern Line Extension 3 years on

Enabling regeneration London is a vibrant and expending city and as such has ever increasing demands on it’s transportation infrastructure. The Northern Line Extension is…

Polish consultancy company pioneering all-digital monitoring

Metris measures vibrations with digital precision More steel and glass, less bricks and mortar – but the ongoing modernization of the Polish construction business during…

Remote monitoring at the museum

Stockholm’s metro line is expanding. Underground blasting operations are ongoing in several areas of the city. In central Stockholm, Chief Measurement Technician Michel Ehn from…

Restoring a divided fairytale town with care

COWI protects ancient buildings in Odense Odense, Denmark’s third-largest city, was officially founded in the year 988 but its history goes even further back, another…

Rockefeller University Project

The new Kravis Research Building and platform structure, which are part of the River Campus Project, are now taking shape on the East River side…

Securing comfort in spite of vibrations caused by trains

Comfortable living – essential for attracting new residents Bollebygd, a small community in southeast of Sweden, has plans for new dwellings near a rail line….

The consultant company Grontmij wins large subway construction order thanks to the INFRA-system

Measuring vibrations and noise and accounting for the measurement data afterwards is no longer sufficient for sensitive infrastructural projects. The INFRA-system allows active “live” monitoring…

The incredible one-man band

Tony manages 100+ monitors – 350 kms apart! After studying acoustics and vibrations Tony Larsson got his engineering degree in 2004. The same year he…

Tunnel Blasting in Italy – Challenging conditions

One of the larger road construction projects in Europe today is a new motorway system in the Italian regions of Marche and Umbria. The four…

Tunnelling beneath historic buildings

City Line is a 6 km double-track railway to be built partly under the oldest part of Stockholm. The City Line will solve the capacity…

Two people monitoring 20 construction sites

Good vibrations for Rambölls in Karlstad Today, vibration monitoring is a widely applied routine precaution to avoid structural damages and environmental disturbance, and not just…

Vibration monitoring of a demolition project

Consulting and Assistance in Earthworks and Mining (CATM) were recently called in to consult on behalf of contractor GUINTOLI with a sensitive demolition project at…

Will the thrill of flying have the cinema dying?

Monitoring vibrations to ensure a first class customer experience Located in Copenhagen, right by the Ørestad Metro Station, Fields is one of Scandinavia’s largest shopping…

Winning projects with INFRA measurement system

Climate change leads to more and more torrential rain in Denmark. Flooding where rainwater gets mixed with sewage causes great damage. Therefore water-related projects today…