Course Schedule

Day 1 – Justifying, understanding others, specifying and managing monitoring schemes

  • 8.30 – 9.00 Registration
  • 9.00 – 9.30 Course introduction / Role and value of monitoring in projects today and in the future (Dickie)
  • 9.30 – 10.00 Client’s view (TBD – I have Canary Wharf Contractors in mind)
  • 10.00 – 10.15 Coffee and networking
  • 10.15 – 10.45 Consultant’s view (Duncan Nicholson / Michael Devriendt - ARUP)
  • 10.45 – 11.15 Contractor’s view (Ferrovial – Sofia Guerrero or other I can find)
  • 11.15 – 11.30 Coffee and networking
  • 11.30 – 12.00 Monitoring Contractor’s view (ITMSOIL)
  • 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
  • 13.00 – 13.30 Insurer’s view (Willis Re – I know the Divisional Director)
  • 13.30 – 14.00 Monitoring and risk – a full systematic approach (James Kazmman – Parsons)
  • 14.00 – 14.15 Coffee and networking
  • 14.15 – 14.45 Monitoring procurement methods (??)
  • 14.45 – 15.15 Monitoring system management (including reporting, interpretation, etc) (Raul / Dickie)
  • 15.15 – 15.30 Coffee and networking
  • 15.30 – 16.15 Specifications (Raul)
  • 16.15 – 17.30 Case studies
  • 17.30 – onwards Drinks / canapés reception

Day 2 – Nitty gritty of instrumentation

  • 9.00 – 9.30 Deformation sensors (1): Inclinometers and tiltmeters (ITMSOIL)
  • 9.30 – 10.00 Deformation sensors (2): Extensometers, strain gauges, crackmeters, load cells (ITMSOIL)
  • 10.00 – 10.15 Coffee and networking
  • 10.15 – 10.45 Piezometers (ITMSOIL????)
  • 10.45 – 11.15 Surveying (Liz Jones, UCL / Mark Lawton, Skanska)
  • 11.15 – 11.30 Coffee and networking
  • 11.30 – 12.00 Levelling (Paul Thurlow / GETEC)
  • 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
  • 13.00 – 13.30 Fibre optics (Dr James / Cranfield University)
  • 13.30 – 14.00 Laser scanning and photogrammetry (Dr Jan Bohem/Prof Robson,UCL. Otherwise Raul)
  • 14.00 – 14.15 Coffee and networking
  • 14.15 – 14.45 Vibration (Dr Paul Greening, UCL)
  • 14.45 – 15.15 Other new technologies (INSAR, etc) (Many?? Kenichi? Posters??)
  • 15.15 – 15.30 Coffee and networking
  • 15.30 – 16.00 GIS / BIM and other trends (Ilka May / Arup & Crossrail – Otherwise, Raul)
  • 16.00 – 17.30 Hands-on demonstrations