Innovative Wireless Structural Monitoring at Bell Harry Canterbury Cathedral
In 2006 ITM Monitoring, now SOCOTEC Monitoring UK Ltd, was contacted by The Morton Partnership to comment on the feasibility of installing a structural monitoring system in Bell Harry Canterbury Cathedral.
Summary of the works
Client: The Dean and Chapter (via The Morton Partnership)
Duration: 2006 – Current
Monitoring System: Cable free tilt sensors, Cable free Crackmeters, ARGUS Monitoring Software.
Case Study
Project Details
Condition surveys carried out by The Morton Partnership revealed a number of cracks in the tower, which required a monitoring regime to check for ongoing propagation. As a solution ITM Monitoring proposed a system of wireless sensors communicating back to a data logger, which in turn pushed the data into ARGUS via a GSM modem. To ensure minimum visual impact all installed sensors were painted in a colour to match the Lepine stone of the Cathedral.
Condition surveys carried out by The Morton Partnership revealed a number of cracks in the tower, which required a monitoring regime to check for ongoing propagation. As a solution ITM Monitoring proposed a system of wireless sensors communicating back to a data logger, which in turn pushed the data into ARGUS via a GSM modem. To ensure minimum visual impact all installed sensors were painted in a colour to match the Lepine stone of the Cathedral.
