With over 34 years experience in the Geotechnical Industry we can offer quality service in all facets of Geotechnical Instrumentation. As with any geotechnical monitoring installation quality workmanship is paramount for getting the most accurate and reliable field data from the instruments. Over the years constantly installing instruments we have perfected the process with a range of instruments knowing the tricks and risks associated with installing Instrumentation successfully so as to avoid costly reworks, delays and lost data.
Instruments Downunder can provide high quality service in any one or all of the following areas:
Specialist Advice
Provide advice in the following areas
- Specification/design review
- Specification/design issues
- Project cost estimation/duration
- Project planning and instrumentation advice
- Surveillance and quality audits
- Data Integrity verification
- Construction hold point issues
- Instrumentation quality issues
- Instrumentation handovers – inspection and report
Installation
Project Management/Supervision
- Pre-start meetings/planning
- Instrument & consumable procurement
- Install Instrumentation
- Gather initial readings
- Temporary protection of Instrumentation
- Setup/commission Data Logging Stations
- Provide detailed borehole log per install
- Drilling crew management/pre-starts
- Arrange/advise Survey for ‘as-built’
- Advise management on installation issues
- Weekly progress reports
- Data Logger programming and Telemetry if required
- Manual monitoring & download training
- Supply instruments if required
Monitoring
Project Monitoring Management
- Supervising field staff
- Manual monitoring which includes reporting faulty equipment
- Downloading data loggers
- Checks and basic calibration on equipment
- Data integrity checks
- Forward data files to the recipients
- Monitoring quality audit
Maintenance
- General Inspection and maintenance of instruments and logging stations
- e.g. ant infestation removal, battery testing, solar panel cleaning
- Access maintenance
- e.g. vegetation reduction
- Troubleshooting and repair of instruments and data logging systems
- Station status report