Description

Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring are a sub-branch of Geotechnical Engineering. Geotechnical Instrumentation refers to the various sophisticated instruments that are used to monitor geotechnical structures, sites, and the environment. 

Geotechnical Instrumentation and monitoring play a significant role in the success of any construction project. You can think of it as a huge umbrella that shades all the prominent construction projects ranging from tunnels, high-rise buildings, deep excavations, boreholes, to airports, seaports, railways, dams, and bridges.

Geotechnical monitoring can be done for both the short-term as well as the long-term safety of the structures. It is carried on essentially during the pre-construction, construction stage, post-construction as well as in the dilapidation stage.