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Construction
Global Sensing Solutions technologies play a crucial role in revolutionizing the construction industry by providing advanced monitoring solutions for enhanced structural health and safety. With state-of-the-art wireless sensor networks and monitoring systems, Global Sensing Solutions empowers construction professionals to gain real-time insights into the performance and integrity of their structures.
By deploying their cutting-edge sensors, construction companies can continuously monitor critical factors such as structural vibrations, tilt, etc. enabling early detection of potential issues, ensuring proactive maintenance, and minimizing the risk of structural failures.
The data collected by Global Sensing Solutions’ sensors is seamlessly transmitted and processed through their software applications and cloud-based platforms. This empowers construction teams to visualize and analyze the collected data in an intuitive and actionable format. By leveraging this information, stakeholders can make informed decisions regarding structural optimization, maintenance planning, and resource allocation, leading to improved project efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Moreover, Global Sensing Solutions offers comprehensive services, including installation, calibration, and ongoing technical support, ensuring a seamless integration of their technologies into construction projects. Their expertise and dedication enable construction professionals to maximize the value of their monitoring systems, promoting safer and more sustainable construction practices.
Blasting
Global Sensing Solutions provides advanced wireless sensor networks and IoT solutions that are particularly useful in the mining industry for blasting operations. Their technology is used for blasting vibration monitoring, air overpressure, and sound monitoring, which helps ensure that blasting operations are carried out safely and in compliance with regulations.
By using GSS wireless sensors, mining companies can collect real-time data on the vibration levels and air pressure generated by blasting operations, which can be used to minimize the impact of mining activities on the surrounding environment and nearby communities. This data can also be used to optimize blasting operations, improve productivity, and reduce costs.
Overall, GSS technologies offer a reliable and effective solution for monitoring blasting operations in the mining industry, enabling companies to minimize their environmental impact and ensure the safety of their workers and surrounding communities.
Dams
Global Sensing Solutions offers a range of advanced monitoring solutions that are essential in ensuring the safety and stability of dams. Our products are designed to detect and measure the slightest movement, vibration, or tilt in structures, allowing engineers to detect and prevent potential structural issues that could lead to catastrophic failure.
One of the primary challenges of dam monitoring is ensuring continuous and reliable data collection, as dams are often located in remote and challenging environments. GSS offers wireless and cable-less sensors that can be easily installed and provide real-time monitoring of dam structures. These sensors are equipped with long battery life, ensuring continuous monitoring even in remote locations.
The company’s monitoring solutions for dams include the 3GV and WMM3G gateway with WMS sensors, which offer reliable and high-precision measurements of vibration, tilt, and temperature. The products also feature SMS alerts and remote management capabilities, enabling engineers to take quick action when necessary.
Overall, our technology provides a reliable and effective solution for dam monitoring, ensuring the safety and stability of these critical structures.
Airports
GSS technologies are also used in airports, providing tilt and vibration monitoring solutions for construction and demolition activities. For example, at HKIA Terminal 2, 4GV was used for tilt monitoring on columns and landing lights. The 4GV product features include quick installation, waterproof casing, wireless sensors with remote management capability, and real-time monitoring. Additionally, during the construction of HKIA Sky City, 3GV was used for vibration monitoring. The 3GV product features include wireless sensors, real-time monitoring, long battery life, rechargeable solar panel options, and eligibility for a rebate from HK Construction Industry Council. GSS technologies provide reliable and accurate monitoring solutions, ensuring safety and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Tunnels
GSS’s technology is also utilized in tunneling construction, providing vibration monitoring solutions for various MTR Tunnel projects. For instance, in the Sheung Wan MTR Tunnel, 4GV was used for real-time vibration monitoring to monitor foundation works above the tunnel. Similarly, in Admiralty MTR Tunnel, 3GV and 4GV were utilized for vibration monitoring during the Sha Tin Central Link expansion. The technology features wireless sensors with remote management capabilities, long battery life, and real-time monitoring that meets the MTRC requirements. In Sai Ying Pun Station, 4GV technology was deployed, which is cable-less and easy to install, and also features wireless sensors with remote management/monitoring capability.
Moreover, communication was identified as a challenge in the real-time monitoring of devices used in tunnels and stations located behind cladding. To overcome this challenge, GSS provides various options such as upgrading modems, changing the communication module (UHF, LoRa, WiFi), using IoT SIM, and changing the antenna to a high gain or directional antenna.
Historical Sites
The company offers vibration and tilt monitoring solutions specifically designed to safeguard historical sites and structures like monuments, historical bridges, etc. These structures are at a higher risk of damage during nearby construction, drilling, or other activities that may cause vibration or tilting. GSSr products, such as the 3GV and WMM3G gateway with WMS sensors, feature easy and cable-less installation with custom mounting options to avoid damage to the structure.
The monitoring devices used in historical sites are designed to ensure real-time monitoring, allowing for immediate alerts via SMS messages when pre-defined limits are exceeded, and enabling quick response to prevent damage to the structure. For instance, these solutions were used in the Lung Tsun Stone Bridge and Oleh Synagogue, in Hong Kong. The devices used for vibration and tilt monitoring feature easy and cable-less installation, real-time monitoring, and SMS alerts when limits are exceeded.
The products used for monitoring at Oleh Synagogue were mounted high enough to avoid interference with the synagogue’s operations. Moreover, these technologies come with long battery life and waterproof cases, ensuring reliable and continuous monitoring, even in challenging environments.
Overall, the GSS’s technology for historical sites offers an effective and reliable solution to safeguard sensitive structures against damage during nearby construction or drilling, with the potential to protect these structures for generations to come.
Sensitive Structures
Global Sensing Solutions’ vibration monitoring technology is used to protect sensitive structures such as hospitals and power stations. For example, the 3GV product was used to monitor A/C pipes at Queen Mary Hospital and during expansion activities at Prince of Wales Hospital. The wireless sensors offer remote management and monitoring, real-time monitoring, and SMS alerts when the PPV threshold is exceeded, which is a Hospital Authority requirement. Long battery life is also crucial for devices installed in restricted or difficult-to-reach locations.
In addition, the 4GV product was used for vibration monitoring on a Power Substation at Pok Fu Lam Road. The product features cable-less and easy installation in some difficult-to-reach locations for short-term monitoring projects, and an epoxy mounting option was required as no drilling was allowed. The wireless sensor provides remote management and monitoring capabilities, real-time monitoring, and outputs data in CSV format for easy integration into the GIS platform.
Overall, Global Sensing Solutions’ vibration monitoring technology offers an effective solution to protect sensitive structures such as hospitals and power stations from potential damage caused by excessive vibrations.
Bridges & Structures
Global Sensing Solutions also provides vibration monitoring solutions for bridges, civil structures, and barriers. These structures are particularly vulnerable to damage from construction activities, environmental factors, and accidents. GSS’s products, such as the 4GV and WMD gateway with WMS sensors, offer easy and cable-less installation with custom mounting options to avoid damage to the structure.
Real-time monitoring is a crucial aspect of our solutions, as it allows for immediate alerts when vibration or tilt exceeds pre-defined limits. This is especially important for government and city projects where tilt and vibration monitoring is a requirement. For instance, the 4GV was used for tilt monitoring during construction activities on the Kowloon overpass, while the WMD gateway and WMS sensors were used to obtain 1-second tilt readings on a damaged footbridge during the Hong Kong protests.
Overall, the importance of these measurements is crucial to protect these structures from damage, which can lead to severe consequences and public safety risks.
Slopes & Barriers
Slope Monitoring is a target market for GSS Tilt & Vibration sensors. Our sensors including functionality specifically for monitoring tilt and detecting impact from debris. GSS has worked for years with slope management experts including government institutions that manage slopes, manufacturers and installers of barriers, and consultants specializing in flexible barrier maintenance.
GSS sensors provide real-time precision tilt reading (in degrees), include impact detection (in g) and temperature readings (in Celsius). Leveraging GSS 3G gateway allows sensors to be placed in remote locations where alerts and transmitted within seconds and regular readings are uploaded on a scheduled basis. GSS sensors installed on barriers continued to operate throughout harsh weather conditions including super typhoons and black rainstorms.
GSS also provided solutions for impact, tilt, and laser distance monitoring on rigid and flexible barriers in Tung Chung and Tai O, which protect major highways and villages. These solutions offer wireless sensors with remote management/monitoring capabilities, real-time monitoring, and long battery life, ensuring reliable and continuous monitoring even in remote and challenging environments.
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