As part of the Transport for Wales rail system, a rolling stock depot was built at Taffs Well which required a bridge to connect it to the rail station. Before building the new bridge a sheet pile wall had to be installed in order to retain earth and other filling material during piling activities. The monitoring system provided by Move Solutions through one of their UK supplier, Korec Group, collects real-time data of the sheet pile wall, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The aim is to identify any changes in the behaviour and position of the wall so as to avoid structural failure after its removal.

This project has been conducted by Academy Geomatics Ltd in collaboration with the North York Moors National Park Authority. The goal was to establish a comprehensive, real-time monitoring system to assess the behaviour of a landslip along the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, in order to ensure the safety and longevity of this crucial transportation link. Finding a suitable location for a total station proved challenging, as there wasn’t a spot that was both clear of the train tracks and had a view of the landslip. The valley offered limited stable ground for securing reference prisms. Moreover, the dense ferns and bracken, growing over a meter tall during summer, posed a risk of blocking the line of sight.

The Colosseum is a historical structure of inestimable cultural value both for Italy and for the whole world. It is, therefore, necessary to preserve and protect the structural integrity of the historic structures that are incorporated into a constantly developing urban context such as that of the Italian capital. A tender has been announced by the “Ministry of Cultural Heritage” and the contracting authority for the project is the “Parco Archeologico del Colosseo“. The aim of this monitoring project is to be the pilot project for processing the monitoring of the Colosseum and verifying the satellite data already acquired and being studied on the ground.