Structural health monitoring of buildings

  • No instrumentation or on-site installation
  • 100% remote early warnings
  • Continuous monitoring with millimeter precision

The monitoring of deformations in buildings can prevent the appearance of cracks in facades, structural damage, the need for demolition due to irreversible damage and, ultimately, accidents that can put our health at risk. Having systems for measuring and monitoring deformations as a preventive measure is a fundamental task that should be carried out from the early stages of construction to later maintenance and habitability phases.

DInSAR satellite technology complements traditional in-situ measurement systems with novel methods for monitoring millimeter deformation in building structures.Detektia combines satellite radar information with AI to offer a system that generates early warnings with high sensitivity to any possible deformation.

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The measurement of structural deformations in buildings has traditionally been carried out by means of sensors installed in-situ. Although the information provided by these tools is reliable and highly accurate, their use without combining it with other data sources has some shortcomings: on the one hand, they involve significant human and material costs. On the other hand, they are not optimal as a continuous monitoring system since they provide very specific information. Furthermore, they are not very scalable in large areas such as urbanizations or entire neighborhoods as they offer very localized information.

In short, it is necessary to have new techniques and complementary monitoring systems, and this is where InSAR technology becomes the definitive piece of the puzzle.

Do you feel that your structural health system does not give you a complete picture? Do you lack the information you need to make the right decisions?

InSAR gives you the raw data you need but without the right tool it will not be useful. Detektia has developed the piece of the puzzle that will allow you to get the most out of satellite technology.It is a system that uses InSAR information to give you an early and automatic warning of any anomaly.

Candela Sancho

Candela Sancho
CEO de Detektia

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    We talk about building auscultation as a preventive measure to identify any deformation and anomalous behavior as soon as it occurs.

    Adequate control and monitoring of the structural health of buildings allows early identification of any anomalous behavior to ensure a rapid response. Early identification of damage can result in significant economic savings by avoiding costly maintenance work that would have to be carried out in the future.

    +-What solutions do we offer to identify damage to the structure of a building?

    Traditional solutions for monitoring the structural health of buildings consist of in-situ installation of sensors that measure displacements and possible deformations.

    Detektia complements the information provided by these sensors with time series of InSAR satellite imagery. This satellite information is available and updated every few days, which allows for continuous monitoring and a much more global image than that extracted from the sensors.

    +-Prevention of deterioration of facades and cracks in buildings

    The settlement of the ground, the existence of subway constructions, civil engineering works that may be taking place in nearby areas or even adjacent buildings can be, among many other causes, the agents that provoke the appearance of cracks and irreversible damage to a building.

    The early identification of alterations in the structure of a building does not prevent the possible damages that these could cause, but it does allow planning with sufficient time the actions to be taken in order to avoid major damages.

    +-Our proposal to continuously monitor buildings

    InSAR satellite technology allows us to monitor urbanizations, neighborhoods and even entire cities remotely and continuously. The existence of time series of the last 15 years allows us to know the exact moment in which a damage occurred in any building, however inappreciable it may be to the human eye.

    The use of data from satellite imagery complements the information collected by in-situ sensors and provides a much broader picture of the structural health of buildings.