(113c) Smart Anchor Technology, Offering a Complete Foundation Assessment Monitoring Solution to a Project in Llanycil,North Wales, UK

A combination of an ageing infrastructure network, with underinvestment

in maintenance, will likely result in an increased demand to focus on the

reliability and serviceability of existing structures, aimed at prolonging

their lifetime. This will require more innovative methods of inspection and

monitoring of critical structures, to assess their structural status and

evaluate the need to repair, rehabilitate or even replace.

For critical structures such as chemical facilities, retaining walls, bridges, and wind towers an early warning system that identifies a reduced capacity in performance should be a priority for asset owners.

Proactive maintenance allows infrastructure engineers to maintain to

preserve and not just repair, extending the life of their assets.

Real time data obtained from monitoring and data backed assessments

allow engineers to make the right design decisions, efficiently.

Historically, infrastructure systems have been among the least digitally

advanced, having been quite slow to adopt Smart technology.

DYWIDAG’s Smart Anchor allows the asset owner and its engineering

team better understand the performance of installed ground anchors via

a cloud-based data management platform allowing 24/7, 365-day access

and alert system. In addition, slope monitoring and structural instrumentation can be added to offer the complete Foundation

Condition Monitoring solution. This paper aims to outline such a Smart

Anchor Monitoring System recently employed on a site at Llanycil in

North Wales.