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INDUSTRY-LEADING GEOTECHNICAL
INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA SYSTEMS
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P R O A C T I V E
A N D
P R O V E N
SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR
Full site view from geotechnical monitoring to Interferometric
Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) for holistic risk management
Real-time automated InSAR reporting every two to 10 days.
Integrated software platform ensures an end-to-end sensor to
viewing data stream to simplify data management.
Getting trusted information from your asset into your hands has never
been easier. We get a full platform integrated read-out to monitor and
manage risk, and deal with one provider for all our questions.”
Kenny Jams (Executive Staff)
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END-TO-END
INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS
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END-TO-END INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS
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TOP 5 APPLICATIONS
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CASE STUDIES
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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APPENDIX: GEOTECHNICAL
INSTRUMENTATION
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
END-TO-END
INTEGRATED
DATA AND
SOFTWARE
SOLUTIONS.
DATA COLLECTION
Custom engineered solutions
to site-specific problems
DATA CONNECTIVITY
& DATA HOSTING
Dedicated after-market support
Technical service support
DATA VISUALIZATION
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PROJECT
PLANNING
STRATEGIC
MONITORING
• Leverage proprietary InSAR technology for a
one-time analysis using historical data to
understand what moved, when and how
much.
• Use historical data to prioritize and pinpoint
your inspection and instrumentation
maintenance plans.
• Proactively prevent failures and incidents
with on-going remote InSar monitoring.
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KEY PRODUCTS AND SECTORS
Our platform offers you a comprehensive suite of geotechnical instrumentation and geomatic data
systems that are being used in leading projects around the world.
LATERAL GROUND
DISPLACEMENT
TILT
WATER PRESSURE/LEVEL
DISPLACEMENT
LOAD STRESS AND PRESSURE
SETTLEMENT
AUTOMATED SATELLITE IMAGING
DATA COLLECTION
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B U S I N E S S
SMART MONITORING
FROM UNDERGROUND
TO ABOVE.
RSTAR Affinity is the evolution of RST Instruments’ RSTAR
constellation of remote, wireless data collection solutions
married with our industry-leading instrumentation and our
latest InSAR satellite imagery technology. Built by our team
of seasoned instrumentation experts specifically for
monitoring projects, the RSTAR Affinity system offers you a
turnkey solution for the geotechnical IIoT, encompassing
data collection, communications, site management,
data insight and remote monitoring.
Integrated • User-friendly • Flexible • Durable • Secure
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RSTAR AFFINITY & INSIGHTS
The integrated sensor-to-analysis solution for reliable, critical asset information in real-time data
from your work site to your desktop – all from a single vendor
Client IT system
DATA
LOGGER
RSTAR Mesh/LoRa topology
Cloud/secure server data transfer
DATA
LOGGER
DATA
LOGGER
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Data collection, Data communication, Data presentation
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FULL SITE
MANAGEMENT &
DATA
PRESENTATION
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WE ARE CUSTOMER CENTRIC
All of our products are designed by engineers and supported by engineers. We provide expert
advice and service at every stage – from implementation to after-market technical support.
Project
Instrument
Inspection/
instrumentation
installation/
troubleshooting
planning
supervision
On-site training
After-market
technical support
and warranties
Service & Support
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TOP 5
APPLICATIONS
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END-TO-END INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS
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TOP 5 APPLICATIONS
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CASE STUDIES
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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INSTRUMENTATION
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MONITORING
AND
DATA COLLECTION
SOLUTIONS TO
PROACTIVELY
MANAGE RISK
• Commercial building construction
• Embankment on soft soils
• Excavation nearby building instrumentation
• Tailings dam instrumentation
• Wireless data collection
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INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC-APERTURE RADAR [INSAR]
2007
50+
Founded with the mission of making
inSar an easily accessible and useful
technology for a broad base of users.
Employees with experience in
astrophysics, computer science,
advanced mathematics, data analysis,
and product development.
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Why InSAR?
Remote monitoring
Millions of data points
mm precision
Wide area coverage
TSX satellite
No right-of-access issues
No installed hardware
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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW MUCH?
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Millions of measurements
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Covers 100s to 1000s of
square kilometers (even
regional scale)
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Measurements every 20
meters to 50 centimeters
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Centimeter to Millimeter
precision
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Repeated biweekly to every
few days
3vGEOMATICS
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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW MUCH?
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InSAR data includes
displacement rate, charts,
and direction
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Threshold for alert or alarm
depends on application
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3vG provides
measurements not
interpretation
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Customers decide what
actions to take
3vGEOMATICS
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COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MONITORING
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LANDSLIDE INSTRUMENTATION
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EXCAVATION NEARBY BUILDING INSTRUMENTATION
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RSTAR AND DT LINK / WIRELESS DATA COLLECTION
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CASE
STUDIES
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END-TO-END INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS
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TOP 5 APPLICATIONS
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CASE STUDIES
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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PROACTIVE AND PROVEN
Early Detection
OUR TRACK RECORD
OF DELIVERING VALUE
Minimize Risk
Cost Savings
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PIPELINE IN VEGETATED AREA MONITORING
Early Detection
North America
Historical InSAR analysis shows the displacement rate of a landslide
moving at 2 cm per year from 2007 – 2011. In 2013, a pipeline traversing
this slope failed, causing a business interruption.
CHALLENGE
Geohazards exist on low-angle slopes, and slope displacement is
often very subtle. Detecting and monitoring geohazards across
thousands of kilometers of pipeline can be difficult. The pipeline
right of ways are in remote locations; ground instruments and
field visits can be expensive.
SOLUTION
3vG analyzed radar satellite images acquired by ALOS-1
between February 2007 and March 2011. ALOS-1 is an L-band
satellite whose radar waves penetrate through vegetation, and in
some cases, light dry snow, to provide displacement information
of the ground underneath.
Technology: InSAR
RESULTS
3vG demonstrated the value of InSAR as an additional tool for
pipeline integrity managers focused on geohazards. An analysis
of L-band radar satellite images acquired from 2007 – 2011
identified a land mass moving at a rate of 2 – 10 cm per year,
prior to a landslide occurring in 2013 which led to a business
interruption. Ongoing monitoring with regularly updated
displacement reports can detect new risks that may develop and
monitor known ones to help prevent geohazard induced pipeline
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EXCAVATION AND SHORING MONITORING
Pier West – Bosa Development
A large residential construction project in a dense
city setting, Pier West's two 53-storey high-rise buildings
are fronted by the Fraser River and bordered by
a busy rail line. This project is still underway.
Technology: Vibrating wire load cells
& IPIs (in-place inclinometers)
Minimize Risk
CHALLENGE
Pier West engineers had to ensure they were not putting nearby
infrastructure and buildings at risk during the project's excavation and
shoring phases. They also needed geotechnical data to confirm design
assumptions as construction proceeded.
SOLUTION
We collaborated with the developer and their geotechnical expert to
develop an instrumentation plan. We supplied vibrating wire load cells
and in-place inclinometers to monitor various shoring elements,
including secant pile and cutter soil mixing (CSM) walls. We also
installed IPIs at soldier pile locations along the shoring wall. Load cells
were used at the same locations as the IPI to monitor tie-back anchor
loading in real-time.
RESULTS
The sensors provided real-time data while work was underway and
our monitoring system ensured the excavation and shoring proceeded
without damage to nearby rail lines or buildings. The data collected
was of immense value to the project owners, they can prove that no
damage was done to surrounding infrastructure during excavation.
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RAILWAY ARCH BRIDGE MONITORING
UK Rail Network
Cost Savings
Network Rail needed to know if train loads were causing stress
on a 150-year-old single-span masonry arch bridge used by
hundreds of passenger trains every day. The bridge was
showing its age, it had spandrel separation cracks, and longitudinal
cracking and bulging of the spandrels, parapets and wing walls.
Technology: RST Vibrating
Wire Arc Weldable Strain Gauges
CHALLENGE
Network Rail was using conventional displacement monitoring which
was often inaccurate and always expensive: they had to shut down
roads and divert traffic in order to take the measurements manually.
SOLUTION
We provided instrumentation with data logging for real-time alerting
and dynamic data logging during crossings. Technical services were
provided for installation and configuring of the data logger and
analysis software. Crack meters, strain gauges and a solar panel
system to provide 100% active data acquisition, were installed.
RESULTS
We monitored deflection under the load of more than 35,000 trains.
The sensor data was reliable, accurate and continues to transmit
without interruption. Network Rail's engineers can now remotely
monitor the bridge's structural integrity and track its long-term
behavior without costly and disruptive road closures. Network Rail
has adapted this monitoring system to other at-risk structures with
similar age-related defects.
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COMPANY
OVERVIEW
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END-TO-END INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS
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TOP 5 APPLICATIONS
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CASE STUDIES
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
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INSTRUMENTATION
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200+
650+
T O TA L
EMPLOYEES
CUSTOMERS
I N T E G R AT E D S O L U T I O N S P R O V I D E R
Highly-engineered geotechnical instrumentation and data systems where measurement integrity is paramount.
End use in airports, bridges, highways, hydroelectric dams, mines, railroads, tailings dams and tunnels.
Products monitor, measure, log and transmit readings a range of geological properties.
Built by Engineers for Engineers
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GLOBAL EXPERTISE AND PRESENCE
RST has locations in Stowmarket,
UK, and USA
Measurand has locations in
Fredericton, NB and USA
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GLOBAL
OFFICES
CANADIAN
M A N U FA C T U R I N G
FA C I L I T I E S
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SUPPORT &
SERVICE
EXPERTS
DESIGN
PROFESSIONALS
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RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL
EXCELLENCE
Our companies have been recognized for their innovative,
industry leading technologies and commitment to growth
2008
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AWARDED THE
ERNEST C. MANNING
AWARD OF
DISTINCTION FOR
SHAPEACCELARRAY
TOOL
GLOBAL PATENTS
2019
RECOGNIZED WITH
EXPORTER OF THE
YEAR AWARD BY ONB
AND ACOA
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SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS AROUND THE GLOBE
• LA YESCA DAM, MEXICO
• MONT TERRI UNDERGROUND
LABORATORY, SWITZERLAND
• MT. MILLIGAN MINE, B.C.
• CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES
• UK RAIL NETWORK
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THANK YOU
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