Prof Gethin Wyn Roberts, Chairperson of Commission
6
Terms of reference
Acquisition, processing and management of topometric data and all
related information throughout the life cycle of a project (at construction
site)
Quality control and validation for civil engineering constructions and
manufacturing of large objects (method statements)
Modern concepts for setting-out and machine guidance
Deformation monitoring, analysis and interpretation, measurement of
dynamic loaded structures (general)
Prediction of deformation and movements in engineering projects, mines
and areas of geological hazard such as land slides, subsidence etc
Automatic measuring systems, construction and industry and multi-sensor
measuring systems
Terrestrial laser systems, their usage in architecture, civil
engineering and industry including automated periodic measurements in order
to measure track movements
Industry measuring system metrology, testing and quality control
Standards related to the construction, deformation measurement and
measuring system metrology
Mission statement
The mission of Commission 6 is to:
promote the knowledge, skills and abilities of surveyors in civil and
industrial works within the various professional fields of engineering
support all development and multidisciplinary expertise leading to
integrated survey methods, using various instruments (geodetic, geotechnic,
fast motion) and sensors and combining geometry with all other data relevant
to each engineering problem
provide a forum for exchange of knowledge related to engineering
analysis of survey data for the study of structures
in addition to the links with related WGs of IAG, ISM and ISPRS, look
for possible co-operation within these organisations and support the
co-operation of civil, structural and mechanical engineers with our
profession
participation with ICOLD (International Committee on Large Dams)
national committees
participation on the FIG Standards Network on standardisation policy,
support the standardisation activities at the international, local and
national level, and development of standards and method statements
participation on regional FIG events, and events organised in
co-operation with sister organisations.
General
This Working Plan covers a wide scale of survey disciplines related to
plants, installations and constructions of any kind. Commission 6 wants to
promote:
development of international standards and qualifications,
development of best practice guides in Engineering Surveys,
Commission 6 will consist of three Working Groups and one joint working group
with Commission 5. Commission 6 has study groups on specific issues and these
could also be used for the FIG contribution to respond to global warming and
disaster management.
The Council has requested Commission 6 to consider establishing a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Working Group 6.1 - Deformation Measurements and Analysis
Policy Issues
Deformation studies in Engineering Surveying are based on a broad knowledge
of suitable sensors and their potential, modern data storage and communication
solutions and advanced processing and analysis methods. Additionally a thorough
understanding of the behaviour of monitoring objects (large scale structure or
landslide effected area), is essential to set-up and operate an optimum
monitoring system. Nowadays deformation tasks are more and more oriented towards
real-time systems, which require automation of data capture and new concepts in
data processing, analysis and interpretation.
WG6.1’s main goals will be to support specialists in deformation studies with
state-of-the art solutions and provide latest developments and future oriented
concepts:
Promoting studies on the potential of existing and new sensors to
determine geometric deformation quantities from surveying and adjacent
fields such as geotechnics;
Promoting the development of concepts for automated data storage, data
transfer and data pre-processing;
Promoting the adaptation of numerical algorithms to derive relevant
deformation quantities in real-time, including concepts from time series
analysis;
Promoting a multidisciplinary collaboration between surveying,
structural and geotechnical engineers to understand the behaviour of
structures and geotechnical objects;
Study of most modern concepts for data analysis like artificial neural
networks, fuzzy logics and generic algorithms;
Initiate investigations to extend the range of deformation studies to
higher frequencies, which are important in Structural Health Monitoring,
i.e. to be able to study oscillations and vibrations and their effects on
critical structures;
Chair
Chair
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Niemeier
GERMANY
E-mail:
w.niemeier[at]tu-bs.de
Secretary:
Dr.-Ing. Björn Riedel
GERMANY
E-mail: b.riedel[at]tu-bs.de
Specific project(s)
Prepare reports on State-of-the-Art for typical deformation tasks (e.g.
dams, bridges, high buildings, landslides, rock-fall, …);
Comparison of most modern instrumentation for automated deformation
measurements;
Comparison of concepts from artificial intelligence for deformation
analysis;
Case studies: For a typical data set of continuous observations, which
has to be defined, different analysis concepts and tools have to be applied.
Workshop(s)
14th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Hong Kong,
Nov. 2011
15th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Europe
(Hamburg ?), 2014
These symposia will continuously be organised as joint symposia with IAG/ WG
4.2, Publication(s)
Publications
Proceedings of the meetings (it is intended to have peer reviewed
proceedings
Beneficiaries
Surveying professionals dealing with all aspects of deformation studies
Surveyors interested in most modern, automated instrumentation
Geologists, structural and geotechnical engineers concerned with
deformation tasks
Working Group 6.2 - Engineering Surveys for Construction Works
and Structural Engineering
Policy issues
Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in industry &
engineering;
Promoting a multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers,
civil engineers, structural & mechanical engineers;
Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in the rail and railway
building and operating sector;
Promoting the understanding of fibre optic sensors, e.g. interferometric
sensors, Brillouin and Raman scattering and Bragg gratings;
Study the use of embedded sensor arrays and the role of advanced
surveying techniques for structural monitoring;
Creating an awareness of surveyors through a task force “Fibre optic
sensors” of the rapidly emerging technology of fibre optic sensors as
"non-geodetic" sensors to measure deformations (strain) and temperatures in
civil engineering structures
Promoting the use of Terrestrial based RF positioning system in
engineering surveying;
Creating an awareness of surveyors through a task force “Geotechnical
sensors” as the trend today is going for an integration of those sensors in
the geodetic deformation analysis.
Creating an awareness of surveyors through a task force “Railways
Trolley monitoring system.
Chair
Chair: Mr. Joël van Cranenbroeck
Leica Geosystems AG
SWITZERLAND
E-mail:
joel.vancranenbroeck[at]leica-geosystems.com
Vice Chair
Prof. Esmond C.M. Mok,
Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA,
e-mail: lsemok[at]inet.polyu.edu.hk
Specific project(s)
Precise methods and equipment for staking out during construction and
structural works;
QC and documentation for as build compared to as designed;
Precise methods and equipment for Engineering surveys for visualisation
and photo match;
Precise methods and equipment for remote surveys. (Terrestrial laser
scanners etc.)
Dynamic Monitoring of Buildings and Structures during and after
construction;
Offshore construction surveys;
Integration of sensors for engineering surveys;
Rail track setting out and monitoring;
Railway infrastructure (trolley system).
Workshop(s)
Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned
professionals
Publication(s)
Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
Beneficiaries
Surveying profession becoming involved in this developing technology which
will partly replace current geodetic techniques;
Surveyors wanting to acquire information about fibre optic sensors as
used in "smart civil Engineering structures";
Surveyors wanting to acquire information about geotechnical sensors as
used in engineering structures such as dams;
Engineers who has to decide about the best techniques to monitor civil
engineering structures;
Universities teaching advanced sensor technology.
Engineering surveyors and engineers involved with construction and
setting out will benefit, as well as structural engineers, current buildings
and future building designs.
Study Groups
Study group 6.2.1 Fibre Optic Sensors
Chair
Dr. Helmut Woschitz (Austria), email:
helmut.woschitz[at]tugraz.at
Activities
technical meeting in Graz
2-day conference or workshop in Germany
Publication on Marketing of fibre optic sensors, possible.
Study Group 6.2.2 Laser Scanners (Joint with Commission 5)
Chair
Dr Ivo Milev, Germany, email:
ivo.milev[at]technet-rail.de
Activities
Innovative Technologies for an efficient geospatial management of earth
resources 5-7 September, 2011 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Innovative technologies ( 2012 Uzbekistan)
With main topic: laser scanning for geospatial management of earth resources
Study Group 6.2.3 Ground Based Synthetic Aperture Radar
The importance of real-time 3D-position sensors for navigation of machinery
on construction sites of roads, tunnels, railways, and airports has increased
over the last years and the market is still growing. Also in the field of
agriculture GPS-based applications such as crop mapping and automatic steering
are well introduced. The new FIG Working Group 6.5 will intensively deal with
following topics:
Kinematic Measurement and Sensor Technology (focus on L1 RTK Cow-cost
systems, adjustments of total station MCG requirements, additional Sensor
like Slope Sensors, INS, Orientations Sensors, etc.),
3D-Applications (Agriculture, Construction, Special Applications e.g.
UAVs),
Multi-Sensor Systems and -platforms
MCG Data Processing and Data Flow
Control Process and Control Algorithm
Standardization of Major Construction Projects
The main goal of Working Group 6.3 is the interaction of research and
industry activities.
Chair
Chair
Henrik Vad Jensen
Denmark
E-mail: hvj[at]vd.dk
Vice Chair
Karl Soar,
Hexagon Machine Control Division
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
karl.soar[at]hexagon-machine-control.com
Specific project(s)
Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned
professionals
Expert Meetings during the exhibitions “Intergeo”, “World of Concrete”,
“World of Asphalt”, “Agritechnica” and “Bauma”
Workshop(s)
3rd MCG Conference 2012 in Stuttgart
4th MCG Conference 2014 in Berlin
DVW Symposium “Interdisziplinäre Messaufgaben im Bauwesen“ – Weimar,
Germanyr 2011
Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors' XCES annual
conference
Interaction with ION projects
Contributions to FIG conferences and various joint meetings
Publication(s)
Proceedings of the meetings (by the host)
Beneficiaries
Due to new geodetic sensors (GNSS) and low cost sensors new application
fields will emerge. In this respect close collaboration and regularly exchange
between research departments of companies, users and academia is essential
Standardization
Technology transfer and networking
Advising hard and software components
Introduction of machine control and guidance into academic curricula
Study Groups
For each of the specific projects, given above, a study group could be
initiated.
Co-operation with Other Commissions and organizations
Joint Working Groups
Working Group 5.5 – Ubiquitous Positioning Systems (Commission 5
has lead and work plan is described in Commission 5 work plan)
Study Group 6.2.2 Laser Scanners (Joint with Commission 5,
Commission 6 has lead)
Co-operation with United Nation Organisations, Sister
Associations and other Partners
The Council has asked Commission 6 to take responsibility on the
implementation of the MoU with the International Association of Mine Surveying
(ISM).
Meetings
Meetings have been listed
under each Working Group and Study Group.
Commission 6 is considering organising a meeting or workshop in China.
Commission Officers
Commission Chair
Dr. Gethin Wyn Roberts
The University of Nottingham
Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. + 44 155 951 3933
Fax + 44 155 951 3881
E-mail:
gethin.roberts[at]nottingham.edu.cn
Vice Chair for Administration
Craig Hancock
IESSG
The University of Nottingham
Nottingham Geospatial Building
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
UNITED KINGDOM
Email
Craig.Hancock[at]nottingham.ac.uk
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.1 - Deformation Measurement and Analysis
Chair
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Niemeier
GERMANY
E-mail:
w.niemeier[at]tu-bs.de
Secretary:
Dr.-Ing. Björn Riedel
GERMANY
E-mail: b.riedel@tu-bs.de
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.2 -
Engineering Surveys for Construction Works and Structural Engineering
Chair: Mr. Joël van Cranenbroeck
Leica Geosystems AG
SWITZERLAND
E-mail:
joel.vancranenbroeck[at]leica-geosystems.com
Vice Chair
Prof. Esmond C.M. Mok,
Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
HONG KONG SAR, CHINA,
e-mail: lsemok[at]inet.polyu.edu.hk
Vice Chair and Chair of WG 6.3 - Machine Control and Guidance (MCG)
Chair
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Stempfhuber
GERMANY
E-mail:
Stempfhuber[at]beuth-hochschule.de
Vice Chair
Karl Soar, Hexagon Machine Control Division
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
karl.soar[at]hexagon-machine-control.com
Study Groups Chairs
Study group 6.2.1 Fibre Optic Sensors
Chair: Dr. Helmut Woschitz (Austria), email:
helmut.woschitz[at]tugraz.at
Study Group 6.2.2 Laser Scanners (Joint with Commission 5)
Chair: Dr Ivo Milev, Germany, email:
ivo.milev[at]technet-rail.de
Study Group 6.2.3 Ground Based Synthetic Aperture Radar
Chair: Prof Alessandro Capra, Italy, email:
alessandro.capra[at]unimore.it
Study Group 6.2.4 Geotechnical Sensors
Chair: Dr. Marco di Mauro, Switzerland, email:
marco.dimauro[at]lgs-geo.it
Study group 6.2.5 Railway Surveying Techniques Chair: Mr. Carlo Bonanno, Leica Geosystems, Italy, email:
carlo.bonanno[at]leica-geosystems.it
