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A monitoring concept for optimal maintenance of value
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Maintenance needs are constantly rising
From a safety and business standpoint, the importance of surveillance for existing buildings and plants is clear: ageing materials, changes in usage patterns, fluctuation in the intensity of stress or environmental influences can lead to rising maintenance costs. Where suitable surveillance methods are available, necessary repairs can be made in a timely and targeted fashion – and their success made subject to controls. Only if risks are identified early on can maintenance costs be reduced with a maximum degree of safety. This is what makes efficient maintenance just as important as solid construction work.
The OSMOS safety system for
- ongoing risk surveillance of building structures
- quality assurance during construction work
- determination of safety status and early detection of defects
- reduction of maintenance costs
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The objective: greater safety, lower costs |
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Long-term observation instead of a snap-shot approach
Determining the condition of build-ings and plants from a safety standpoint once called for reliance on static calculations or inspection with the naked eye, but today, static measurement procedures at least allow a snap-shot view of structural soundness, such as an X-ray would provide. This, however, brings to light only those changes which have already reached the structurally hazardous stage. Until now, it has been nearly impossible to provide ongoing surveillance of the behavior of a building together with a durable accounting of the dynamic measurement data nec-essary for the early detection of dam-age or for the triggering of preventive measures. |
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