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Senceive featured in ENR article

Senceive has been featured in a recent ENR article describing the advanced monitoring for the Jamaica Bay Bridge during the conclusion of Hurricane Sandy repair work.

The article describes how Big Apple Group used Senceive's precise and robust wireless Triaxial Tilt and Optical Displacement sensors to inform decision-making and ensure safety when traditional optical monitoring solutions were determined to be unfeasible.

"It's an improvement over traditional monitoring techniques," says Alex Sabetta, northeast regional supervising engineer at Big Apple Group.  "With the specifications provided, the degree of accuracy with traditional [automated node] systems to monitor for displacements would not be possible," he says. 

"The system uses two types of wireless nodes attached to track beds and piers on the bridge, all powered by long-life batteries and hooked up to two data relay stations, says Dan Miller, head of business development for the Americas at Senceive.  "If there is data that shows there is movement beyond the design criteria, work would be stopped and mitigation efforts would be performed.  The system uses the MTA's own allowable movement thresholds, with measurements down to sub-millimeters."

Read the article on the ENR website: Bridge Fix Bolsters Lifeline as Sandy Repairs Conclude | Engineering News-Record (enr.com)

Read the article as a PDF here 

Read our case study on this project here Jamaica Bay Rail Bridge, New York – Construction Monitoring | Senceive

Created on: Tue 21st Mar 2023

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