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Build’Health

Follow-up of structures state of health by vibration monitoring

Our global structural monitoring solution Build'Health allows you to : - Monitor the structural health of your building throughout its entire lifecycle, - Quickly estimate the level of damage sustained by the buildings after an event or incident (construction works, accident, earthquake), - Optimise risk management during urban works.

Monitoring of your building's structural health throughout its entire lifecycle

  • The technology is based on worldwide expert research in building damage.
  • Build’Health uses a global indicator of structural health: the dynamic signature.
  • Similar to a medical examination, Build’Health takes the pulse of your structure and immediately detects any structural degradation.

Our solution Build'Health

  • Build’Health can be applied manually and occasionally,
    for example once a year.
  • For sensitive structures, Build’Health can operate in automatic and continuous mode, transmitting alarms in case of degradation.
  • Each building’s Build’Health measurement process takes less than an hour. The comparison of successive measurements permits the detection of any damage.
  • In geographical areas of seismic activity, we can configurate Build’Health in real-time / autonomous mode with a local display. After a tremor occurs, Build’Health immediately defines the level of building degradation and either authorises or prohibits its ongoing use.

The benefits

  • Simple, global, non destructive and non-intrusive method.
  • Reliable mathematical indicator, providing the global health status of the structure, independently from visual analysis.
  • Establishes strategic information for the management of a
    property portfolio, building insurance or real estate investments.
  • Helps to analyse the conditions of safe access to buildings after an accident, fire or earthquake.
  • Helps preventive measures and the analysis of the impact of works.

Applications

  • Monitoring of a property portfolio by periodic measurements, as part of an asset management strategy.
  • Monitoring of ageing or damage of sensitive structures, periodic or continuous measurements.
  • Structural integrity check before/after an event (passage of a convoy or works nearby for example).

Specific applications in geographical areas of seismic activity:

  • High visibility (beacon) and digital warning signals to authorise or prohibit the return to a structure after a seismic event.
  • Continuous monitoring.
  • Autonomous system capable of operating off-line (Telephone, 4G, etc.) and without power supply (12 hours battery life).
  • Display of accessibility in real time and 10 minutes after any detected tremor.

 

Sixense's strengths

Measurement expertise + structural expertise

Control of site interventions: Our teams understand and can answer your needs.

Related services

Possibility to connect Build’Health with engineering services and additional measurements.

Our commitment to mesaurement quality

Worldwide specialist of correct and useful measurements.

Download the Build'Health solution datasheet