Case Study: Costain safeguards critical London Underground assets during tunnelling with Senceive wireless monitoring

Costain safeguards London Underground assets during 32 km tunnelling with Senceive

Costain, a civil engineering contractor, faced the challenge of safeguarding critical infrastructure, including London Underground tunnels and BT communications tunnels, from potential settlement caused by nearby tunnel boring machine (TBM) activity for the London Power Tunnels project. They partnered with vendor Senceive to implement a remote monitoring solution using wireless tilt sensors to track movement along these assets.

Senceive implemented a wireless monitoring system using high-precision tilt sensors on beams, which was quick to deploy and provided data to a cloud server. This solution successfully reassured asset owners that movement was within acceptable tolerances throughout the several-month project. As a result, Senceive's technology was adopted at additional sites on the project to protect other at-risk infrastructure.

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