Technical Programme and Proceedings
        
          
        Final programme as a .pdf-file 
        
          
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            Sunday 27 June | 
           
          
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            6 – 8 pm | 
            
            Registration 
            Lenton and Wortley Hall, The University of Nottingham 
            Tea and Coffee | 
           
          
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            Monday 28 June | 
           
          
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            8:00am | 
            
            Registration and coffee | 
           
          
            | 09:30am | 
            
            Welcome address 
            Prof. A H Dodson | 
           
          
            | 10:00am | 
            
            FIG Working Group 6.4 
            Dr. G W Roberts | 
           
          
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            10:30am | 
            
            Session 1 - Surveying in Construction 
            Chair Dr 
            Gethin RobertsThe Application of Dynamic Control Feedback 
            Loops to the Problematic Issue of Controlling 'as Designed' Compared 
            to 'as Built' on Construction Projects 
            Paul Watson, Richard Davis and Norman Wienand 
            (United Kingdom)  
            Surveying with GPS for Construction Works Using the National RTK 
            Reference Network and Precise Geoid 
            Ahmed El-Mowafy (United Arab Emirates)  
            Accuracy of simple GPS Kinematic Techniques: Evidence from 
            Experiments, and Implications for the Study of Large Flexible Engineering 
			Structures 
            K. Protopsalti, A. Nickitopoulou, P. Psimoulis,
            S. Pytharouli, V. Kontogianni, P. Triantafillidis 
            and S. Stiros (Greece)  
            Real-time Long-term Monitoring and Static and Dynamic Displacements of an 
			Office Tower, Combining RTK GPS and 
            Accelerometer Data 
            James MW Brownjohn (United Kingdom), Chris Rizos 
            (Australia), Tan Guan Hong and Pan Tso-Chien 
            (Singapore)  | 
           
          
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            11:50am | 
            
            Coffee | 
           
          
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            12:00pm | 
            
            Session 2 - Seismic Response of Structures 
            Chair 
            Joël VanCranenbroeckDamage Detection in Structures by 
            Real-Time Monitoring of Dynamic and Static Deformations 
            Erdal Safak (USA)  
            Seismic Response of a Tower as Measured by an Integrated RTK-GPS 
            System 
            Xiaojing Li, Linlin Ge, Gang-Ding Peng, 
            Chris Rizos (Australia), Yukio Tamura and Akihito 
            Yoshida (Japan)  | 
           
          
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            12:45pm | 
            
            Lunch | 
           
          
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            2:30pm | 
            
            Session 3- Laser Scanning in Construction 
            Chair 
            Andreas EichornUnderground Void Visualisation using a Low 
            Cost Laser based System 
            P.J. Foster, A. Wetherelt, J. Jobling-Purser 
            and D. Parker (United Kingdom)  
            Measurement of Structural Deformation using Terrestrial Laser 
            Scanners  
            S. J. Gordon, D. D. Lichti, M. P. Stewart and
            J. Franke (Australia)  
            Analysis of 3D Laser Scanner Data for the Detection of Tunnel 
            Displacements 
            P. Savvaidis and K. Lakakis (Greece)   | 
           
          
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            3:30pm | 
            
            Coffee | 
           
          
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            4:15pm | 
            
            Session 4 - Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges  
            
            Chair 
            Ahmed El-MowafyThe Use of Dynamic Data for the Structural Health 
			Monitoring of Bridges 
            John S Owen and Steven R Pearson (United Kingdom)  
            Development of a Prototype Remote Structural Health Monitoring 
            System (RSHMS) 
            Xiaolin Meng, Gethin Roberts, Alan Dodson, 
            Marcus Andreotti, Emily Cosser and Michele Meo 
            (United Kingdom)  
            Single Frequency GPS for Bridge Deflection Monitoring: Progress 
            and Results 
            Emily Cosser, Gethin W Roberts, Xiaolin Meng 
            and Alan H Dodson (United Kingdom)  
            Structural Deformation Monitoring using Locata 
            J. Barnes, C. Rizos, Mustafa Kanli, David 
            Small, Gavin Voigt, Nunzio Gambale and Jimmy 
            Lamance (Australia)  | 
           
          
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            5:45pm | 
            End | 
           
          
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            Tuesday 29 June | 
           
          
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            9:00am | 
            
            Session 5 - Surveys for Viaducts and Dams  
            
            Chair Prof 
            Chris RizosLong-term Geodetic Monitoring of 
            Two Dams in 
            Western Greece 
            V. Kontogianni, C. Skourtis, F. Stremmenos, 
            S. Pytharouli, A. Nickitopoulou, P. Psimoulis and
            S. Stiros (Greece)  
            Quality Control of a Dam Geodetic Surveying System 
            Maria João Henriques and João Casaca (Portugal)  | 
           
          
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            9:45am | 
            
            Coffee | 
           
          
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            10:45am | 
            
            Session 6 - Fibre Optic Workshop 
            Chair Prof Fritz Brunner 
            Welcome to FIG Special Task Force 6.4.1 
            Fritz K. Brunner  
            Fibre Optic Sensors: An Overview 
            Fritz K. Brunner  
            SOFO Sensors for Static and Dynamic Measurements 
            Invited Lecture, Daniele Inaudi  
            Fibre Optics Fabry-Pérot Sensors, Applications and Reliability Aspects 
            Invited Lecture, Wolfgang Habel  
            - handouts of PowerPoint 
            presentation 
            Environmental Sensing Using Fibre Optics 
            Invited Lecture, Brian Culshaw  
            - handouts of PowerPoint 
            presentation 
            A Structural Health Monitoring Paradigm for Civil Infrastructure
            
             
            James Brownjohn, United Kingdom, Swee-Chuan Tjin, 
			Guan-Hong Tan, Boon-Leong Tan, Singapore and Sushanta 
			Chakraboorty, United Kingdom  | 
           
          
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            1:15pm | 
            
            Lunch | 
           
          
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            2:30pm | 
            
            Session 7 - Structural Monitoring 
            Chair 
            Emily CosserRTK GPS Based Sea Piling Engineering: 
			Mathematical Model and Its Application 
            Chun Liu, Lianbi Yao (China), Xiaolin Meng 
            (United Kingdom)  
            High Precision Alignment Design for Swissmetro Rig 
            Fengxiang Jin, China, Hubert Dupraz and Vincent 
			Bourqin, Switzerland  
            Parametric Identification of Thermal deformations Using Adaptive 
            Kalman-filtering Techniques 
            Andreas Eichhorn (Austria)  
            Measurement of Temperature-Induced Deformations in a Large Roof 
            Structure 
            W. F. Teskey, R. S. Radovanovic, B. Paul and 
			R.G. Brazeal (Canada)
             
            On the Potential of Geodetic Techniques for the Navigation of 
            Construction Processes 
            Wolfgang Niemeier (Germany) 
            - handouts of PowerPoint 
            presentation  | 
           
          
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            4:15pm | 
            
            Coffee | 
           
          
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            4:45pm | 
            
            Session 8 - Frequencies and Cyclic Monitoring of Structures  
            
            Chair
            Maria João HenriquesFrom St Paul’s to the Tate Modern; Overcoming 
			Problems in Monitoring Bridge Deflections Using GPS 
            Gethin Roberts, Xiaolin Meng and Chris Brown 
            (United Kingdom)  
            Measurement and Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Movements of 
            the TV Tower in Sopron 
            Gyula Mentes (Hungary)  | 
           
          
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            5:30pm | 
            End | 
           
          
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            6:30pm | 
            
            Drinks Reception | 
           
          
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            7:00pm | 
            
            Conference Dinner | 
           
          
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            Wednesday 30 June | 
           
          
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            9:00am | 
            
            Session 9 - Surveying During Construction and Planning  
            
            Chair
            Stathis StirosAdjustment of the Rion-Antirion Cable-Stayed 
			Bridge: 
			An Innovative Multidisciplinary Response to a Construction Challenge 
            M. Marchetti, R. Boudon, J. Monnerie, P. 
            Bouve, D. Dupuis, F. Dadoun, G. Baechler 
            and J. Olsfors (France)  
            Urban Planning for Tehran, By Using Environmental Modeling and 
            GIS/RS 
            Alireza Gharagozlu (Iran)  
            A Visualisation Tool for Civil Engineering Using Virtual Reality
              
            Mauricio Capra, Marcio Aquino, Alan Dodson and
            †Steve Benford (United Kingdom)  
            DGPS Based Nationwide Highway Surveying in China 
            Pengfei Cheng, Xiyin Li, Li Zhang, Yanhui 
            Cai, Xiujuan Wu and Jingbin Liu (China)   | 
           
          
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            10:45am | 
            
            Coffee | 
           
          
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            11:30am | 
            
            Session 10 - Engineering Surveying Equipment for Construction  
            
            Chair
            Prof Pengfei ChengPrecise Engineering Applications of 
            Pseudolites Augmented GNSS 
            Emily Cosser, Xiaolin Meng, Gethin W. Roberts, 
            Alan H. Dodson (United Kingdom) Joel Barnes 
            and Chris Rizos 
            (Australia)  
            Structural Monitoring with the Leica Nivel20 Dual Axis 
            Inclination Sensor  
            Joël van Cranenbroeck and Neil Brown (Switzerland) 
            Impacts of Correlation between 
            Baselines on the Adjustment of GPS Control Network  
            Keliang Ding, Dajie Liu and Congwei Hu, China 
            P.R.  | 
           
          
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            12:30pm | 
            
            Lunch | 
           
          
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            2:00pm | 
            
            Session 11 - Engineering Surveying Equipment for Construction  
            Chair 
            Fengxiang JinAn Innovative Concept to Manage GPS Reference 
            Stations Network and Implement GPS in Structural Movement Monitoring
             
            Vincent Lui (Hong Kong)  
            Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) for Bridge with Hybrid 
            Sensor System 
            Renpeng Wang (China) Xiaolin Meng, Gethin Roberts 
            and Alan Dodson (United Kingdom)  
            Close Range Measurement and 3D Modeling 
            Halim Setan and Mohd Sharuddin Ibrahim (Malaysia)  | 
           
          
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            End | 
           
          
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            General Session | 
           
          
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            Mapping Soil Surface Conditions and Monitoring Desertification Based 
            on Geographic Information System and Multi-Spectral and 
            Multi-Temporal Satellite Data (Case Study: Damghan Playa) 
            Alavi Panah, S.K. and Ehsani, AH (Iran)  
            The Development of a Windows-based Software for Construction Surveying 
			Using Visual Basic 6.0 and OLE Automation 
            Halim Setan and Chong Tuck Seng (Malaysia)  
            A Geodetic Deformation Survey to Monitor the Behavior of a 
            Concrete Slab During its Axial Compression Testing 
            Zainal Abidin Md Som, Halim Setan and Khairul Nizam 
            M. Idris (Malaysia)  
            The Use of Geodetic Methodology in Precast Concrete Building 
            Assembling 
            George D. Georgopoulos and Elisavet C. Telioni (Greece)
             
            Bridge Monitoring With Garmin Handheld Receivers 
            Emily Cosser, Chris J Hill, Gethin W Roberts,
            Xiaolin Meng, Terry Moore and Alan H Dodson 
            (United Kingdom)  
            Load Testing Measurements for Structural Assessment Using 
			Geodetic and Photogrammetric Techniques 
            Maria Tsakiri, Charalambos Ioannidis, Paraskevas Papanikos 
			and Marinos Kattis (Greece)  
            Leica GPS Spider for Deformation Monitoring 
            Joël van Cranenbroeck and Lienhart Troyer (Switzerland)
             
            Results of Long-Term Observations of Deformations of the VEPP-4 
			Storage Ring Constructions, BINP 
            M. Bokov, D. Burenkov, A. Polyansky, Yu. Pupkov, Russia and
			Yu. Levashov, USA 
            Preliminary Test of Using Pseudolite to Improve GPS Precision 
            Fang-Shii Ning, Szu-Pyng Kao, Chia-Chyang Chang 
            (Taiwan) and Xiaolin Meng (United Kingdom)  
            Recognizing the Existing Potentials of Iran in Identification of 
            Natural Resources for Ecological Studies with a Land Use Planning 
            Approach 
            Alireza Gharagozlu and Eng. Talebzadeh (Iran)  | 
           
          
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            Thursday 1 July | 
           
          
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            Workshop on Measurements and 
            Analysis of Cyclic Deformations and Structural Vibrations | 
           
          
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            9:00am | 
            
            Registration and welcome (coffee) | 
           
          
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            10:00am | 
            
            Structural Health Monitoring Systems 
            Mr N Knowles, retired director, WS Atkins | 
           
          
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            10:40am | 
            The 
            Global Positioning System 
            Dr GW Roberts, The University of Nottingham  | 
           
          
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            11:20am | 
            
            Coffee | 
           
          
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            11:30am | 
            
            Finite Element Modelling 
            Dr M Meo, Cranfield University | 
           
          
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            12:10pm | 
            
            Current GPS Monitoring Systems 
            Dr G W Roberts, The University of Nottingham | 
           
          
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            12:40pm | 
            
            EPSRC project: A Remote Health Monitoring System Using Computational 
            Simulation and GPS Sensors 
            Dr GW Roberts, Professor AH Dodson and Dr X Meng
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            1:00pm | 
            
            Lunch | 
           
          
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            2:00pm | 
            
            Project Results 
            Dr X Meng, Dr GW Roberts and Dr M Meo | 
           
          
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            2:30pm | 
            
            Industrial Needs 
            Mr R Evans, Retired Humber Bridge Master | 
           
          
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            3:00pm | 
            
            Coffee Break and System Demo | 
           
          
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            3:30pm | 
            
            Panel Q&A 
            Dr GW Roberts | 
           
          
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            4:00pm | 
            End | 
           
         
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