Conference and Seminar Proceedings

1st International FIG Workshop on Monitoring High Rise and Tall Engineering Structures Development and Practices

22-23 November 2012, Hong Kong

Proceedings

 
 
Thursday 22 November 2012
09:00 – 09:30 Registration Session
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Session
MC: Miss Fiona Fong
Secretariat, Highrise2012

Welcome Speeches by:
Prof. Xiaoli Ding,
Head of The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Gethin Wyn Roberts,
Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering,
The University of Nottingham, Ningbo China and
Chair of FIG Commission 6 – Engineering Surveys
[Handouts]

Mr. Joel Van Cranenbroeck,
Chair of Commission 6 WG 6.2, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
[Handouts]

10:00 – 10:30 Keynote Session

Prof. Gethin Wyn Roberts,
Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering,
The University of Nottingham, Ningbo China and
Chair of FIG Commission 6 – Engineering Surveys
Topic : The Development of GNSS for High Rise Building Surveying
[Handouts]

10:30 – 11:00 Group Photo and Refreshment
11:00 – 12:00 Presentation Session 1
Session Chair: Prof. Esmond Mok
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Michele Crosetto, Guido Luzi, Oriol Monserrat and María Cuevas (Castelldefels, Spain)
Vibration Monitoring of Buildings Using a Remote Sensing Radar Sensor
[Handouts]

Jicang Wu, Lizhi Lou, Congwei Hu, Weizhou Liu and Zhipeng Lu (Shanghai, China)
Monitoring Dynamical Displacements of Tongji Mansion A Building Using GNSS Technology 
[Handouts]

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Presentation Session 2
Session Chair: Prof. Jicang Wu
College of Surveying and Geo-informatics, Tongji University, China

Gethin Wyn Roberts, Christopher John Brown and Oluropo Ogundipe (Ningbo, China)
The Use of GNSS to Measure the Synchronized Movements of the Severn Suspension Bride’s 136m Tall Support Towers and Suspension Cables
[Handouts]

Ian Sparks (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Survey Procedures for Tall Buildings
[Handouts]

Winnie Shiu and Ricky Cheung (Hong Kong, China)
Building Monitoring Survey of Public Housing Estates in Hong Kong
[Handouts]

15: 30 – 16:00 Refreshment
16:00 – 17:00 Presentation Session 3
Session Chair: Prof. Esmond Mok
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Soanghun Oh (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Control Survey on AL Hamra Tower First Worldwide Sculptural Building
[Handouts]

Kadmous el khatib (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Surveying Engineering Challenges in the Construction of Skyscrapers
[Handouts]

18:00 – 20:30 Dinner
 
Friday23 November 2012
09:00 – 09:30 Registration Session
  Presentation Session 4
Session Chair: Mr. Vincent Lui
Leica Geosystems Ltd.

Feras Baykly (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Core Wall Control Survey Operations
[Handouts]

Joel Van Cranenbroeck (MONT, Belgium)
The GNSS Active Control Point Concept
[Handouts]

10:30 – 11:00 Refreshment
11:00 – 12:00 Presentation Session 5
Session Chair: Mr. Vincent Lui
Leica Geosystems Ltd.

Joel Van Cranenbroeck (MONT, Belgium) and Soanghun Oh (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
The Unconventional Use of an Automatic Total Station to Perform Zenith Line Monitoring for High Rise Engineering Structures
[Handouts]

Andrey Yashenko (Moscow, Russia)
Engineering Solution ATE Pylons Inclinometer Monitoring System (ATE PIMS) of Construction Phase Cable-Stayed Bridge Over Golden Horn Bay at Vladivostok
[Handouts]

12:00 – 12:30 Closing Session

Mr. Joel Van Cranenbroeck
Chair of Commission 6 WG 6.2, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
[Handouts]

Mr. Vincent Lui,
Vice Chairman of Highrise 2012, Local Organizer