System for measuring and monitoring movements in structures

The University of Burgos, through the AUSINCO research group (Auscultation, Instrumentation and Control of Structures), makes available to the civil works sector (construction companies, quality control companies, research centres, Public Administrations, etc.) and industry, a new tool based on laser sensor technology for the monitoring of movements in structures. Being able to monitor movements in large structures, such as bridges for road and/or rail traffic, among others, is essential to know their status and define in a more efficient and economical way the maintenance actions to be carried out to maintain the maximum levels of safety by structural aging processes with optimal resource consumption. The technical problem to be solved is how to measure, accurately and economically, the movements experienced by a construction structure. The proposed solution, which is more efficient and less costly than the current technology in the market, allows obtaining very useful information on the state of structures, in order to be able to design structural maintenance tasks more efficiently and thus avoid catastrophic damage to them.