Bridge Monitoring
Enhance bridge safety and longevity with real-time Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Our sensor-agnostic, remote bridge monitoring technology provides continuous data collection and predictive analytics, allowing early detection of structural risks and optimized maintenance. Whether for aging infrastructure or new constructions, our customized SHM systems extend bridge lifespan while reducing downtime.
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Bridges at risk: the need for smart monitoring
Bridges are under constant stress from traffic loads, material degradation, and environmental factors, making regular inspections crucial. DYWIDAG’s bridge health monitoring solutions provide 24/7 real-time data, helping engineers detect risks before they become critical failures. Key challenges include:
Increasing lifespan expectations for structures
Rising traffic loads and structural dimensions
Climate change, extreme weather events and environmental degradation
By leveraging high-precision sensors, advanced data acquisition and edge computing, IoT-enabled bridge monitoring systems help infrastructure owners ensure the safety of their asset.
Why choose DYWIDAG?
Engineering bridges since 1865
DYWIDAG brings 160 years of expertise in delivering innovative engineering solutions for bridges worldwide.
Extensive project portfolio
We've worked on over 500 major bridge projects worldwide, with our work enhancing some of the world's longest stay cable bridges.
Invested in technology
We continue to innovate in bridge technology, developing digital monitoring solutions for smarter, longer-lasting infrastructure.
Tailored solutions
We deploy specialists with expertise tailored to your bridge’s unique needs—regardless of its age, size, or condition.
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Comprehensive insight into your bridge
For over two decades, we’ve been designing, developing and installing monitoring systems that capture critical data for short-term assessments and long-term forecasting. Our range of solutions can be tailored to provide a complete understanding of bridge behaviour, considering key factors such as:
Stay cable force measurements: Assessing forces in stay cables for structural integrity.
Dynamic analysis: Analyzing seismic activity, accelerations, and structural response.
Static analysis: Examining foundation settlement, drift, tilt, corrosion, joint movement, and strain.
Environmental impact: Evaluating the effects of wind, temperature, and precipitation.
Our entire Structural Health Monitoring ecosystem
The DYWIDAG bridge monitoring system is a sophisticated network of interconnected sensors and technologies that work together to provide a detailed picture of a bridge's health and performance. Our flexible system can be tailored to meet your specific needs to monitor, measure, integrate and record:
01 Seismic activity
02 Vibration
03 Scour
04 Strain
05 Displacement
06 Distributed force
07 Inclination
08 Settlement
09 Environmental conditions
10 Edge computing
11 Digital bus
12 Stay cable force
13 Node
14 Anchor force
Remote data & computing system for any sensor
Our SHM software is a real-time cloud-based platform for continuous bridge monitoring, offering customized alerts and flexible settings. We currently manage thousands of sensors, collecting over 10 million daily measurements and 4 billion annually across various bridge types. Our customers benefit from:
Customizable solutions with remote configuration
High precision for dynamic measurements, allowing daily and monthly trend analysis
24/7 data access to live sensor data
Secure cloud storage with real-time updates
Pattern detection and instant alerts for incidents
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