#55 Saving Structures with Satellites

How data from satellites can track structural movement, and give early warning of potential failure. New research shows that catastrophic bridge collapses could have been prevented if engineers had been paying attention to the right information, information that is currently being collected by satellites orbiting our planet. Satellite monitoring is one of the many innovations to come from the burgeoning space sector, and we explore a new tool developed between the UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult and Canada’s National Research Council that will allow asset managers to turn to data produced in orbit, to protect bridges back on earth. In this episode we speak to the engineers making this possible, and their terrestrial counterparts now tasked with figuring out how best to use this new perspective. Guests Cristian Rossi, Principal Earth Observation Specialist, Satellite Applications Catapult Daniel Cusson, Senior Research Officer, Construction Research Centre of the National Research Council Canada Paul Febvre, Chief Technology Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult Andrei Popa, Senior Bridge Engineer, Atkins Anna Fitzgerald, Highways Systems Manager, Oxfordshire County Council Charlie Davies, Innovation and Research Engineer, Costain Stuart Martin, CEO, Satellite Applications Catapult Lucy Edge, Chief Operating Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult Sam Li, Senior Innovation Lead, Transport for Greater Manchester Sam Adlen, Chief Strategy Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult Partner Satellite Applications Catapult The Satellite Applications Catapult is a technology and innovation company, created to drive economic development through the exploitation of space. The Catapult is a not-for-profit organisation that works with businesses of all sizes to realise their potential from space. Resources  Combined InSAR and Terrestrial Structural Monitoring of BridgesPre-Collapse Space Geodetic Observations of Critical Infrastructure: the Morandi Bridge, ItalyHistoric assessment of Tadcaster Bridge Brigital project Funding Sources Innovate UKNational Research Council CanadaTransport CanadaInfrastructure CanadaThe post #55 Saving Structures with Satellites first appeared on Engineering Matters.