FIG Commissions


Work plans – Commission 6

Title

Engineering Surveys

Dr. Michel Mayoud, Chairperson of Commission 6

Terms of reference

  • Acquisition, processing and management of topometric data and of all related information throughout the life cycle of a project
  • Development and implementation of adequate survey methods in engineering projects
  • Metrology, quality control and validation for civil construction and manufacturing of large objects
  • Deformation monitoring, analysis and interpretation
  • Prediction of deformation and movements in engineering projects, mines and areas of geological hazard.

Mission statement

  • Promote the knowledge, skills and abilities of surveyors in civil and industrial works within the various professional fields of engineering.
  • Support all development and multidisciplinary expertise leading to integrated survey methods, using various instruments and sensors and combining geometry with all other data relevant to each engineering problem.
  • Provide a forum for the development and exchange of knowledge on the engineering analysis of survey data for the study of structures.
  • In addition to the links with related Working Groups of IAG and ISPRS, look for possible connections within organisations of civil, structural and mechanical engineers and within those dealing with metrology and quality control - at the national and international level.

Working Group 6.1

Title

Deformation measurement and analysis

Policy issues

  • Automation of monitoring surveys
  • Enhancement of geometrical modelling of deformations from integrated deformation surveys
  • Physical interpretation of deformations including numerical modelling and prediction of deformations and back analysis.

Chair

Prof. Adam Chrzanowski (Canada).

Specific project(s)

Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned professionals.

Workshop(s)

  • 9th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Olsztyn, Poland, September 1999
  • Regular cycle called "International Symposium on Deformation Measurements"
  • Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks

Publication(s)

Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).

Timetable

See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree) or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.

Beneficiaries

Geodetic engineers dealing with comparative measurements of deformed or unstable objects, geologists, geophysicists, civil and structural engineers concerned on this issue.


Working Group 6.2

Title

Special equipment for industrial and engineering applications

Policy issues

  • Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in industry and engineering.
  • Contributing to the development of special instruments and methods.

Chair

Prof. Heribert Kahmen (Austria).

Specific project(s)

Regular symposia; intensification of links with industry and engineering.

Workshop(s)

  • Optical 3D measurement methods, Vienna, October 2001.
  • Co-organiser of a regular cycle called "Optical 3D Measurement Methods"
  • Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks.

Publication(s)

Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).

Timetable

See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree) or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.

Beneficiaries

Surveyors wanting to acquire more expertise in these special applications, designers and manufacturers in various industrial or engineering activities, engineers dealing with quality control of large objects or structures, manufacturers and users of survey instruments.


Working Group 6.3

Title

High precision metrology for large scientific equipment

Policy issues

  • Accurate measurement of large equipments or structures in R and D sectors (mainly for particle accelerators and their detectors) and the development of adequate special techniques.
  • Integration of various survey and alignment sensors and actuators for on-line monitoring and control of a given process (dynamic positioning systems).
  • Pluridisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers and R and D scientists on special measuring tools and techniques.

Chair

Dr. Michel Mayoud (France).

Specific project(s)

  • To enlarge links between this specialised community and other surveyors dealing with engineering and industrial problems.
  • To ease the communication of information in this field of application.

Workshop(s)

  • International workshop on accelerator alignment (IWAA), ESRF - Grenoble, October 1999, with an additional FIG/IAG day
  • Co-organiser of a regular cycle called "International Workshop on Accelerator Alignment" (IWAA)
  • Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks.

Publication(s)

Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).

Timetable

See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree) or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.

Beneficiaries

Physics laboratories dealing with particle accelerators and detectors, fusion rings, gravitational antennas, power lasers, etc; all scientists and engineers dealing with large scale metrology and accurate positioning in R and D sectors or in industry (in connection with WG 6.2); universities and manufacturers involved in the development of special instruments.


Working Group 6.4

Title

Transportation and utility lines

Policy issues

  • Development of standards and methods for reliable data acquisition techniques, and techniques for data up-date which cope with the interdisciplinary characteristics of such tasks.
  • Co-ordination of these activities with network providers and research institutes, and establishing connections to the GIS industry and to leading international organisations.

Chair

Dr. Théophile Engel (Switzerland).

Specific project(s)

  • Cost optimisation in co-ordinates-based transportation and utility lines
  • Integration of GPS technology for machine control in road and rail construction and maintenance
  • Track data communication standards (optionally extendable to a rail and road data communication standard)
  • Track machine guidance
  • Development of road data surveying technology
  • Real-time use of CAD data.

Workshop(s)

  • A co-sponsored Symposium on Railway Construction and Maintenance, December 1999, Beijing, China
  • Dedicated sessions or contributions in various joint seminars, workshops and symposia.

Publication(s)

  • "Survey for modern track construction" in "Engineering Showcase" 10/98.
  • Proceedings of meetings (by the hosts).

Timetable

See Events on FIG home page (http://www.fig.net ) or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.

Beneficiaries

Engineering surveyors, national and international railway and road associations, universities and manufacturers involved in the development of specific domains of transportation and utility lines.


Working Group 6.5

Title

Facility management systems

Policy issues

  • The role of the surveying engineer as the responsible manager of spatially referenced information.
  • Support for the co-ordination of the activities of other disciplines.

Chair

Prof. Lothar Gründig (Germany).

Specific project(s)

  • Concepts of data models for the mapping of relevant 4D or 5D project data, covering 3D geometry, time, and descriptive attributes.
  • Exchange, provision and presentation of facility management data in computer networks.
  • Data integration for this subject, taking into account the presence of redundant data and different sources of information.
  • The automation and combination of feasible data acquisition techniques.

Workshop(s)

  • Dedicated session during the Turkish-German joint geodetic days, June 1999.
  • Sessions and contributions to joint seminars, workshops and symposia.

Publication(s)

Proceedings of the meetings.

Timetable

See Events on FIG home page (http://www.ddl.org/figtree) or Commission 6 announcements of forthcoming events.

Beneficiaries

Surveying engineers, engineers and managers involved in facility management tasks.


Commission officers and chairs or working groups

Chair
Dr. Michel Mayoud
CERN
Site de Prevessin
01631 CERN CEDEX
France
Email mayoud@cern.ch
Tel + 41 22 767 3007
Fax + 41 22 767 3456

Vice Chair
Svend Kold Johansen
Road Directorate
Thomas Helsteds Vej 11
8660 Skanderborg
Denmark
Email skj@vd.dk
Tel + 45 89 93 24 01
Fax + 45 86 52 50 16

Secretary
Dominique Missiaen
CERN
Site de Prevessin
01631 CERN CEDEX
France
Email dominique.missiaen@cern.ch
Tel + 41 22 767 5483
Fax + 41 22 767 3456

Working Group 6.1

Chair Prof. Adam Chrzanowski
Department of Geodesy and Geomatics
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB
Canada E3B 5A3
Email mailto:adam@unb.ca
Tel + 1 506 453 4598
Fax + 1 506 453 4943

Working Group 6.2

Chair Prof. Heribert Kahmen
Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Landesvermessung und Ingenieurgeodäsie
Gusshausstrasse 27 - 29/127
1040 Vienna
Austria
Email hkahmen@pop.tuwien.ac.at
Fax + 43 2 225 875998

Working Group 6.3

Chair Dr. Michel Mayoud (see above)

Working Group 6.4

Chair Dr. Théophile Engel
Chemins de Fer Fédéraux
Avenue de la Gare 45
1001 Lausanne
Switzerland
Email: Please contact FIG office
Tel + 41 5121 24 26 86
Fax + 41 512 24 27 90

Working Group 6.5

Chair Prof. Lothar Gründig
Institut für Geodäsie und Photogrammetrie
Technische Universität Berlin
Strasse des 17 Juni 15
1000 Berlin
Germany
Email gruendig@inge3.bv.tu-berlin.de
Tel + 49 30 31 42 23 75
Fax + 49 30 31 42 11 19



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