GeoStructures: Land slide Val Cavanna monitoring

Case study: SOFO System

Avalance protection
Geotextile monitoring

Project Description

Summary: Avalance protection wall monitoring

Clients: IMM SA

Place: Val Cavanna (Switzerland)

Period: 2001 - N/A

Installation: Smertec / IMM

Structure's short description: The front side of the mountain, next to Cavanna Alps has been strengthened using a stones wall that contains the ground and using special fiber nets placed between the different ground layers.

Aim of monitoring: The 12 sensors have been fixed to that net in order to monitoring the ground movements during manifold years.

Number of sensor: 12

Main Results: Each 6 months the sensors will give information regarding the landslide movements. For the moment no relevant movements have been detected.

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