Landslide real-time monitoring to ensure road safety after severe rockfall.

Client:
ANAS S.p.a.
Period:
2023 – ongoing
Location:
Castrocucco di Maratea (PZ), Italy
Technology:
TInSAR, Photomonitoring, G&S Monitoring

Landslide real-time monitoring to ensure road safety after severe rockfall.

Client:
ANAS S.p.a.
Period:
2023 – ongoing
Location:
Castrocucco di Maratea (PZ), Italy
Technology:
TInSAR, Photomonitoring, G&S Monitoring

Problem

A severe rockfall in November 2022 destroyed part of the national road n. 18 “Tirrena Inferiore” in Southern Italy, whom surveillance and manutention are operated by ANAS SpA. A cutting edge monitoring system has been implemented to ensure traffic safety after the road reopening.

Problem

A severe rockfall in November 2022 destroyed part of the national road n. 18 “Tirrena Inferiore” in Southern Italy, whom surveillance and manutention are operated by ANAS SpA. A cutting edge monitoring system has been implemented to ensure traffic safety after the road reopening.

Solution

After the rockfall, several areas of potential instability were identified, leading to the installation of an high-resolution monitoring system in support of the road safe reopening. The main system is featured by 200+ instruments divided in two sets with different purpose: an early warning system and a non-early warning system. The early warning system allows the near real-time detection of displacements exceeding defined thresholds. The anomalies immediately trigger the automatic closure of the road with e-mail and SMS notifications to a pre-defined list of recipients. The non-early warning system is also based on the same thresholds, but it is aimed at the identification of medium-long term anomalies differing from the regular data trends.

Together with the conventional monitoring instrumentation, a TInSAR and Photomonitoring systems were also installed improving the anomalies interpretation at the scale of the entire slope and supporting instrumentation redundancy.

The entire system is managed by a platform where data are received and analyzed in a dedicated control room operated by NHAZCA where skilled monitoring experts work on shifts over 16/24 hours. The availability of dedicated personnel allows the immediate interpretation of anomalies triggering road closures in support of safe reopening. Instrumentation malfunctions are also quickly detected supporting a prompt maintenance operation.

Solution

After the rockfall, several areas of potential instability were identified, leading to the installation of an high-resolution monitoring system in support of the road safe reopening. The main system is featured by 200+ instruments divided in two sets with different purpose: an early warning system and a non-early warning system. The early warning system allows the near real-time detection of displacements exceeding defined thresholds. The anomalies immediately trigger the automatic closure of the road with e-mail and SMS notifications to a pre-defined list of recipients. The non-early warning system is also based on the same thresholds, but it is aimed at the identification of medium-long term anomalies differing from the regular data trends.

Together with the conventional monitoring instrumentation, a TInSAR and Photomonitoring systems were also installed improving the anomalies interpretation at the scale of the entire slope and supporting instrumentation redundancy.

The entire system is managed by a platform where data are received and analyzed in a dedicated control room operated by NHAZCA where skilled monitoring experts work on shifts over 16/24 hours. The availability of dedicated personnel allows the immediate interpretation of anomalies triggering road closures in support of safe reopening. Instrumentation malfunctions are also quickly detected supporting a prompt maintenance operation.

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