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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