GeoGuard is an innovative end-to-end service for the continuous monitoring of critical infrastructure and natural hazards.
GeoGuard includes activities and systems designed for the delivery of solutions, customized to different application scenarios, to provide accurate positioning with centimeter-level accuracy in near real-time, or millimeter-level accuracy for daily/sub-daily solutions.
Preliminary inspection activity of the site to be monitored, in order to design the most appropriate solution
deployment of the sensing infrastructure, composed by GeoGuard Monitoring Units, according to the site characteristics
connectivity setup between the sensing infrastructure and the GeoGuard Cloud
GeoGuard Cloud, where data are collected and processed. Positioning and management data are delivered to the customer information systems
online help desk service, to support the customer in the day-by-day operations
design, build and manage customized solutions according to the customer business needs
From now to 2030 $57 trillion in infrastructure investment are estimated. $400 billion a year could be saved by getting more out of existing capacity.
Precise and timely measurements of the geometry of critical infrastructure guarantee these results and help in the prevention of catastrophic failures and reduction of insurance costs.*
Economic losses due to natural disasters (landslides, floods, earthquakes and drought) since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion.**
A proper monitoring system facilitates the development of hazards prediction to mitigate or eliminate the risk thus promoting management strategies.
* McKinsey Global Institute, Infrastructure Practices January 2013
** UNISDR 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13)
GeoGuard is designed to face and respond to social and industrial challenges:
Precise and timely measurements to predict hazards and mitigate or eliminate risks. In particular for:
– subsidence
– uplift due to natural phenomena or oil & gas production/storage
– landslides
– river floods
– extreme weather events
Precise and timely measurements of the infrastructure movements and deformations. In particular for:
– transportation
– travel, such as bridges, airports, harbors and railways
– water distribution, such as water tanks and pipelines
– telecommunication infrastructure, such as data, cellular and broadcasting towers
– domestic security for military purpose, such as radars and radio systems
– energy, such as dams for hydro power plants, towers for high voltage, wind farms
– oil & gas transportation and storage
– cultural heritage and large stadiums preservation
The GeoGuard system architecture is constituted of two main components:
It is based on newly designed price-competitive Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) processor. The sensing infrastructure is composed of one or more GMU, integrated with additional sensing equipment according to the customer needs.
It is the system that collects and organizes the acquired data, verifies the data flow integrity, performs the positioning data processing and analyzes the results.
A GMU is a remote terminal unit specifically designed to operate in challenging environments. It can be powered in any location supporting AC, DC or solar power. GeoGuard Cloud can remotely manage the units via two-way communication. The GMU unit includes:
GMU can create an autonomous local network, linked to the GeoGuard Cloud through a single point of external connection (GW).
The core of the GeoGuard service: receives and processes the data from the sensing infrastructure and provides the resulting information to the customer. It includes the following functions:
The GeoGuard service is delivered by GReD and Proteco through a collaboration program with the purpose of designing, building and operating solutions for the continuous monitoring of critical infrastructures and ground deformations. The service is guaranteed by the strong skills, assets and proven experience of GReD and Proteco in their fields of competence.
The PROTECO Consortium (http://www.protecogroup.it) was created in November 2012 by initiative of entrepreneurs who shared an industrial project of integration of their respective powers, aimed at creating a new entity that could relate to the market by expressing a range of solutions and services that are not easily replicable.
The target market audience is that of complex ICT solutions, which integrate the demand for skills / technologies from the sector more properly of computing (IT) and the demand for skills / technologies that arise in the world of telecommunications (TLC).
The integration of expertise has enabled us to develop and strengthen the capacity to offer integrated IT / TLC solutions with the aim of taking a leading role at national level.
Proteco shows a very rich portfolio and is able to apply for the provision of solutions that the single companies of the Consortium could not address for history, size or tradition, being mainly focused on providing services.
Companies participating in the Consortium are:
GReD srl (www.g-red.eu) is a newly established Spin-off SME of Politecnico di Milano, which studies, designs and implements innovative and highly customized solutions based on geomatic technologies. GReD is characterized as a center of excellence focused on Research and Development, professional advice and algorithmic elaboration for the creation of state-of-the-art and innovative solutions based on geomatic technologies in the following application areas:
R&D activities concern the maintenance of state-of-the-art internal skills and in particular the definition and development of products and services for:
Contact us at:
Proteco
Via De Marini, 1 – Torre WTC,
16149, Genoa, Italy
Phone: +39 010 60261
Fax: +39 010 6026350
info@protecogroup.it
www.protecogroup.it
Geomatics Research & Development srl
c/o ComoNExT, Via Cavour 2,
22074 Lomazzo (CO), Italy
Phone:+39 02 36714448
Fax: +39 02 36714453
info@g-red.eu
www.g-red.eu
