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Special equipment and instruments
Environmental monitoring
Spea Ingegneria Europea S.p.A. is equipped with instruments for the measurement, analysis and management of data related to all the environmental components affected by the works, and it has the following equipment:
Atmosphere
4 Fixed stations for air quality analysis, fitted with:
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Multi-parametric analysers |
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Sequential dust samplers |
2 Mobile stations for air quality analysis, fitted with:
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Multi-parametric analysers |
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Sequential dust samplers |
2 Meteorological stations
Noise and vibrations
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Measurement units consisting of microphones and phonometers |
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Phonometric measurement devices |
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Accelerometers for measurement of vibrations |
Surface and underground water
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Water level measurement device |
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Oxygen measurement devices |
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Ph meters |
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Conduction measurement devices |
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Doppler current measurement devices |
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Flow measurement devices |
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Fixed meteorological stations |
Physical appearance of territory
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Water level measurement devices |
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Inclination probes |
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Pocket GPSs |
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Twin-axis servo-accelerometer inclinometers |
Geotechnical monitoring
The Geotechnical Monitoring Office, which carries out underground and surface monitoring of the works under construction, is equipped with additional specialised instrumentation:
Geotechnical
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Water level measurement device |
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Inclination probes |
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Spiral sensors |
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Incremental extensometer probes |
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Data logger for collection of data from electrical instrumentation, such as electrical piezometers, strain gauges, load cells, pressure cells, etc. |
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Pocket schist measurement devices |
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Pocket penetrometers |
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Schmidt hardness tester for concrete, with calibration anvil |
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Point Load |
Topography
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Total stations for profiler |
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Total monitoring station with automatic data collection |
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Electronic digital level with Invar staff |
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GPS system |
Mainteinance and Diagnostics
In order to inspect the condition of structures the Company is equipped with:
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1 Platform for the inspection of the linings of tunnels, overpasses and underpasses |
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3 By-bridges with 20 metre long arms, which enable access from the roadway to the underside of bridges and via ducts |
The Department is also equipped with instrumentation for testing structures and for the control and assessment of the mechanical and geometrical characteristics of materials, especially for reinforced concrete structures, including:
for static load tests:
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Centimetre and millimetre dial gauges |
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Linear movement transducers |
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Digital levels |
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Clinometers |
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Extensometers |
for dynamic load tests:
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Data collection/processing unit for seismic accelerometers, extensometers, movement transducers |
for dynamic load tests:
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Non-destructive testing equipment (Schmidt hardness testers, ultrasound equipment, Windsor Probe System, pull-out test equipment) |
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Sampling core barrels |
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Reinforcement investigation devices (position and thickness of reinforcement cover, mapping of potential for assessment of the corrosion) |
Material testing
The in-house laboratories are able to carry out tests on materials in order to provide support to the Project Management personnel throughout the country, enabling the quality of the materials used in the works (concrete, bitumen, soil, rock and aggregates, etc.) to be assessed. The equipment available includes:
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Drying ovens |
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Technical digital scales |
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Mixing equipment |
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Automatic compactors |
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Indirect traction instrumentation for bituminous conglomerates |
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Concrete compression and bending testing equipment |
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Slump cones |
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Marsh cones |
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Cone equipment to assess fluidity of grouts |
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Automatic bitumen extraction units |
Hardware and Software
Spea is integrated in the Autostrade Group telemetry network and possesses a high-capacity network infrastructure.
The Spea information system is connected to every office and all the offices of the Group.
The hardware is al owned by the company and is updated in line with market developments:
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Central data processing system
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Departmental network servers
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Fixed and portable workstations
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High production B/W and colour printing systems
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Videoconference stations
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The company also has an in-house high-production service centre for digital data collection and printing, which is also integrated in the network and set up for the production of B/W and colour documents, up to A0 format.
The Software used consists of a set of programs selected on the domestic market by specialists in the sector.
Spea also collaborates with the main software manufacturers in order to increase the performance of their products and if suitable software is not available Spea develops its own package.
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