Urban areas in seismically active regions are under the risk of earthquake-induced damage and loss. Seismic risk assessment is the quantification of seismic hazard as well as vulnerability and exposure of the built environment to the hazard. Once the risk is realistically quantified, effective mitigation and management actions can be taken to improve the resiliency.
Seismic performance evaluation of critical structures such as tall and ultra-tall buildings, power plants, industrial facilities, wind tribunes and similar, requires analysis of the soil, foundation and superstructure system together considering the Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction (SFSI) effects.
Performance of transportation infrastructure (port, airport, road, bridge, railway, etc.) and lifeline (water, gas, electric, telecommunication, etc.) systems under seismic loads has critical importance in earthquake resiliency, emergency response, and disaster management.
Seismic monitoring of dams delivers information to preserve and advance safety as well as support the emergency response decisions after an earthquake.
Dams, retaining structures, embankments, and natural slopes that are located in seismically active areas pose a high risk if not verified for stability and level of deformations under earthquake loads.
Local site conditions have a significant effect on ground response during seismic excitation's. We are the worlds leading experts in implementation, operation & maintenance of seismic monitoring systems.
Seismic monitoring of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Plants complies with the regulations and standards of FERC, ATEX, IECEx, IEEE, and ISO. After an earthquake, emergency response procedures should be confidently enacted with limited operational disruption.
Seismic monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants Monitoring deliver not only compliance to the most rigorous regulations and standards (NRC, IEEE, ANSI, ISO), but also enables confidence in continuing plant operations or emergency response after an earthquake.
Kinemetrics tuned its ASPEN System to the specifics of monitoring Oil & Gas induced seismicity, offering the same accurate real-time location and magnitude computation, alerting capabilities, and legendary reliability.