Experience and Projects
About Kinemetrics
Since 1969, Kinemetrics and its subsidiaries have been the global market leaders in designing technology platforms, products, and solutions for monitoring earthquakes and their effects on people and structures. Our products represent the de facto industry standards.
Kinemetrics has been responsible for many of the critical technological breakthroughs that have enabled earthquake science and engineering to reach its current state. As a result, we have helped societies better understand seismic and similar events on a global, regional, and local scale.
Over the decades, our focus has grown from delivering seismic instrumentation to providing complete platforms.
Our innovative open platforms are used to monitor civil structures, bridges, dams, nuclear power plants, and more, to provide essential information to operators and other stakeholders before, during, and after a seismic or other event. The world-class Kinemetrics instrumentation provides an unmatched foundation for gathering reliable, accurate data anywhere in the world.
Kinemetrics products are used to monitor the seismic safety of many of the world's most famous structures, including New York's Statue of Liberty, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Egypt's Sphinx, Athens' Parthenon, India's Taj Mahal, and Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
With NASA's InSight Mission, Kinemetrics instrumentation reached Mars. The SEIS-SP component of the seismometer package uses patented Kinemetrics MEMS technology and electronics designed by Kinemetrics in collaboration with Imperial College and Oxford University in the UK.
In 1991 Kinemetrics transferred ownership to OYO Corporation of Japan. Over the decades since, Kinemetrics has extended its reach as the undisputed world leader in cutting‐edge seismic instrumentation and monitoring solutions through the acquisition of Quanterra Inc. in 1999 and Metrozet in 2009, and the establishment of a state-of-the-art sensor manufacturing facility in Pfungen, Switzerland in 2021.
Kinemetrics’ commitment to customer service and satisfaction is delivered through a network of over 30 representatives serving customers throughout the world and a distinguished in-house service division dedicated to delivering installation, operations, maintenance, and training for our valued customers.
Kinemetrics' manufacturing and design facilities in Southern California enable the company to take advantage of the unique opportunities of the region, and partnerships with leading higher education and scientific research institutions ensure that the company will remain at the forefront of technological innovation.
Kinemetrics Inc. operates offices in California, Illinois, Switzerland, and Austria, as well as a joint operation with our parent company in Japan (OYO SI) in support of regional markets and projects.
With its rich history of impact and innovation, and a highly-skilled team focused on developing and leveraging new technology, Kinemetrics is positioned for continued success far into the future.
Kinemetrics' Quality Assurance Program is in full compliance with ISO9001:2008 standard.
Open Systems & Services Divisions
Open Systems & Services (OSS) is a distinguished team of geoscience specialists, earthquake engineers, and information technologists within Kinemetrics who serve diverse markets leveraging a truly
multi-disciplinary approach towards meeting the needs of our clients and partners.
The OSS Division brings unique perspectives to seismic, structural, and environmental monitoring systems, providing onsite and remote maintenance and operation services beyond Kinemetrics' world-class
instrumentation.
A vital asset is the Division's highly trained and experienced technicians who have implemented and operated seismic instrumentation and solutions in every corner of the world.
Data quality and availability are paramount to the operation of any seismic or environmental monitoring system. In support of this, the OSS Division also maintains a dedicated data center to ensure data quality control and state-of-health monitoring of customer's seismic networks, and the operation of implementations of the Kinemetrics Platform.
Today, many of our installations maintain network uptime and data return in excess of 99%, a product of the advanced capabilities and experience of the OSS team.
The combination of Kinemetrics’ worldwide reach and the OSS Division’s exceptional capabilities ensures that our customers and partners have access to the support and expertise they need whenever they need it.
A vital asset is the Division's highly trained and experienced technicians. OSS teams have installed seismic instrumentation around the world and across the United States. Moreover, we recognize that data availability and quality are areas of continuous improvement. As the innovator in seismic data communications, Kinemetrics was the first to apply networking technology to data communications. Today, in many of our installations, network uptime and data return are in the 99+% range, a product of advanced network layout and superior maintenance.
Our Services
In-House Services
SYSTEM DESIGN:
Seismic & Strong-Motion Networks Tsunami Warning Volcano Monitoring Structural Health Monitoring Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Monitoring OBS GPS
• Factory Acceptance Test
• Custom & System Training
• Remote System Maintenance
• OSS Data Center for State-of-Health Monitoring Data Acquisition
• Data Processing (real-time & post-processing)
• Earthquake Engineering Services
Field Services
SYSTEM INSTALLATION:
Seismic & Strong-Motion Networks Tsunami Warning Volcano Monitoring Structural Health Monitoring OBS GPS NPP
• System Integration
• Onsite Acceptance Test
• Custom & System Training
• Station & System Maintenance
• Antelope Update Service
• Data Center Operation
• Site Selection
• Portable Deployments
• Data Collection
• Data Processing
Other Services
SYSTEM INTEGRATION
Our Mission Statement
Advancing Resilience of communities, businesses, and governments is the vision of the Open Systems & Services Division.
We are committed to:
· Reducing casualties and financial loss due to disaster.
· Achieving more resilient and sustainable societies.
· Understanding our customers' needs and delivering added ...value.
We achieve our mission by providing customized
and comprehensive systems, solutions, and support.
Project Highlights
SEISMOLOGY & SEISMIC NETWORK PROJECTS
80
NUCLEAR & LNG
PROJECTS
55
BUILDINGS & HOSPITAL
PROJECTS
372
Noteworthy Projects with Kinemetrics' Instrumentation
The lists below highlight some of the noteworthy structures and seismic networks that Kinemetrics has supplied over the past 55 years.
Contact
Through its Open Systems & Services Division, Kinemetrics Inc. offers a wide range of service programs to complement its many products. If you have a need for support, require training courses, system developments, engineering, and operational services, please contact Kinemetrics at sales@kmi.com or OSS at oss@kmi.com.