Mod: MDM/011/M4 Rev 2
IDS GeoRadar
User Guide
QGG/2021/001
Rev. 1.4
4.
Monitoring Products.
i.
IBIS and Hydra Products (the Monitoring Products”) use a leading
-edge technology for
monitoring slope movements and has proven as an effective tool for the early detection of
critical movements, possibly leading to slope failures. Especially in situations where people
and machinery are located or working in proximity of unstable slopes, the technology used
by Monitoring Products, in addition to other suitable monitoring technologies, maximizes
the probability of detecting early signs of slope failures, thus permitting the prompt
evacuation of people and assets at risk.
ii.
Monitoring Products have been designed and developed to cope with very harsh
environments. Should the system may become temporary unavailable due to an
unexpected hardware failure, monitoring data will not be available until the instrument is
repaired
iii.
Monitoring Products are a monitoring instrument that works like other monitoring
instruments and cannot cause or prevent a collapse to happen. As a monitoring
instrument, it helps professionals in providing measurements of movements of the
monitored area, which according to the geological context can be interpreted as a sign of
a potential collapse. Generally, the radar is also operated in conjunction with other
monitoring instruments to have the largest information and for complementing pros and
cons of each technology. The interpretation of data provided by the multiplicity of
monitoring sensors has then the purpose of detecting movements that can be interpreted
as precursors of a collapse.
