FIG Commission 6 
	   
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			Work Plan 2003-2006
   
Original work plan in .pdf-format.  
Title
  Engineering Surveys
  
Mr. Svend Kold Johansen, Chairperson of Commission 6 
Terms of reference
  - Acquisition, processing and management of topometric data and of all 
  related information throughout the life cycle of a project;
  
 - Development and implementation of adequate survey methods in Engineering 
  projects;
  
 - Metrology, quality control and validation for civil construction and 
  manufacturing of large objects;
  
 - Deformation monitoring, analysis and interpretation;
  
 - Prediction of deformation and movements in Engineering projects, mines and 
  areas of geological hazard;
 
 
Mission statement
  - Promote the knowledge, skills and abilities of surveyors in civil and 
  industrial works within the various professional fields of Engineering;
  
 - Support all development and multidisciplinary expertise leading to 
  integrated survey methods, using various instruments and sensors and combining 
  geometry with all other data relevant to each Engineering problem;
  
 - Provide a forum for exchange of knowledge related to Engineering analysis 
  of survey data for the study of structures;
  
 - In addition to the links with related Working Groups of IAG, ISM and 
  ISPRS, look for possible connections within organisations of civil, structural 
  and mechanical engineers and within those dealing with metrology and quality 
  control - at the national and international level.
 
 
General
This Working Plan covers a wide scale of survey disciplines related to 
plants, installations and constructions of any kind. Through the Working Plan 
Commission 6 want to extend the Council strategy by encouraging: 
  - development of international standards and qualifications,
  
 - closer links and co-operation with other FIG Commissions,
  
 - development of best practice guides in Engineering Surveys,
  
 - actively support and participate in FIG regional events.
 
 
Commissions endorse the underlying concept that respect for Cultural and 
Linguistic issues is of paramount importance and that Commissions will be 
sensitive to these issues in the way they work. This will be implemented by 
encouraging multilingual abstracts and presentations in general meetings and 
through the use of an appropriate regional language during regional meetings. 
 
Working Group 6.1 - Deformation Measurement and Analysis
Policy Issues
  - Automation of monitoring surveys.
  
 - Enhancement of geometrical modelling of deformations from integrated 
  deformation surveys
  
 - Physical interpretation of deformations including numerical modelling and 
  prediction of deformations and back analysis.
 
 
Chair
    
Specific project(s)
Workshop(s)
  - 
  11th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, Santorini, 
  Greece, 25-28 May 2003;
  
 - Workshop 
  on Vibration and Cyclic Deformations, Nottingham, UK, 2004;
  
 - 12th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, China or France, 
  2005; postponed to Baden, Austria, May 2006
  
 - 12th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements and 3rd Symposium 
  on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering, Baden, Austria, 22-24 
  May 2006
 
  - FIG Congress Munich, 8-13 October 2006
 
  - Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks;
 
 
Publication(s)
  - Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
 
 
Beneficiaries
  - Geodetic engineers dealing with comparative measurements of deformed or 
  unstable objects, geologists, geophysicists, and civil and structural 
  engineers concerned on this issue.
 
 
 
Working Group 6.2 - Engineering Surveys for Industry and 
Research
Policy issues
Engineering surveys in industry and research demand ultimate quality to be 
realised in ever-shorter time slots and under spatially most limited conditions. 
WG2's main goal is to provide the specialists involved in that kind of missions 
with the latest state of the art concerning: 
  - The use of adapted survey techniques in industry & Engineering;
  
 - A multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers, civil 
  engineers, structural & mechanical engineers, R&D scientists - for a better 
  approach of complex Engineering survey problems;
  
 - Specific algorithms, instrumentation, equipment and techniques in 
  Engineering Surveys;
  
 - High precision measurements and special techniques for the large scale 
  metrology of big equipment or structures;
  
 - Integration of survey & alignment sensors with actuators and/or tools for 
  on-line monitoring and control of a given process (dynamic systems);
  
 - Relevant modules for the 'Optical 3d Measurement Techniques' series.
 
 
Chair
  
    
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      Thomas Wunderlich 
        Germany 
        E-mail: 
	  Th.Wunderlich[at]bv.tu-muenchen.de
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      Vice-chair 
        Alojz Kopacik 
        Slovakia 
        E-mail: alojz.kopacik[at]stuba.sk 
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Specific project(s)
  - Engineering surveying procedures for power plants
  
 - Engineering surveying procedures for linear and circular accelerators
  
 - Engineering surveying procedures for nuclear research facilities
  
 - New techniques for as-built documentation and facility inventory
  
 - Industrial metrology in production, assembling and finishing processes
  
 - In-situ calibration of industrial robots
 
 
Within topic 4 of the list above special emphasis will be addressed on 
terrestrial laser scanning to stimulate quick acceptance and diversified 
application by surveyors. Object scanning represents a growing and promising new 
market, which evidently also attracts non-geodetic competitors. Urgent actions 
to be managed by a group of WG6.2 members cover: 
  - Advising optimal instrument for each special application of a mission 
  catalogue;
  
 - Development of suitable planning tools for extensive scanning tasks;
  
 - Optimisation of necessary georeferencing procedures;
  
 - Software improvements to increase variety of best-fitting objects;
  
 - Monitoring of CAD-SW behaviour under heavy scanning data load;
  
 - Dialogue with manufacturers to realise competent consumer wishes;
  
 - Expansion of application fields.
 
 
Workshop(s)
  - Co-sponsoring INGEO 2002, November 11 - 13, Bratislava
  
 - Special workshop towards the end of 2003;
  
 - Tutorials as part of the "International Course for Engineering Surveying", 
  March 15-19, 2004, Zürich
  
 - Contributions to the FIG Working Weeks and to FIG Congress;
  
 - Specific seminars or workshops on dedicated topics.
 
 
Publication(s)
  - Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
 
 
Beneficiaries
  - Surveyors wanting to acquire more expertise in these special applications;
  
 - Designers and manufacturers in various industrial or Engineering 
  activities;
  
 - Engineers dealing with quality control of large objects or structures;
  
 - Scientific laboratories dealing with particle accelerators and detectors, 
  fusion rings, gravitational antennas, power lasers, etc.;
  
 - All scientists and engineers dealing with large scale metrology and 
  accurate positioning in R&D sectors or in Industry;
  
 - Universities and manufacturers involved in the development of special 
  instruments.
 
 
 
Working Group 6.3 - Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility 
Management
Policy issues
  - Focus on the role of the surveying engineer as the responsible manager of 
  spatially referenced information;
  
 - Support for the co-ordination of the activities of other disciplines.
 
 
Chair
  
    
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      Lothar Gründig  
        Germany 
        E-mail: 
	  gruendig[at]inge3.bv.tu-berlin.de  | 
     
    
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      Vice-Chair 
        Hande Demirel 
        Turkey 
        E-mail: hande.demirel[at]itu.edu.tr  | 
     
   
Specific project(s)
  - Concepts of data models for the Mapping of relevant 4D or 5D project data, 
  covering 3D geometry, time, and descriptive attributes;
  
 - Exchange, provision and presentation of facility management data in 
  computer networks;
  
 - Data integration for this subject, taking into accounts the presence of 
  redundant data and different sources of information;
  
 - The automation and combination of feasible data acquisition techniques.
 
 
Workshop(s)
  - Workshop on Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility Management, Berlin, 
  Germany, 2004
  
 - Sessions and contributions to joint seminars, workshops and symposia.
 
 
Publication(s)
  - Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
 
 
Beneficiaries
  - Surveying engineers, engineers and managers involved in facility 
  management tasks.
 
 
 
Working Group 6.4 - Engineering Surveys for Construction Works and 
Structural Engineering
Policy Issues
  - Promoting the use of adapted survey techniques in industry & Engineering;
  
 - Promoting a multidisciplinary collaboration between survey engineers, 
  civil engineers, structural & mechanical engineers;
  
 - Promoting the understanding of fibre optic sensors, e.g. interferometric 
  sensors, Brillouin and Raman scattering and Bragg gratings;
  
 - Study the use of embedded sensor arrays and the role of advanced surveying 
  techniques for structural monitoring;
  
 - Creating an awareness of surveyors through a task force 'Fibre optic 
  sensors' of the rapidly emerging technology of fibre optic sensors as 
  "non-geodetic" sensors to measure deformations (strain) and temperatures in 
  civil engineering structures
 
 
Chair
  
    
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      Gethin Wyn Roberts 
        United Kingdom 
        E-mail: 
	  gethin.roberts[at]nottingham.ac.uk
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      Vice-chair  
 	 Jin Fengxiang 
        China 
        E-mail: jinfengxiang[at]yahoo.com
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      Chair of Task Force 6.4.1 - 
      
	  Fibre Optic Sensors 
        Fritz K. Brunner  
        Austria 
        E-mail: 
	  brunner[at]ivm.tu-graz.ac.at | 
     
   
Specific Projects
  - Precise methods and equipment for staking out during construction and 
  structural works;
  
 - QC and documentation for as build compared to as designed;
  
 - Precise methods and equipment for Engineering surveys for visualisation 
  and photo match;
  
 - Precise methods and equipment for remote surveys. (Terrestrial laser 
  scanners etc.)
  
 - Dynamic Monitoring of Buildings and Structures;
  
 - Offshore construction surveys.
 
 
Task force 6.4.1: "Fibre optic sensors": 
  - Monitoring using fibre optic sensors;
  
 - Health monitoring of structures, including real-time and "non-geodetic" 
  sensors in Engineering;
 
 
Workshops
  - Regular symposia and exchanges between researchers and concerned 
  professionals;
  
 - Possibly integrating the workshop at Nottingham under commission 6.1 with 
  this group in 2004.
  
 - Contributions to various joint meetings and FIG working weeks
  
 - Contribution FIG World Congress in 2006.
 
 
Publications
  - Proceedings of the meetings (by the host).
  
 - Web page
 
 
Beneficiaries
  - Surveying profession becoming involved in this developing technology which 
  will partly replace current geodetic techniques;
  
 - Surveyors wanting to acquire information about fibre optic sensors as used 
  in "smart civil Engineering structures";
  
 - Engineers who has to decide about the best techniques to monitor civil 
  Engineering structures;
  
 - Universities teaching advanced sensor technology.
  
 - Engineering Surveyors and Engineers involved with construction and setting 
  out will benefit, as well as structural engineers, current buildings and 
  future building designs.
 
 
 
Co-operation with Sister Associations
Commission 6 intends to continue co-operation with Sister Associations, 
especially together with FIG Commission 5 whose interests are quite similar to 
Commission 6. Further more The International Society for Mine Surveying (ISM), 
The International Association of Geodesy (IAG), International and the 
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) are of 
interest. 
Co-operation with the United Nations Agencies
Commission 6 intends to locate and establish co-operation with UN agencies of 
relevance. 
Other Activities
Communications
Commission 6 will develop and maintain a web page with linkages to other 
relevant web pages to keep commission delegates, other FIG members and the 
public informed. The secretariat will provide the webmaster. 
Commission 6 will provide an annual newsletter with input from the working 
groups. This will be distributed by e-mail. 
New partnerships
Commission 6 keeps maintaining co-operation and partnership with ISM and IAG 
Special Commission 4. 
Calendar of Events
For updated version, please see
http://www.fig.net/events/  
2002
  - Co-sponsoring INGEO 2002, November 11-13, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  
 - Supporting the 7th International Workshop on Accelerator Alignment (IWAA), 
  November 11-14, SPring-8, Japan
 
 
2003
2004
  - 
  Workshop on Vibration and Cyclic Deformations, Nottingham, UK, 2004;
  
 - FIG 
  Working Week 23-28 May 2004, Athens Greece;
  
 - Tutorials as part of the "International Course for Engineering Surveying", 
  March 15-19, 2004, Zürich
  
 - Workshop on Engineering Survey Data Bases and Facility Management, Berlin, 
  Germany, 2004.
 
 
2005
  - 12th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements, China or France, 
  2005; - postponed to Baden, Austria, May 2006
 - 
  FIG 
	Working Week 7-12 May 2005, Cairo, Egypt.
 
 
2006
  - 12th International Symposium on Deformation Measurements and 3rd Symposium 
  on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering, Baden, Austria, 22-24 
  May 2006
 
  - FIG Congress Munich, 8-13 October 2006
 
 
21 June 2002
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