Baden Slide Monitoring

The Baden Slide Monitoring Project in Pittsburgh aims to address slow-moving landslides causing roadway displacement. Encardio Rite provided in-place inclinometers (EAN-52M) and ESDL-30 dataloggers for real-time monitoring. Installed in 30 ft boreholes at the slope's top and toe, the sensors collect displacement profiles, aiding cost-effective landslide remediation. Data is transmitted to a cloud-based management system with threshold alerts. This advanced monitoring solution supports the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s efforts to enhance roadway safety and stability.

Baden Slide Monitoring

Due to topography and geology, Southwestern Pennsylvania has a high concentration of landslides, many of which make it difficult to travel safely on roads. In accordance with the state's slide remediation programme, this slide was chosen for inquiry.

Pavement cracking and displacement are being caused by a slowly moving slide next to a road. For the design and implementation of cost-effective repairs, slide characteristics must evolve. Monitoring is necessary to determine sliding parameters.

Encardio Rite was entrusted to provide the instrumentation and automated, real-time monitoring results for the project. The type of instrumentation installed at this site included in-place inclinometers. The sensors were all read by remote, real-time data loggers that were transmitting to the cloud and threshold limit alerts.

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