Norilsk Nickel experts shared their experience on building and maintenance of buildings in the Far North at the III International Construction Forum "Arctic".
The main assets of Norilsk Nickel are located on permafrost soils. The company has been performing complex monitoring for several years in a row and has accumulated extensive experience working in difficult conditions.
Anton Pryamitsky, Senior Manager of the Norilsk Nickel Technical Expertise Center, and Pavel Kotov, Chief Manager of the Department of Scientific and Technical Support for the Operation of Buildings and Structures of the Polar Branch of Norilsk Nickel, shared their experience with the forum’s participants.
The experts told how specialists monitor the state of frozen soils and automate geotechnical monitoring, as well as how the permafrost background monitoring system works.
"We conducted engineering surveys at all sites, drilled wells, placed equipment, surveyed buildings and structures, and installed sensors. Now they transmit information to a single system where the data is compared with territorial indicators. Based on them, we make predictions about how conditions will change and when actions need to be taken so that the building does not collapse," Kotov said.
The III International Construction Forum "Arctic" was organized by the International Association of Foundation Builders, metalinfo.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
