STRUCTURAL MONITORING PAYS DIVIDENDS.

The article discusses a U. K. company, Structural Statics Ltd. , which offers structural and environmental monitoring through the modern techniques of electronic technology. The basis of their service is the Stabilometer P8-C, a multi-channel, microprocessor-controlled measurement and data capture system. Current examples of the service include monitoring of aging in a government building erected in the mid-sixties and the installation of a system in a Manchester theater to monitor the consequences of releasing tie bars which are probably not only an unnecessary safety measure, but preclude the building's use for its intended purpose.