The Importance of Geotechnical Instrumentation Monitoring in Forensic Investigation

A discussion about the importance of instrumentation in geotechnical engineering would be incomplete without referring to Professor R. Peck’s landmark paper titled “Advantages and Limitations of the Observations Method in Applied Soil Mechanics”. In effect, the observational method elevates instrumentation and monitoring from having a passive to active role in both design and construction, allowing for potential planned modifications to be enacted should performance deviate from the assumed…
By: J.S. Held