1. Save Money
For very short term monitoring it often makes sense to stick with the conventional approaches of attended surveys and monitoring because setup and capex costs are relatively low. The longer term cost benefits of wireless can kick-in surprisingly quickly however. This is especially true where sites are remote, where access is challenging and where safety supervision or access equipment hire may be required.
Key considerations: Wireless setup is quick, simple and can be often be done by engineers or surveyors already working on the project rather than specialist personnel mobilised for just a few hours work The initial cost of instruments can be offset by re-using them on other sites, and with a life of over ten years the investment can be spread over multiple projects Time is money – wireless monitoring saves the time of key people on a project, enabling them to focus on the data and its significance, rather than the process of collecting it.
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