In 2002 ITM Monitoring, now SOCOTEC Monitoring UK Ltd, was awarded a sub-contract to install instrumentation to monitor the Blaencwm Landslide. Summary of Works: Client: Thyssen Geotechnical / Halcrow Duration: 2002 – Current Monitoring System: Piezometers, Tiltmeters, Long Range VW Crackmeters, In- Place Inclinometers, Weather station – ARGUS Monitoring Software The site, located at the Northern end of the Rhondda valley, South Wales, has a history of movement, mainly due to the extensive placing of colliery spoil during the early part of the last century. The site has been extensively monitored since 1989, due to potential risk to domestic properties in the village of Blaencwm. The data is transmitted from the data loggers via cellular modems to ITM Monitoring’s web based data presentati

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