Structural Health Monitoring Specialists, SHMS, is now ESTRUCTURA

Technology that
‍Saves Lives & Property

ESTRUCTURA provides Structural Health Monitoring for new and aging structures, including residential and commercial buildings, bridges, dams, railways, and nuclear power plants.

Now bringing the renowned Swiss technology to North America, ESTRUCTURA offers through its Structural Health Monitoring System, the same quality and precision, soon to be manufactured in the USA.

Structural
Monitoring

Uses various sensors to detect performance issues and verify structural behavior.

Commercial / Residential Buildings

Detects differential settlement and alerts management or residents for immediate evacuation if necessary. Quickly assess structural viability after natural or manmade disasters.

Infrastructure
Applications

ESTRUCTURA has potential applications across various infrastructure projects, including dams, bridges, railways, and power plants.

Earthquake Early
Warning

Our Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) solution provides crucial seconds to mitigate the impacts of seismic events.

International Reach &
Vast Experience

Continents

60+

Countries

30+

Years of Experience

Reduce risks.
Lower costs.
Avoid disasters.

South Beach, Miami, Florida, USA over South Pointe Park.

Structural Health Monitoring System technology is A CALL TO ACTION for aging and new infrastructure and facilities.

Timely Notification and Response:

Audio and Visual Alarms and notifications for occupants/residents and management.
SHMS technology enhances BMS by immediately identifying and verifying in real time the structural behavior of the building better addressing Emergency Evacuations.
SAVING LIVES

Reduce Maintenance Repair Cost:

SHMS lowers maintenance cost and extends the life of the structure itself.
High cost of False Evacuations is a critical element of any business continuity and resiliency program.
SHMS Identifies early repairs allowing for a predictive maintenance program versus the traditional preventive/reactive maintenance program.

Inexpensive Capital Expenditure:

SHMS is a tool which significantly lowers cost compared to the cost of the assets such as: building, bridge, dam, power plant, stadium, arenas and schools by eliminating expensive structural studies.

Win/Win Potential Discounted Insurance Premiums and Claims:

Government agencies such as FEMA and USACE recognize SHMS as a preventive advanced safety technology of the building.

Maintenance Strategies

Poor maintenance strategies can shorten a structure's lifespan and pose safety risks. Visual inspections often miss damages. Maintenance strategies fall into three categories:

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Reactive Maintenance

Repairs are made after visible damage or failure, often leading to higher costs and potential safety hazards.

Preventive Maintenance

Regular maintenance like pressure washing, painting, and roof repairs, though not always addressing internal damage.

Prescriptive Maintenance

Employs Structural Health Monitoring sensors 24/7 to continuously track and compare real-time data with design parameters, facilitating early detection of issues and allowing for minor repairs before they become major problems.

Reactive vs. Preventive vs. Prescriptive Maintenance

Poor maintenance strategies can reduce a structure’s life span and possibly create a life hazard if not attended in time. Most inspections are visual and do not consider any internal damages if no visual signs are present. Maintenance strategies fall into one of three categories, each with its own challenges and benefits:

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Reactive Maintenance

Strategy of repairing a structure
only after any damage is visible and obvious or at a point of failure.

Costs are only incurred when failure is imminent and some organizations feel that this creates an operational cost savings, when truth is that the longer you wait to repair damage it will only raise the repair costs exponentially.

More often than not ends up treating the asset symptom, rather than the problem causing the symptom.

Waiting for damages to be obvious can be a large financial burden to
any organization and may lead to a dangerous situation.

Preventive Maintenance

Also referred to as planned maintenance, this consists of regular pressure washing, painting, roof repairs and equipment maintenance.

Based on theoretical failure rates and not necessarily based on actual structural performance.

Maintenance on a regular basis is no
guarantee that the structure is safe and that there is no internal
unseen damage.

Internal damage could be lingering until this damage is obvious and therefore more costly to repair and may even make your structure unsafe to occupy.

Prescriptive Maintenance

Your structure or asset is tied to your historical data through the use of Structural Health Monitoring
System (SHM), similar to having an EKG machine put on your body to listen to what is going on internally.

SHM will continually monitor your structure in real time and comparing the results to the design parameters of the structure and inform you immediately if any structural changes have occurred.

By detecting small changes, it enables you to inspect these areas and perform minor repairs before they become a bigger and more expensive problem and possibly avoiding a dangerous situation that may costs lives.

Quantitative data is recorded and stored to a cloud where it can become the “black box” for your structure, facilitating the settlement of any claim to your insurance company.