Monitoring Matters : April 2025

Highlight of this Month: Protecting a Landmark of National Progress.

India’s longest rail-road bridge isn’t just an engineering feat. It’s a live, intelligent system—built to perform under pressure, and built to know when that pressure changes. At 4.94 kilometers long, Bogibeel crosses the volatile Brahmaputra River in a high seismic zone. Strength alone wouldn’t be enough. It needed real-time visibility. Constant insight. And control that doesn’t wait for warning signs. That’s why Encardio Rite was brought in. We deployed over 900 precision sensors—across 21 types—to monitor structural strain, ground movement, water pressure, and environmental stress. All data flows to a centralized control room, enabling early action, performance validation, and long-term risk management. This is monitoring as strategy—not protocol. Because when the cost of delay is high and the margin for error is zero, knowing more is how you stay in control.

Did You Know? 

The FAST-Infra Label, launched at the World Economic Forum 2025, is the first global framework designed to certify sustainable infrastructure projects that meet consistent ESG criteria. It aims to bridge the $15 trillion infrastructure investment gap by giving asset owners and developers a standardized way to prove their project's long-term environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance—across both public and private capital markets (FAST-Infra Label, 2025). 

While Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) isn’t explicitly listed, many of the label’s key criteria—especially under Adaptation & Resilience and Transparency—require infrastructure to demonstrate how it will handle climate impacts, material degradation, and ongoing performance monitoring. For projects such as dams, metros, tunnels, or coastal infrastructure, real-time monitoring systems (e.g., for strain, tilt, vibration, groundwater, and temperature) offer a direct way to document resilience over the full lifecycle of the asset. As more projects seek the label to secure ESG-aligned capital, SHM technologies will play a growing role in helping them qualify—not as a checkbox, but as part of the evidence base.   

Source: FAST-Infra Label. (2025). Sustainable Infrastructure, Scaled: Insights from the FAST-Infra Label Launch at WEF 2025. Retrieved from https://www.fastinfralabel.org/news/sustainable-infrastructure-scaled-insights-from-the-fast-infra-label-launch-at-wef-2025 

Encardio Rite's Role in Metro & Rail Projects 

Infrastructure demands insight, not assumptions; assumptions can cost time and trust. In high-stakes urban environments, knowing more - sooner - makes the difference between risk and control. 

Across some of the world’s most ambitious metro and rail networks, Encardio Rite has delivered mission-critical monitoring solutions that enable safe tunneling, early intervention, and performance-based decision-making. From the Gulf to the US, our role has been simple: equip contractors, consultants, and asset owners with the right data at the right time—to protect progress and put them in control of their projects. 

Dubai Metro, UAE 

On the world’s longest driverless metro network, Encardio Rite delivered full-scale instrumentation for both the Red and Green Lines. Our systems including inclinometers, piezometers, extensometers, tiltmeters, crack gauges, and load cells monitored tunnel alignments, underground stations, and adjacent structures. 

Purpose: Near real-time tracking of ground movement, groundwater drawdown, and structural deformation during excavation beneath dense urban infrastructure.   

Impact: Enabled timely decisions and safe progress under the DURL consortium from 2006 to 2010—without compromising adjacent buildings or timelines.   

Because when you know more, you build with confidence. 

Doha Metro – Gold Line, Qatar 

In Qatar’s Gold Line underground corridor, we delivered a complete turnkey solution across 10 stations and 24 cross passages. With six TBMs operating 20m below grade, we deployed 12+ types of sensors including multi-point extensometers, pressure cells, and vibration monitors. 

Purpose: Continuous geotechnical and structural data for settlement, water pressure, and building response during TBM and NATM operations.   

Impact: Near real-time online delivery allowed for swift corrective action, safeguarding nearby assets and helping shape one of the region’s most modern rail systems. 

Delhi Metro – Phase II, India 

In one of Asia’s most populated metros, Phase II required tunneling under buildings and utilities. We provided inclinometers, strain gauges, extensometers, and piezometers to monitor lateral movements, strut stress, and groundwater behavior. 

Purpose: Near real-time risk management during excavation in congested urban corridors.

Impact: Enabled seamless TBM progress and reinforced DMRC’s reputation for timely, safe metro delivery. 

Los Angeles Metro Expansion, USA 

In LA’s seismic and densely built-up terrain, our team in the US supplied monitoring systems for tunnel launch shafts and NATM underground stations. Equipment included in-place inclinometers, piezometers, and automated data loggers. 

Purpose: Monitor subsurface movement and pore pressure fluctuations during excavation. 

Impact: Provided live data in high-risk zones, reducing delays and improving sequencing in one of the city’s most complex transit upgrades. 

Kolkata Metro, India     

With fragile heritage buildings and soft soil, the Kolkata Metro presented one of India’s most technically sensitive underground builds. We deployed high-precision monitoring using inclinometers, settlement points, piezometers, and crack meters. 

Purpose: Track vertical and lateral ground displacement, water table levels, and building response.   

Impact: Near real-time alerts ensured compliance with narrow tolerances and protected legacy structures—allowing construction to proceed with minimal disruption. 

Groundbreakers: Transforming Geotech

This month, geotechnical expert Philipe Matias joins Ritvick B. to talk about what’s changing—and what still needs to—when it comes to how infrastructure is monitored and managed. 

The conversation moves beyond individual projects, focusing on how smarter technologies—like fiber optics and AI-powered systems—are improving the way infrastructure is maintained over time. It’s a grounded, practical look at how continuous data and better insight can strengthen decisions and reduce risk. 

You can watch the full podcast with Philipe Matias here. 

Proqio Platform Enhancements 

Proqio continues to evolve with practical features that simplify project visibility, collaboration, and data management. Here’s what’s new: 

Help Center Launch – A centralized knowledge base is now live, offering detailed guides, FAQs, and step-by-step tutorials to help you get the most out of Proqio. Whether you're just starting out or managing large-scale projects, the Help Center is your go-to resource. 

Instrument Name Tags on Maps – Toggle instrument labels directly on the map widget for better clarity and context. Ideal for quick visual reference, this feature helps identify devices on-site—especially useful during zoomed-in inspections or when managing sparse layouts. 

Default Project Map Style – Project admins can now define a default map style for all users within a project. This ensures visual consistency and saves time by eliminating the need for manual adjustments. 

Dashboard Edit Mode – A new Edit Mode improves layout performance when repositioning or resizing widgets. This streamlined editing environment reduces lag, simplifies visuals, and allows faster customization of dashboard views. 

These updates are designed to enhance project coordination and make monitoring workflows smoother across teams. 

For full details, visit the Proqio Roadmap.   

Knowledge Hub (Research & Studies) 

Here are some studies and reports, if you're looking to know more about structural health monitoring and its role in infrastructure safety: 

Bhatta, S., & Dang, J. (2024). Use of IoT for Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Engineering Structures: A State-of-the-Art Review. Urban Lifeline, 2(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44285-024-00031-2 

Farrar, C. R., Dervilis, N., & Worden, K. (2025). The Past, Present and Future of Structural Health Monitoring: An Overview of Three Ages. Strain, 61(1), e12495. https://doi.org/10.1111/str.12495   

Farrar, C. R., & Lieven, N. A. J. (2007). Damage Prognosis: The Future of Structural Health Monitoring. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 365(1851), 623–632. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2006.1927     

Sun, Z., Jayasinghe, S., Sidiq, A., Shahrivar, F., Mahmoodian, M., & Setunge, S. (2025). Approach Towards the Development of Digital Twin for Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure: A Comprehensive Review. Sensors, 25(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25010059 

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