AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. won the 2005 IT business
achievement award of Environmental Business International for
developing market leadership in the use of space-based Interferometric
Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technology to locate and predict land
subsidence and earth fissure threats to dams, utilities, mines,
highways and other infrastructure. InSAR utilizes satellite data
acquired at two different times along orbits of a similar trajectory to
detect minute changes in the ground surface. Under a
technology-demonstration contract with the European Space Agency and
through the development of centers of excellence in Western Canada and
the Southwestern United States, AMEC has assisted clients worldwide.
AMECps InSAR projects include Palabora Mine in South Africa, McMicken
Dam near Phoenix, Ariz., a pipeline corridor in British Columbia,
Hayden Hill Mine in California, an underground utility pipeline network
in Arizona, and railways in Germany for Die Bahn and in the United
Kingdom for Network Rail, among others. AMEC also is using InSAR as
part of an early-warning system for landslides at Turtle Mountain in
Alberta, Canada. InSAR does not depend on the deployment of crews into
the field and therefore is highly valuable for acquiring information at
remote sites or areas considered unsafe for personnel to enter.
achievement award of Environmental Business International for
developing market leadership in the use of space-based Interferometric
Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technology to locate and predict land
subsidence and earth fissure threats to dams, utilities, mines,
highways and other infrastructure. InSAR utilizes satellite data
acquired at two different times along orbits of a similar trajectory to
detect minute changes in the ground surface. Under a
technology-demonstration contract with the European Space Agency and
through the development of centers of excellence in Western Canada and
the Southwestern United States, AMEC has assisted clients worldwide.
AMECps InSAR projects include Palabora Mine in South Africa, McMicken
Dam near Phoenix, Ariz., a pipeline corridor in British Columbia,
Hayden Hill Mine in California, an underground utility pipeline network
in Arizona, and railways in Germany for Die Bahn and in the United
Kingdom for Network Rail, among others. AMEC also is using InSAR as
part of an early-warning system for landslides at Turtle Mountain in
Alberta, Canada. InSAR does not depend on the deployment of crews into
the field and therefore is highly valuable for acquiring information at
remote sites or areas considered unsafe for personnel to enter.
(Credits AMEC)
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