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Operational Monitoring and Data Maintenance Our Services Geology Engineering Field Services Exploration Planning, Drilling and Field Management Environmental Monitoring Water Resources Management Operational Monitoring & Data Management Site Specific Engineering and Construction Management Water Resources Environmental Management Consulting	Home > Our Services > Field Services > Operational Monitoring & Data Management Operational Monitoring and Data Management Norwest field personnel provide installation and monitoring services for instrumentation at both active and reclaimed mine sites. The geotechnical knowledge of our field staff enables them to perform visual inspections of operational mine conditions in addition to instrument monitoring. This provides our clients with the benefits of integrating visual observation with data acquisition. Consistent instrumentation data is valuable and a trained eye will provide key information to assess operational performance. Norwest’s field staff is supported by knowledgeable engineers who verify, analyze, and interpret the field data. This process allows field information to be given to our designers and clients in a timely fashion. Then, with the use of industry proven software and user friendly databases, large amounts of data can be summarized and presented easily. Our services include: Geotechnical field program planning Instrumentation needs assessment Core logging and geological interpretation Geotechnical instrument installation slope inclinometers vibrating wire piezometers stand pipe piezometers monitoring wells extensometers Initialization and monitoring of field instrumentation Verification, analysis, and interpretation of the instrumentation data Geotechnical performance reporting Web-based GIS mapping Hydrologic and hydrogeologic sampling and database management Real time field hydrologic data entry and QA/QC Hydrologic testing and monitoring Operational monitoring and data management is a value added service which can benefit our clients in many ways. Verified technical information can be an invaluable asset to any mine site. Norwest’s Field Services Group provides a clear picture of current geotechnical or hydrogeologic conditions to optimize design and resource use for our clients.	Case Study Oil Sands, Fort McMurray Alberta After supplying pit wall and waste dump designs to an oil sands mine, Norwest was contracted to carry out geotechnical instrumentation installation and monitoring on the site. Slope inclinometers, vibrating wire piezometers, and stand pipe piezometers were installed throughout the mine to monitor movement and piezometric fluctuations. Norwest field staff continued monitoring these instruments to build up a history of performance at the mine. As the designer, Norwest had the most intimate knowledge of the structures and was able to use field data to verify and optimize the operational performance of the mine structures. Because Norwest had direct control of data acquisition and was able to tailor the data collection to coincide with mining conditions, invaluable data could be gathered from unique situations and the analysis passed directly onto the client.
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