Seismic safety — from research to standards

Our services

• Development of technical solutions for seismic monitoring systems and scientific and technical support of their deployment.
• Scientific and technical support for the supply, installation, configuration and commissioning of seismic monitoring systems.
• Organisation and methodological support of monitoring of natural, induced and man-made seismicity.
• Monitoring of the seismic regime in areas where facilities of heightened responsibility are built and operated.
• Integrated seismic monitoring of hydraulic structures (dams, hydroelectric plants, reservoirs, tailings ponds and other potentially hazardous facilities) using local seismic observation networks.
• Instrumental monitoring of the condition of hydraulic structures based on the recording of microseismic processes and dynamic loads.
• Monitoring of drilling and blasting operations with recording of ground-vibration parameters.
• Assessment of the impact of drilling and blasting on buildings, structures, utility networks, hydraulic complexes and industrial infrastructure.
• Processing, analysis and interpretation of seismic monitoring data.
• Application of artificial-intelligence technologies and machine-learning algorithms for automatic detection, identification and classification of earthquakes, man-made events and explosions, improving the accuracy of source parameters and handling large seismic datasets.
• Development of dedicated seismic monitoring programmes for mining enterprises, hydropower facilities, industrial complexes and critical infrastructure.
• Preparation of technical reports and recommendations based on monitoring results.

What the work includes

• compiling and analysing an earthquake catalogue and, where required, a catalogue of explosions and man-made events;
• collecting and systematising macroseismic, instrumental, geological, neotectonic and hydrogeological data;
• studying active faults, seismogenic zones and the parameters of possible seismic sources;
• analysing the spatial distribution of seismicity, focal depths, earthquake mechanisms and manifestations of strong events;
• developing and parameterising seismic source models;
• probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and preparation of cartographic materials.

Performed for

• administrative regions, cities, settlements and areas of prospective development;
• residential, public, industrial and infrastructure facilities;
• energy, hydraulic-engineering and mining facilities;
• dams, reservoirs, pipelines, tunnels, airports and transport infrastructure;
• facilities of heightened responsibility that require refined seismic loads and local soil conditions.

What the work includes

• collection, analysis and systematisation of source data;
• processing of seismological data and strong-motion records;
• preparation of a representative earthquake catalogue;
• study of regional geological structures, neotectonics, active faults and seismogenic zones;
• analysis of macroseismic, palaeoseismological, instrumental and geophysical materials;
• engineering-geological and instrumental geophysical surveys of the territory;
• assessment of soil conditions by seismic properties;
• compilation of engineering-geological zoning maps and factual-data maps;
• assessment of shear-wave velocities in the upper 30 m of soil;
• calculation of seismic intensity increments and soil coefficients;
• compilation of seismic hazard maps accounting for local soil conditions;
• probabilistic seismic hazard assessment.

Our services

• Design of buildings and structures of any complexity.
• Preparation of design documentation for the AR (architectural solutions), KZh (reinforced concrete structures) and KM (steel structures) sections.
• Structural analysis for strength, stability, reliability and seismic resistance.
• Verification of existing buildings and structures against seismic safety requirements.
• Visual and detailed instrumental survey of building structures.
• Preparation of technical reports based on survey results.
• Recommendations on the strengthening, reconstruction and restoration of buildings and structures.
• Creation of three-dimensional (3D) information models of buildings and structures.
• Geotechnical engineering support of projects: analysis of engineering-geological conditions, assessment of soil bearing capacity, recommendations on foundations and bases, plus calculation and design of foundations with a dedicated foundations specialist.

Our services

• Development and deployment of geographic information systems (GIS).
• Processing and analysis of Earth remote sensing (ERS) data.
• Creation of digital maps and territory models.
• Spatial analysis.
• Monitoring of natural and man-made processes.
• Preparation of analytical materials for territorial assessment and engineering decisions.