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Monitoring system for concrete pilings and method of installation

  • US 8,596,136 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2012
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A monitored piling adapted for connection to a networked monitoring node, comprising:

  • a plurality of reinforcements located in cast concrete;

    a sensor package located in the concrete near a tip of the piling;

    a transmitter near a top of the piling, the sensor package being connected to the transmitter via a wire or cable;

    a tube extending at least partially between the sensor package and the transmitter near the top of the piling, the tube having an excess wire or cable reservoir, and the wire or cable extending through the tube;

    an excess of the wire or cable in the reservoir that is adapted to be drawn up from the reservoir upon cutting off the top of the piling which includes the transmitter and cutting through the tube and the wire or cable; and

    the excess of the wire or cable being adapted to be drawn from the reservoir to allow an external connection to the sensor.

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