by SW | Nov 14, 2019 | Ice and snow, News |
Ice and snow Our crew successfully completed installing the avalanche radar system at Bear Pass, Canada, for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI). Despite challenging weather conditions, the installation team was able to setup and take into...
by SW | Oct 3, 2019 | News |
The Swiss companies Geobrugg and Geoprevent proudly announce their strategic partnership. Geobrugg’s high-tensile steel wire protection solutions and Geoprevent’s alarm and monitoring systems are ideally matched in the field of natural hazards such as...
by SW | Aug 6, 2019 | Ice and snow, News |
This year, we extended our glacier lake monitoring system on the Plaine Morte with four autonomous camera stations and an additional pressure probe. The rapid discharge of Lake Faverges in Juli 2018 led to severe floods in the valley floor and damaged several...
by SW | Jul 5, 2019 | Ice and snow, News |
On Tuesday night, 2 July 2019, a large, unstable section in the northern slope of Trift Glacier at Weissmies, Switzerland, broke off. Several days before, the image analysis of our deformation camera showed a significant acceleration of the affected area and indicated...
by SW | Jun 7, 2019 | Ice and snow, News |
The world’s largest detection system for avalanches is being built at the Rogers Pass in Canada to improve the winter safety of the Trans-Canada Highway (media releases by Government of Canada, CBC, Revelstoke Mountaineer). Among the detection devices are four...
by SW | May 28, 2019 | News |
In cooperation with Geobrugg, our CEO Lorenz Meier and Head of Customer Solutions Gian Darms visited Brazil last week. They gave presentations on automated natural hazard monitoring systems for several mining companies in the Minera Gerais region. The Swiss delegation...
