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Roof monitoring

To monitor roof loading is in present time a trend especially for buildings with flat roof where there you can expect lot of people (such as sports halls, shopping centers, entertainment centers). In case of flat roof can occur unexpected load for example because of extreme snowing, respectively. when are occurs blockage of drainage routes and roof can be load by non-flowing water. At the same time can be recorded sudden defects caused by other influences such as earthquakes and geological changes and therefore you can have a structure under constant surveillance to prevent catastrophic scenarios.