PICO

Geotechnical instrumentation data, from the sensors on site to the people who act on it

PICO Monitoring charts the data from piezometers, inclinometers, settlement points, and other instruments at their reporting interval, checks each reading against the thresholds set for it, and maintains a secure record of what was reported and when.

PICO Monitoring site map over aerial imagery of a city block: seven inclinometers ring the excavation, six green and one orange, with the orange sensor's popover showing a warning at 27.81 mm cumulative displacement.
* illustrative data from a fictional project

What happens to a reading

  1. 01

    Readings arrive

    The sensors and hardware on the project report on a set interval, every hour for example, and each batch of readings lands in PICO Monitoring. Readings are compiled into one record, so the project works from one dataset.

  2. 02

    Charted and mapped

    Each instrument is plotted on a time-series chart, from the last day to the full program, and placed on the site map with its current status. The project team sees the same plots and the same map.

  3. 03

    Checked against thresholds

    Thresholds are set with the design engineer and drawn on the plots, for example at an alert level and an alarm level. PICO changes thresholds only on the project’s written request, so each change traces to a request on file.

  4. 04

    The right people notified

    When a reading crosses a threshold, the personnel on the project’s notification list are alerted by email or SMS. An alert keeps notifying at regular intervals until the condition behind it is resolved.

  5. 05

    Recorded

    Alerts, the notifications sent for them, and threshold changes are written to a record that is never deleted. When a decision made from this data is questioned later, the record shows what was reported, to whom, and when.

PICO Monitoring features

Works with your project’s sensors and hardware
PICO connects the loggers and instruments the project specifies.
Data on a set interval
Readings as the hardware reports them, every hour for example.
Charts and site map
Each instrument plotted and mapped.
Email and SMS alerts
When a threshold is exceeded.
Reports
Data summaries, threshold and maintenance events, and data dumps, to the contract’s specification.
Thresholds on every plot
Set with the design engineer, drawn on each plot.
Role-based access control
Each person sees only the projects they are invited to, and their role sets what they can view or change.
Export
Any charted data as a CSV.
Encrypted in transit and at rest
Every connection to PICO Monitoring is encrypted, and so is the stored data.
Multi-factor sign-in
Required where a contract calls for it.
Redundant storage, isolated per project
Data is stored redundantly, so no single machine holds the only copy, and each project’s data is isolated from every other.
A permanent record of alerts, notifications, and user changes
Alerts and notifications are never deleted, and every change a user makes is logged with who made it and when.

Request a walkthrough

PICO walks you through a demo project, screen by screen, so you can decide whether PICO Monitoring fits your project needs.

  • Project dashboard
  • Site map
  • Graphs
  • Alerts
  • Audit trail
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