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Assets that report their own condition.

Structural and ground-movement monitoring for bridges, dams, tunnels and slopes, drone survey and 3D twins for construction, satellite interferometry over whole networks, and deployable kits for the site before the permanent network exists.

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01

In the field

Guided 3D tour

Open-pit mine

GNSS slope monitors on the benches, a blast seismograph at the boundary and a private cell for the fleet, around a benched pit cut into the ground.
Guided 3D tour

Transmission corridor

Lattice towers carry a line across open country; conductor sensors report temperature and sag, and the substation edge brings them into the grid operator’s systems.

02Stories

How it works, in place.

Interactive stories with figures drawn to scale and every claim referenced.

All stories Place: Airspace and drones A shared sky below 120 metresFlying beyond visual line of sight turns a drone from a camera on a stick into infrastructure. It needs a command link that holds, an identity others can…System: Digital twin of a site A digital twin that keeps its sourcesA digital twin is a model of a physical asset kept current by observation of it. The hard part is not the geometry; it is keeping every value in the model…

03Specialized fields

Infrastructure, field by field.

Construction and infrastructure assets are measured in very different ways from the first excavation to decades of service. A building site watched for dust, noise and vibration, a deep excavation or tunnel drive beside existing buildings, a long-span structure in service, a levee or sea wall holding back water and a historic building in daily use each have their own instruments, rules and crews. Each field below has its own stack, radio, power and work from order to operation.

Specialized field

Construction sites

Dust, noise and vibration at the site boundary, wind for cranes and lifts, and site cameras, on cellular from the hoarding, so a site keeps its permit limits and answers its neighbours with evidence.The full field →
Specialized field

Excavations and tunnelling

Settlement and movement of the ground and nearby buildings, pore pressure, wall deflection and vibration during deep excavations and tunnel drives, with automatic total stations and GNSS, under the observational method.The full field →
Specialized field

Structural health of major structures

Vibration, strain, movement and wind on long-span bridges, towers, stadium roofs and tall buildings in service, on fibre and an industrial network, so engineers see how a structure behaves between inspections.The full field →
Specialized field

Levees and coastal defences

Pore pressure and seepage, settlement, water levels, waves and overtopping on levees, dikes and sea walls, on LoRaWAN and microwave, so defence managers see weak sections before the flood finds them.The full field →
Specialized field

Heritage buildings

Crack and tilt movement, vibration from traffic and works, and indoor climate for collections in historic buildings in use, on LoRaWAN with nothing drilled that does not have to be, so conservation decisions rest on evidence.The full field →

04The problem

What this industry has to measure.

Mining, oil and gas, ports, utilities, rail, construction and manufacturing: private networks and compliance-grade sensing.

01

Displacement and deformation

02

Vibration and strain

03

Ground movement over wide areas

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As-built geometry

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Site connectivity during construction

05Outcomes and proof

What you get, and how you can check it.

Every system we deliver comes with the evidence a buyer, an auditor or a regulator asks for.

What you can measure

  • Displacement and deformation
  • Vibration and strain
  • Ground movement over wide areas
  • As-built geometry
  • Site connectivity during construction

Proof buyers ask for

  • Latency and jitter test reports
  • Redundancy design
  • Equipment-maker interoperability
  • Spectrum licence
  • Industrial cybersecurity (ISA/IEC 62443)
  • Hazardous-area equipment ratings
  • Uptime service levels
  • Reference sites

06Use cases

Where it is deployed.

Worked use cases and deployment scenarios. Open one for the kit, the data products and the standards.

Use case · low complexity

Street flood observatory

Ultrasonic depth sensors on poles report street-level water depth as open data and alerts.
Who
Cities, emergency management agencies and universities.
Data
Street-level water depth time series; Open data feed and alerts to emergency management and 311
OGC SensorThings API 1.1 Municipal open-data terms The full use case →
Use case · low to medium complexity

Hybrid air-quality observatory

A few reference analysers and many low-cost nodes, with co-location calibration and an open-data feed.
Who
Cities, public-health units, school districts.
Data
Air-quality index and hyperlocal maps, labelled supplementary; Calibrated time series with quality flags; Publication route to an open air-quality aggregator
EU Directive 2024/2881 (ambient air quality) CEN/TS 17660 (sensor systems) US EPA FEM/FRM reference methods The full use case →
Use case · high complexity

Utility grid-edge private LTE and wildfire weather

Private LTE on substations and poles for distribution automation, with weather nodes that inform public-safety power shutoff decisions.
Who
Electric utilities.
Data
Fault location, isolation and service restoration telemetry; Distributed-energy control and islanding events; Wildfire-risk weather observations
3GPP Band 106 IEC 61850 IEEE 1547 / 2030.5 NERC CIP The full use case →
Industrial

Mine-wide private LTE or 5G with environmental sensing

Autonomy communications plus dust, blast vibration, slope and tailings monitoring.The full use case →
Industrial

Utility private LTE for the grid edge

Distribution automation, distributed-energy control and wildfire-risk weather on a dedicated band.The full use case →
Industrial

Continuous methane monitoring

Fenceline sensors and optical gas imaging under regulatory leak-detection cadences.The full use case →

Every use case

07Solution bundles

Start with one unit. Grow to a network.

The same systems at every scale, on the open protocol, so nothing you buy is replaced as you grow.

  1. 01

    Base unit

    One station or node, specified for this industry: instruments, power, enclosure and backhaul.

    Build a station →
  2. 02

    Site

    A surveyed, commissioned site with its timing, its links and the evidence file a buyer can audit.

    Plan a site →
  3. 03

    Fleet

    Many sites run as one service: one plan, one update path, one evidence trail, one service level.

    Managed offers →
  4. 04

    Network

    Fleets that federate with partner grids through the open protocol, owner by owner.

    The open protocol →

08Solutions

What we deliver.

Each offer is designed, deployed and run on the open protocol by Nexus Observatory Inc.

data licence, professional services

Earth observation tasking, processing and change detection

SAR and optical acquisition planning, analysis-ready processing and change detection checked against field truth, delivered as STAC and COG.

How we deliver it →

professional services, data licence

Drone survey and 3D site twins

Survey campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and site twins kept current.

How we deliver it →

rental, managed service

Deployable connectivity and sensing kits

A cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes for incident bases and events.

How we deliver it →

managed service, data licence

Structural and ground-movement monitoring

GNSS, InSAR, tilt, strain and fibre sensing on bridges, dams, slopes, tailings and pipelines, with alert thresholds set by the owner.

How we deliver it →

data licence

Physical condition data for lenders and asset owners

EO and sensor evidence on the physical state of collateral and assets: flood extent, subsidence, construction progress, land cover.

How we deliver it →

09Service platforms

The platforms behind it.

The service platforms that build the systems this industry runs on.

Service platform

Sensors & instruments

Measurements that carry their own proof.
Service platform

Earth observation & GeoAI

The ground, measured and modelled.
Service platform

Data & licensing

Grid data, licensed for your use.
Service platform

Field services

Survey to decommission, one accountable crew.
Service platform

Digital twins and simulation

Model the site before you build it.
Service platform

Connectivity

Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.
Service platform

Hardware & power

Built for the site, not the lab.
Service platform

Design and integration

One accountable integrator, site to grid.

How each platform serves this industry

10Standards and compliance

Drawn against the standards your auditors use.

Standards the systems are drawn against

  • OGC SensorThings API 1.1
  • Municipal open-data terms
  • EU Directive 2024/2881 (ambient air quality)
  • CEN/TS 17660 (sensor systems)
  • US EPA FEM/FRM reference methods
  • 3GPP Band 106
  • IEC 61850
  • IEEE 1547 / 2030.5
  • NERC CIP
  • 3GPP Rel-16/17 URLLC

Regulation and authority

  • Spectrum and sitingLicences, permits and siting are part of the plan, country by country. Country notes →
  • Privacy and dataYour data stays yours, under the licence you choose. Privacy notice →
  • SecurityHardware-rooted identity and signed updates on every device. Security →

11Questions buyers ask

Before you scope it.

Who sells, and who owns the data?

Nexus Observatory Inc. is the seller of record. The data your systems collect stays yours, under the licence you choose.

Do we have to buy hardware?

No. We deliver as a managed service, a data licence or a system you own.

Can we start small?

Yes. Start with one station or one site, then grow to a fleet and a network on the same open protocol, without replacing what you bought.

Which standards do the systems meet?

Each system is drawn against the open protocol and the standards it is composed from, listed on this page.

What happens after go-live?

We run the systems to a written service level, with monitoring, repair and an evidence trail, or train your team to run them.

Ready when you are.

Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it.

Plan a deploymentStation BuilderTalk to sales

12Open and community

Open by default. Built with the people who use it.

Open data, open methods and the open protocol, with the people who use them.

Open projects this community builds on

  • Open5GS
  • OpenAirInterface
  • Magma
  • OpenMetBuoy
  • OPC UA open stacks
  • Sensor.Community
  • OpenAQ
  • FloodNet
  • Smart Citizen Kit
  • Telraam
  • openSenseMap

Take part

13Infrastructure and industry

Neighbouring industries.

Industry

Energy

The grid edge, observed.
Industry

Telecom

Towers that compute, sense and connect.
Industry

Transport

Corridors that report their own conditions.
Industry

Mining

The mine, measured from pit to tailings.
Industry

Industry

Plants and ports, sensed and connected.

Bring us the site.

Survey, design, deployment and operation for infrastructure. The form names who receives your details.

Talk to usPlan a deployment

Assets that report their own condition.

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