C-AIM Consulting Engineers

Service Overview

C-Aim Consult specializes in the field of human and environmental vibrations, particularly relating to environmental and occupational impact assessment). The backbone of this capability is our array of particularly sensitive seismic accelerometers, seat-pad accelerometers and multi-channel data acquisitioning systems in conjunction with advanced mathematical data processing and purpose developed software routines

Expertise

Tri-axial ground vibration measurement and assessment.
Whole-body vibration exposure measurement and assessment.

Hand-arm vibration exposure measurement and assessment.
Blasting-induced ground vibration estimation.

Machinery-induced ground vibration estimation.
Fly-rock and air overpressure estimation.

Vibration impact assessments (typically as part of an environmental impact assessment undertaken by EAPs).

Equipment and Software

Sensitive seismic accelerometers.

Tri-axial industrial accelerometers.

Tri-axial seat-pad accelerometers.

HBM data acquisitioning systems including the eDAQ and QuantumX field computers.

Custom developed software routines used for post-processing and analysis of data.

Custom developed software routines for ground vibration propagation visualisation.

Clients and Typical Projects:

Comparative occupant vibration survey on railway locomotives (rail, South Africa)

Occupant vibration survey on a range of mining machines.

Blasting vibration assessment (mining, South Africa)

Fly-rock and air overpressure assessment (mining, South Africa)

Construction vibration estimation and impact assessment on water resource development project (infrastructure development, EAP, South Africa)

Ambient ground vibration audit in an optics manufacturing facility infrastructure development, EAP, South Africa)

Ground borne vibration assessment on buildings adjacent to highway upgrade. (infrastructure and roads, South Africa)

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Vibration & Noise Impact Assessment

Service Overview

Expertise

Tri-axial ground vibration measurement and assessment.
Whole-body vibration exposure measurement and assessment.

Hand-arm vibration exposure measurement and assessment.
Blasting-induced ground vibration estimation.

Machinery-induced ground vibration estimation.
Fly-rock and air overpressure estimation.

Vibration impact assessments (typically as part of an environmental impact assessment undertaken by EAPs).

Equipment and Software

Relevant Standards and Guidelines

Clients and Typical Projects:

Related Services

Technical Acoustics

Rotating Machinery Analysis & Condition Monitoring

Structural Integrity & Dynamics Assessment

Need Vibration or Noise Impact Assessment Support?

Vibration & Noise Impact Assessment

Service Overview

Expertise

Tri-axial ground vibration measurement and assessment. Whole-body vibration exposure measurement and assessment.

Hand-arm vibration exposure measurement and assessment. Blasting-induced ground vibration estimation.

Machinery-induced ground vibration estimation. Fly-rock and air overpressure estimation.

Vibration impact assessments (typically as part of an environmental impact assessment undertaken by EAPs).

Equipment and Software

Relevant Standards and Guidelines

Clients and Typical Projects:

Related Services

Technical Acoustics

Rotating Machinery Analysis & Condition Monitoring

Structural Integrity & Dynamics Assessment

Need Vibration or Noise Impact Assessment Support?

Tri-axial ground vibration measurement and assessment.
Whole-body vibration exposure measurement and assessment.

Hand-arm vibration exposure measurement and assessment.
Blasting-induced ground vibration estimation.

Machinery-induced ground vibration estimation.
Fly-rock and air overpressure estimation.