CSI is New Zealand's premier provider of seismic and structural instrumentation services.  In addition to our domestic market we are an active international business exporting to the USA,South America, Asia and Europe.

Proven through Christchurch earthquakes, CSI delivers real benefits to customers and society. 


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Earthquake Response:

Sentinel: Christchurch City CouncilCCC is the first user of CSI's Sentinel, our new solution for earthquake repsonse management.  Together, we're shifting Christchurch's narrative from seismic risk to seismic resilience

Sentinel: Wellington City Council.  Providing our Capital City with the vital information it needs to manage the risks of being built over fault lines.

Sentinel: Fire and Emergency New Zealand.  Improving seismic resilience for New Zealands front-line emergency response agency.  Protecting those that protect us.

Lyttleton Port of Christchurch.  Combined use of CSI CUSP-3 instrumentation and seismic modelling to understand measure asset damage and maintain critical operations

Christchurch International Airport.  First airport globally to use real time shaking alerts to inform decision processes and ensure maximum operational up-time

Christchurch Civic Offices  Maintaining operational up-time and staff confidence in a high-stress environment

 

Structural Monitoring

University of Canterbury Rutherford Building  Advanced structural analysis to measure changes in building performance and inform repair strategies

Bridges, Norwegian Arctic Highway.  Design verification of several cutting edge bridge design methodologies

Geonet Building Monitoring Programme. Detailed performance data for the New Zealand national earthquake monitoring agency from more than 30 representative buildings across the country, 100% underpinned by CSI CUSP-M technology, and now being upgraded to the EQR technology as part of scheduled obsolescence management.

 

Seismic Research

GeoNet, NZ's National Seismic Network More that 200 CUSP-3 instruments form the backbone of the NZ National Strong Motion Network - Currently being replaced with EQR120 as part of scheduled obsolescence management.

CanNet Network Canterbury Plains and Alpine FaultNow a subnet of GeoNet, CanNet was CSI's first strong motion network, a realisation of the vision of our founder Prof. John Berrill.  

Ice Array, Hveragerdi, Iceland wiki articleCSI's first generation dense seismic array

Ice Array II, Husavik, Iceland 

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