In-service structural monitoring of the meeting hall roof, Swaminarayan Hindu Mission, Neasden

Abstract ConstructionoftheSwarninarayanHinduMissionComplexinNeasden,northLondonwas completedin1995,generatingwidespreadinterestandacclaiminthetechnicalandnational press.Thecomplexcontainsanumberofbuildingsofnote,includinganornatetempleand aprayerandmeetinghalltoseat3000worshippers.TheBuildingResearchEstablishment (BRE)introducedin-servicemonitoringinstrumentationontotwoadjacent45mspansteel rooftrussesofthemeetinghall.Thepaperbrieflydescribestheinstrumentation,astatic loadtestperformedtoprovideacalibrationofthestructure-instrumentationsystem,some earlymonitoringresults,initialanalyticalmodellingofthestructureandtheapplicationof intelligentdatahandlingproceduresasastepleadingtowardsthedevelopmentof automatedrealtimeanalysisofstructuralmonitoringdata. Keywords:Structuralmonitoring,in-servicemonitoring,roof.