ABSTRACT
The author hopes the reader has found the chapters within this guide informative and useful. The general philosophy of field instrumentation and the conceptual background ofmost instrument types has been outlined, but the detailed listing of individual products with their ranges and accuracies has not been attempted, as these represent individual companies’ commercial data, and can be obtained from the companies’ brochures. When planning field instrumentation it is essential to carry out an initial ‘class A’ prediction, using a parametric approach to soil and structural properties, to obtain estimates of the data ranges and accuracy that each installed instrument will require, and then use the vast range of manufacturers’ data sheets to identify and specify suitable units.
