Study for the Implementation of an Integrated Monitoring System in Marble Quarries

The paper describes the project for the implementation of an integrated monitoring system to solve, in an innovative and long-lasting way, a crucial geotechnical problem: the stability of the faces in marble quarries. The study was carried out at the “Cima Campanili” quarry, which is one of the main marble quarries in the Carrara producing area (Italy). Two different design methods are compared: a conventional method and an innovative one. Since the collected data come from different technologies and they refer to inhomogeneous situations, they must necessarily be processed with a specially validated method. For this purpose, the digital platform with cloud storage is the highest degree of innovation, easy and user-friendly for any type of user. This new method allows to carry out analysis over large areas, with high speed and ease of implementation. Finally, some economic considerations about the two methods have been quickly discussed.