FIG Commission 6 - Engineering Surveys

 

"Surveying engineering deals with the production of data on the geometry and location, from large structures to small objects, either man-made or natural. In the domain of construction - the area that involves the majority of surveying engineers - it is present in the development of new buildings or facilities and during their life cycle: it’s vital for the planning, the setting out of the design, the dimensional control and the monitoring of deformations. The skills and the accuracy of the work presented, involved these professionals in projects assigned to other areas, ranging from mechanical and industrial engineering to environmental safety. " 

What we do

For the term 2023-2026 FIG Commission 6 will be working on:

PDF: Work plan
VIDEO: Chair of the commission Werner Lienhart takes you through the work plan
Commission 6 on LinkedIn


Chair of FIG Commission 6:
Werner Lienhart, Austria

Learn more about how Commission 6 is working with the SDGs

News

EVENTS

FIG Congress 2026

24-29 May 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa

www.fig.net/fig2026

Expect excellent Engineering Surveys sessions at FIG Congress 2026

FIG Congress 2026 in South Africa is a unique opportunity for surveyors within Engineering Surveys to participate in specialized sessions dedicated to this field. FIG Commission 6, chaired by Werner Lienhart, is planning several excellent sessions: Read more. 

All sessions are part of the larger FIG Congress 2026 where you can network and get inspired. Read here about what you can expect.

FIG encourages you to submit abstracts before 1 November 2025 and register for the international conference.

Commission 6 at FIG Working Week 2025

The FIG Working Week 2025 was held from 6-10 April in Brisbane, Australia. During the conference, Commission 6 had organised severaly sessions in the tehcnical programme and conducted its annual meeting. Additionally, the progress of all commissions was presented at the General Assembly.

> Annual Commission 6 report to General Assembly
> Minutes - General Assembly
> Report - General Assembly 
> Proceedings/Technical programme
> Conference Website

6th Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring (JISDM)

7-9 April 2025 in in Karlsruhe, Germany

JISDM is dedicated to the latest developments in the field of deformation measurements and deformation analysis and brings together experts from the wide range of geodetic fields like photogrammetry, remote sensing, engineering geodesy and higher geodesy as well as from neighbouring fields at the interface of deformation monitoring.

 Read more
 

More news from FIG Commission 6

 
 

Publications

Including Procedures for checking or testing surveying instruments

  

Work Plans
   

Proceedings

  

Working Groups
 

Key Documents

Events

Meet the officers

Commission Chair

Prof. Dr.  Werner Lienhart, Austria
Contact: FIGCommission6@fig.net

Working Group Chairs and Co-Chairs:

Chair of Working Group 6.1 Deformation Monitoring and Analysis
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Niemeier
W.Niemeier@tu-bs.de

Chair of Working Group 6.2 Dynamic Structural Monitoring
Assoc. Prof. Panos Psimoulis
Panagiotis.Psimoulis@nottingham.ac.uk

Chair of Working Group 6.3 Applications of immersive technologies in Engineering Geodesy
Peter Bauer
peter.bauer@tugraz.at

Chair of Working Group 6.4 Engineering Surveying Outreach
Craig Hancock, PhD
C.M.Hancock@lboro.ac.uk

Commission Chair
Prof. Dr. Werner Lienhart
werner.lienhart@tugraz.at

Commission Vice Chair
Prof. Dr. Vassilis Gikas
vgikas@central.ntua.gr

Delegates and Correspondents:

Each member association has the right to nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic Members and Corporate Members  are welcome to nominate a correspondent to each commission.

Commission Delegates and correspondents

Interested? If you are interested to become a national delegate from your country, please contact your member association. The contact information of national delegates is updated by the FIG office. Any changes in contact information should be sent to the FIG Office.

Achievements

FIG publication 25: “Models and Terminology for the Analysis of Geodetic Monitoring Observations” is the result of the growing interest in the interdisciplinary approach to physical interpretation and modelling of the relationship between causative factors (loads) and deformation. It gives surveying engineers a solid basis for a unification of terms used in deformation modelling and helps to better understand the finesses of the modelling processes. 

Since its creation, Commission 6 has been involved in the organization, or supports the organization, of events for the presentation of the latest techniques and methodologies applied by surveying engineers. From these is important to highlight the FIG symposia on the overall theme of deformations monitoring, with almost 20 editions. Click here to access the proceedings of events or click here for future commission 6 events.
 
       
 

Working Groups

Term 2023-2026: Work plan

WG 6.1: Deformation Monitoring and Analysis
WG 6.2: Dynamic Structural Monitoring WG 6.3: Applications of immersive technologies in Engineering Geodesy
WG 6.4: Engineering Surveying Outreach

Previous terms

Term 2019-2022
Term 2015-2018
Term 2011-2014
Term 2007-2010
Term 2003-2006

Newsletters

 

FIG Publications

FIG publication 25: Models and Terminology for the Analysis of Geodetic Monitoring Observations

FIG Proceedings

List of FIG Conference Proceedings
FIG Surveyors Reference Library

Events

All Commission 6 events

Reports to General Assembly

All Commission 6 reports

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