Vibration Waveform Classifier
Interpreting vibration exceedances has always been manual work: an exceedance might be real construction activity, an external source, or someone knocking the device. The SiteHive Waveform Classifier uses AI to identify the source of every vibration exceedance automatically, so your team no longer has to eyeball each waveform.
What is the Vibration Waveform Classifier?
What is the SiteHive Waveform Classifier?
When a SiteHive Hexanode Vibration device records a PPV exceedance, it captures the vibration waveform. The SiteHive Waveform Classifier analyses that waveform with AI and labels it as construction or non-construction the moment it is captured.
It is built on the same technology lineage as the SiteHive Audio Classifier. Classification runs in real time in the cloud, and every classification is stored against its event, giving you a defensible record for compliance reporting, investigations and audit.
ℹ️ The Vibration Waveform Classifier works with SiteHive Hexanode Vibration devices. To get started, reach out to your BDM or contact support@sitehive.com.
What the labels mean
If you already use the Audio Classifier for noise, you know how to read it:
Label colour |
Meaning |
|---|---|
🟠 Orange |
Construction-related vibration generated by site activity |
🔵 Blue |
Non-construction, external sources or human-induced events such as a knock on the device |
How to view classifications
Go to your SiteHive dashboard and:
Select the Vibration aspect and your Monitoring Point.
When a PPV exceedance has been recorded, the captured waveform appears with its classification label.
Click any waveform to open the detail view, where you can see the X, Y and Z axis traces and what drove the exceedance.
To triage exceedances in bulk, head to the Events page:
Select the event you want to investigate.
Click Investigate & Explain to see the classification alongside the event details.
Use the classification to decide instantly whether the event needs action or can be explained as non-construction.
Understanding waveforms
Vibration sources have surprisingly distinct signatures, which is what makes them so well suited to AI classification.
A waveform shows velocity over time for each axis (X, Y and Z). Reading them side by side tells a story, for example:
Driven piling produces a clean, repeating low-frequency pattern, with strikes evenly spaced.
A knock on the device is a single sharp spike with almost no lead-in or decay.
How the AI works
Hexanode Vibration Device
Monitors vibration continuously, 24/7, at each monitoring point.
Captures the waveform (X, Y and Z axis velocity data) whenever a PPV exceedance is recorded.
Sends the waveform to the cloud for analysis.
SiteHive Enviro Software
Converts the waveform into a time and frequency representation, the same way a spectrogram is built for audio.
Classifies the event using an AI model trained on real construction vibration events, validated with acoustic consultants on live projects.
Labels the event and stores the classification against it for reporting and audit.
💡 Because classifications are consistent and stored, you can replace judgment calls with a record you can stand behind in front of a regulator, and respond to community complaints with evidence rather than opinion.