System and method for detecting subgrade deformation

A method for monitoring and detecting deformation in a subgrade, comprising:

• providing a sensor enabled geogrid, wherein the sensor enabled geogrid has one or more IMUs and one or more strain gauges operatively configured to the sensor enabled geogrid that are capable of determining tilt;
• providing a sensor pod, wherein the sensor pod is in electrical communication with the one or more IMUs and the one or more strain gauges;
• providing, a gateway device, wherein the gateway device is in communication with the sensor pod;
• installing the sensor enabled geogrid and the sensor pod in a subgrade of infrastructure;
• receiving, by the sensor pod an initial position for the one or more IMUs and the initial resistance measurement of the one or more strain gauges;
• monitoring, by a backend computing system, the one or more IMUs, for variance from the initial position, and the one or more strain gauges for change in resistance;
• detecting, by the backend computing system, variance from the initial position in the one or more IMUs and a change in resistance from the one or more strain gauges;
• and
• alerting, by the backend computing system, the detected variance in the one or more IMUs and the change in resistance from the one or more strain gauges.