...Antonello Troncone; Luigi Pugliese; Andrea Parise; Giovanni Dente; Enrico Conte In the present paper, an analysis is performed on the movements undergone by some residential buildings in 1983, during their construction. A common feature of these buildings is an asymmetric superstructure that makes...

... characteristics of the diaphragm wall (DW) deformation, the ground settlement and the settlement of adjacent buildings were analysed. The interrelationships among these parameters and their relationships with the excavation process, structural system and geological conditions were also studied. The results showed...

... VIBROCOMPACTION METHODS SAND COMPACTION DEFORMATION SILT GRAVEL RESISTANCE LABORATORIES DATA STRESS LATERAL SPREAD BUILDINGS VIBRO RODS PERFORMANCE REINFORCED STEEL SOFT CLAYS ALLUVIAL KOBE HYOGO KEN NAMBU PORT ISLAND ROKKO ISLAND JAPAN ASIA Soil liquefaction effects...

...D M POTTS; T I ADDENBROOKE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1997 IMPERIAL COLLEGE GROUND MOVEMENT TUNNELLING INDUCED STRUCTURES TUNNELS BUILDINGS INFLUENCE STUDIES PARAMETRIC BENDING AXIAL STIFFNESS INTERACTION DAMAGE PARAMETERS DEFLECTION RATIOS STRAIN WIDTH SOILS...

...N A TRENTER; J A CHARLES; BRE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 SIR WILLIAM HALCROW BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT BRE FILL MODELS SPECIFICATIONS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION GROUND MOVEMENT CONTROL BEHAVIOUR MATERIALS DAMAGE BUILDINGS STRUCTURES LOW RISE SITE INVESTIGATION...

... (assuming the foundations are flexible) building damage as a function of differential foundation settlement cost of settlement in terms of financial compensation, preventative measures and effect on the viability of the project. 6. Becausethisprocessissequential, inaccuraciesare cumulative.Consequently...

...J A CHARLES; K S WATTS; BRE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1996 BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT BRE FILL MATERIALS COLLAPSE POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DRY COMPRESSION MOISTURE CONTENT INFILTRATION WATER GROUNDWATER GROUND MOVEMENT STRUCTURES INVESTIGATIONS...

... the around London to consolidate hishold on his construction methodology used to install new kingdom. It is located on a steep chalk hill a new foundation under this historic on the south bankof the Thames, some three building. miles upstream of the Saxon palaceat Old Windsor. The site provides a strong...

... an eighteenth century Grade I listed building in the City of London. In mid 1988, a 305 m diameter tUnne1 wasconstructed approximately 15 m below the building. It w a s intended that this tunnel would be the first ofa number of additional tunnelsand underground structures to be built near the Mansion House...

... INVAR DATA TUNNELLING IMPACT WIDTH DEMEC INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTATION AUTOMATIC SUBSURFACE VERTICAL FOUNDATIONS WATER LEVELLING LEVELS GAUGES TILT WIRE LOGGING HANDLING ACQUISITION GEOTECHNICS STRUCTURES BUILDINGS EFFECT MANSION HOUSE LONDON CITY OF LONDON UK...

.... Fig. 1. The Mansion House Primary instrumentation 9. The primary system, installed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE), consisted of 55 electro-level units thatwere arranged in four strings along thbeasement walls as shown in Fig. 4. The electro-levels, mounted on beams, monitored slope...

.... These results confirmed previous experience with sands with many shell fragmentsi,.e. that N Introduction values sometimes give an impression less A new building wasneeded at the Angra favourable than reality (it can be observed that Nuclear Power Plant in the Stateof Rio de the shear velocity does...