Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations for intervention techniques and design approaches are difficult to set.
Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations for intervention techniques and design approaches are difficult to set.
The Technical Committee on the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites (named TC19) was established by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in 1981, is supported by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI), and renamed TC301 in 2010. Geotechnics and Heritage, collects relevant case histories on the role of geotechnical engineering in the preservation of monuments and historic sites, and is an addition to the Proceedings of the two International Symposia organized by the Committee in Napoli in 1994 and 2013. The contributions in the book proof the significant role geotechnical engineering plays in conservation of historic building and monuments.
Contents
Preface
Sponsors
Cultural heritage and geotechnical engineering: An introduction, C. Viggiani
Geotechnical issues of the Athenian Acropolis, D. Egglezos, M. Ioannidou, D. Moullou & I. Kalogeras
The role of geotechnical conditions in the foundation, expansion and preservation of the ancient town of Orvieto (Italy), P. Tommasi, M. Sciotti, T. Rotonda, L. Verrucci & D. Boldini
A paradise inhabited by devils? The geotechnical risks in the city of Napoli and their mitigation, A. Evangelista & C. Viggiani
The crossing of the historical centre of Rome by the new underground Line C: A study of soil structure-interaction for historical buildings, A. Burghignoli, L. Callisto, S. Rampello, F.M. Soccodato & G.M.B. Viggiani
Protective compensation grouting operations beneath the Big Ben Clock Tower, D.I. Harris, R.J. Mair, J.B. Burland & J.R. Standing
Contributions of geotechnical engineering for the preservation of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Sagrario Church in Mexico City, E. Ovando-Shelley & E. Santoyo
The Buen Pastor Cathedral in San Sebastián, A. Gens, E.E. Alonso, J. Casanovas & L. Uzcanga
Stability problems of leaning towers on weak soil, R. Lancellotta
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, J.B. Burland, M. Jamiolkowski, N. Squeglia & C. Viggiani
Strengthening of the San Marco bell tower foundation in Venice, G. Macchi, S. Macchi, M. Jamiolkowski, V. Pastore & D. Vanni
Portus Julius: A complex of Roman infrastructures of late republican age, C. Viggiani
Author index