Keynote lecture: Interventions in foundations, applicable techniques and pathology

摘要

The process of diagnosis and the methodology of interventions in the foundations of monuments and historic buildings are shortly revised, along with the design of the repair works and the features of the most used methods for underpinning and consolidation or ground improvement. The case of new basements for existing buildings is also dealt with. Special attention is paid to the use of micropiles, jet grouting, injections and rigid inclusions. In the last part of the paper the typical problems as well as the pathology associated to these techniques is briefly commented.