Geotechnics and Heritage: Case Histories

 Content: 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 Sebastian, 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