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EPSRC Reference: GR/K82314/01
Title: MANSION HOUSE LONG TERM SETTLEMENT MONITORING
Principal Investigator: Burland, Professor J
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Project Partners:
London Underground Ltd Mott Macdonald Pell Frischmann Consultants Ltd
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Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Organisation: Imperial College London
Scheme: LINK
Starts: 01 February 1996 Ends: 31 January 1999 Value (£): 59,069
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Ground Engineering
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Construction
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The existing instrumentation on the Mansion House will be assessed and re-calibrated. Where possible, additional instrumentation will be installed for measuring relative horizontal movement.Opportunities will be sought for monitoring nearby buildings which have been influenced by the tunnelling.Full sets of instrument readings will be taken at least once every two months. A complete review will be carried out of the soil-structure interaction effects of long term subsidence due to tunnelling.
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