ABSTRACT
The reasons for establishing a new, modern underground educational facility as part of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague, resulted from the following:
– the need for further development of experimental research at universities, particularly with regard to material engineering, environmental geotechnics, geology and hydrogeology in a natural, "in-situ" environment
– the present lack of facilities (at a convenient distance from Prague) for the practical training of students in the fields of engineering-geological and geotechnical investigation and mapping in underground spaces
– the establishment of this workplace will contribute towards closer collaboration between universities and outside institutions
– there are a number of closed, unexploited minor underground workings currently available in the Czech Republic the utilization of which for such purposes is self-explanatory.
