ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: The paper describes work associated with the design and rebuilding of the access road to a petrol station in Lembork, northern Poland, between 2001-2004. The access road crossed an old Jewish cemetery and it was excavated and rebuilt in accordance with Jewish rabbinical law (Halacha), which required the provision of a permanent ‘air gap’ of some 10 cm thickness beneath the new road. The paper details the problems encountered in trying to form this air gap and the eventual solution, which utilises strong geotextiles and steel plates, developed by the design team.
