ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: As the soil improvement technologies are the area of a rapid development, they require designing and implementing novel methods of control and calibration in order to ensure the safety and reliability of geotechnical works. The results and observations make it possible to delineate specific modifications to the parameters of technology applied (e.g. hammer drop height or vibrator frequency). On the basis of numerous case studies of practical applications, already summarized and published, researchers are able to formulate the guidelines for work on the aforementioned sites. This work presents a specific aspect of an active design and technology calibration, using the investigation of the impact of vibrations that occur during the Rapid Impulse Compaction on this adjacent structures. A case study entails the impact of construction works on the historic brick chimney in a ruined old factory.
