Guidelines for selecting and monitoring soil containment in buildings in urbanized areas

Abstract

There is a need to establish criteria for the choice and monitoring of soil containment in urban areas to ensure safety on the construction site and prevent accidents. This paper aims to establish criteria for the choice and monitoring of soil containment in urbanized regions; no containment of open slopes or dams is discussed since the main focus is the contribution to managing urban areas. The research sought to identify characteristics and define concepts in choosing and monitoring soil containments in urbanized areas. Once the criteria were established, two case studies were performed, monitoring the containment structure's horizontal and vertical displacements. The quantitative results of the research were the flowcharts of stages and criteria of choice and monitoring of soil containments in urbanized regions. It was also possible to observe the low magnitude of the displacements, which varied between 0.01 mm and 0.20 mm. It was impossible to measure the total displacement of accommodation of the structure, the safety of workers, and neighboring buildings during the excavation stage. It is concluded that the study serves as the basis for applying the criteria in different regions, contributing to the management of including from the variability of soil parameters and local practices of soil containment structures to the choice of appropriate solutions in monitoring and data collection.