Development of methods for the protection of buildings, structures, and underground utilities

Methods of protecting an urban setting during underground construction and underworking of lands are analyzed in an example of the development of domestic regulatory-recommendatory documents. Attention is focused on methods used to protect underground utilities. The urgency of accumulated experience is assessed for modern conditions of underground construction. The paper is based on results of analysis of the problem’s status, which was conducted for the development of Standard [1]. __________ Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 3, pp. 18–22, May–June, 2008.