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The paper presents in brief the history of foundation engineering with a particular regard to its development, applied techniques and materials. Different types of old foundations in relation to various soil conditions are considered. Basic methods of preservation of old foundations, with special emphasis given to their faults and advantages are discussed. Finally, some problems of the reuse of pre-existing foundations are raised. Several examples of old foundations as well as past and actual preservation techniques are also presented in the paper.

Authors

• prof. dr hab. inż. Jarosław Przewłócki link open in new tab ,
• Ilona Dardzińska,
• J Świniański