The Department of Building Structures on Mining Areas performs research and development works, offers expertise and opinions, observation and supervisory works, consultations, scientific and technical advisory consultancies, trainings (conferences, seminars and courses) in the following fields:

• design and construction of new engineering structures in areas subjected to mining impacts;
  
• protection of existing structures exposed to mining impacts;
  

providing:

• principles of design for new structures and methods of strengthening existing objects exposed to mining impacts;
  
• methods of calculating and checking structure resistance against mining impacts;
  
• assessment of the resistance of existing structures to forecasted mining impacts;
  
• assessment of building serviceability in consideration of inflicted and predicted mining damages.

• housing buildings;
  
• public utility buildings;
  
• industrial plants, storage facilities;
  
• sacral objects;
  
• bridges.
  

ul. Akademicka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
phone: +48 32 231-68-36;   +48 32 237-15-89
fax: +48 32 231-68-36
e-mail: itb_kawulok@pro.onet.pl

ul. Krzywoustego 7, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
phone: +48 32 231-47-83
fax: +48 32 231-68-36
e-mail: itb_gliwice@pro.onet.pl