Horizontal displacement of a catalogued house in Mexico City

Erika B. Valle-Puga, José A. Segovia-Pacheco, Enrique Santoyo-Villa

In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering

Session: Other General

ABSTRACT: This paper describes the procedure used to move horizontally a catalogued heritage house in Mexico City. It provides an account of the preliminary actions carried out before displacing the structure as well as the equipment used during the process. PRESENTACIONES TÉCNICAS En este artículo se describe el procedimiento utilizado para mover horizontalmente una casa en la ciudad de México. Se explica la preparación previa y las actividades realizadas antes del movimiento de la estructura, así como el equipo utilizado para el proceso.

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Erika B. Valle-Puga; José A. Segovia-Pacheco; Enrique Santoyo-Villa (2011) Horizontal displacement of a catalogued house in Mexico City in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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