1988 – First Triennial Conference

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Proceedings of the
Conference on Buildings and Structures subject to Mine Subsidence

Maitland, 28th to 30th August 1988

Title page, foreword, contents
A review of surface subsidence caused by coal mining	J M Galvin
Successful Design for Mine Subsidence: The CLASP Experience	A Peter Fawcett	4
Design of Buildings for Mine Subsidence	I J Bray S E T Branch	17
1908 Royal Commission Revisited	E M To	26
Mine Subsidence at Grass Roots	B W Burton	36
Investigation and Backfilling of Early Workings in the Yard Seam for the Construction of a High Rise Building in Burwood Street, Newcastle	P J N Pells P Openshaw A Love I S Pederson	54
Engineering Design of a Major Hospital for Conditions of Mine Subsidence	J G Burgmann A B Phillips	60
The Prediction of Multi-seam Subsidence Using a Finite Difference Program on a Desk Top Computer	G E Holt	66
Prediction of Subsidence Effects on a Service Decline From the Partial Extraction of an Underground Pillar	A K Bhattacharyya D M Shu R D Lama	73
Surveillance of Structures in the Latrobe Valley	D Raisbeck	80
Water and Wastewater Engineering in a Mine Subsidence Area	J R Gleeson	86
High Accuracy Subsidence Monitoring From Photography	C J Earls D Jonas D Tierton	90
Design of Bridges on South Western Freeway No. 5 for Ground Movements Due to Mine Subsidence	R W Speers N Gontarczyk	97
Pipeline Design in Mine Subsidence Areas	R Thompson	108
A Method for Stochastic Subsidence Analysis of Bolted Lattice Towers	I W Brightwell	113
Experience with Mining Subsidence on Overland Conveying in Upper Hunter Valley, NSW	Kershaw Makie White
Damage t o t h e Stanwell Park Railway Viaduct	P R Hilleard	122
The Application of Strain Gauges for the Monitoring of Buried Pipelines in Mining Subsidence Areas	S Zowghi
Effects of Mining Subsidence on Mannering Creek Ash Dam	N S Mattes	140