Professor at Warsaw University of Technology, a specialist in hydraulic engineering, civil and environmental engineering. Head of the Department of Hydraulic and Hydraulic Engineering from 2014 to 2020, director of the Center for Geo and Hydrotechnical Analysis of the Institute of Applied Research of the Warsaw University of Technology from 2016 to 2023, and currently, from 2020, Dean of the Faculty of Building Installations of Hydrotechnics and Environmental Engineering.
He is engaged in the application of advanced numerical simulations in geotechnics, hydrotechnics, and environmental engineering, assessment of the technical condition of building structures, including with the use of modern measurement methods, such as laser scanning, thermo-monitoring, fiber optic measurements, etc. He is a specialist in modeling the issues of water filtration in the ground medium in calculations and safety analysis of construction objects, as well as in the analysis of the impact of deep foundations on neighboring objects and groundwater in urbanized environments, and the establishment of limit values for the conducted monitoring. Co-author of the “acceptance guidelines” for CIPP liners.
Passionate about water and wind, scuba diver, kayaker, yacht helmsman, and motorboat helmsman with a license to tow floating objects. Member of the Brotherhood of Caphornauts.
Selected methods of documenting and assessing the technical condition of underground infrastructure
The paper will present modern methods of documenting and assessing the technical condition of underground infrastructure. Plans will be discussed that allow verifying the current geometry of underground infrastructure walls as well as detecting leaks or locating structural damage. The advantage of conducting measurements with automatic devices and digital image recording is the creation of a numerical model of the inner surface of a collector or pipeline. Such a solution gives the possibility to make an automatic comparison of possible changes between individual measurements. During the analysis, it is possible to identify areas with differences in geometry greater than acceptable for further research. Performing a numerical analysis eliminates the human factor of subjective evaluation of changes. The presentation will outline the capabilities and limitations of the various methods and how their results can be used in documenting and assessing the condition and designing possible repairs and upgrades. This is of particular importance in critical infrastructure sections in urban areas, as well as in areas of mining damage.