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Khazeev R.Z., Ovchinnikov I.I. Problems of managerial decision-making when performing geotechnical monitoring of bridge structures on permafrost soils. Russian Journal of Transport Engineering. 2026; 13(1). Available at: https://t-s.today/PDF/19SATS126.pdf (in Russian). DOI: 10.15862/19SATS126

Problems of managerial decision-making when performing geotechnical monitoring of bridge structures on permafrost soils

Khazeev Rumil Zirakovich
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Ufa, Russia
E-mail: rumilkhazeev@mail.ru
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Ovchinnikov Ilya Igorevich
Industrial University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia
Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Saratov, Russia
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Ufa, Russia
E-mail: bridgeart@mail.ru
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Abstract. A significant part of Russia’s territory, about 65 %, is located in permafrost areas. The development of these vast and rich territories is a long-term strategic task on a national scale, ensuring economic development and geopolitical stability. However, the current climate changes are leading to the active degradation of permafrost soils, which poses serious risks to infrastructure built with their bearing capacity in the frozen state. Residential and industrial buildings, transportation routes, pipelines, and other facilities that were initially stable are now under threat due to subsidence, warming, and thawing of the foundation.

Under these conditions, continuous geotechnical monitoring of the condition of foundations and soils is becoming not just an important, but a critically necessary practice. Its task is to timely record dangerous deformations, temperature changes, fluctuations in the groundwater level and other parameters that signal the risk of an emergency.

The article discusses the problem of decision-making during geotechnical monitoring. The primary task is to be able to correctly interpret the information received, predict the development of negative processes, and, most importantly, know which technological and engineering solutions need to be applied at each specific moment to prevent an emergency. Effective monitoring should not be passive surveillance, but an active decision support system integrated into the facility’s operation management cycle. Only the transition from simple measurement of parameters to comprehensive analysis and prompt implementation of preventive measures — thermal stabilization, strengthening of foundations, changing the operating mode — will ensure the safety and durability of infrastructure in a changing cryolithozone.

Keywords: permafrost soils; geotechnical monitoring; management solutions; thermometric well; hydrogeological well; thawing of permafrost soils; deep reference

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