THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIELD SITE FOR REACTIVE SOIL AND TREE MONITORING IN MELBOURNE

Abstract

Trees have long been known to cause damage to pavements and residential buildings as a result of soil desiccation by tree roots. As part of a long term study of the effects of trees on the performance of residential structures, a field site was established in early 2011 in Melbourne. This paper details the site selection, establishment and instrumentation, and provides some of the preliminary results.