The paper is the first, introductory part to the description of an interdisciplinary research project in the modernization of laboratories at The Faculty of Civil Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology. The scope of the paper is to disseminate the current state of knowledge of ergonomics and issues involved in the technology of laboratory processes, describing the methodology of experiments carried out in geotechnical laboratories, their equipment and spatial requirements in view of the users – research staff. The course and results of the pre-design studies are presented in: PRE-DESIGN STUDIES ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE MODERNIZATION OF GEOTECHNICAL LABORATORIES
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