In areas where there is no mining operation, the understanding of geotechnical conditions – including hydrogeological – is usually insufficient to assess the suitability of land for development. Geotechnical analyses could be conducted to assess the state of the ground for a planned investment. The type of research, and its extent, depends on the agreement among the investor, constructor, and geotechnics. Wherever there is, or was, intensive mining operations, in order to design new and preserve existing buildings, geological (geotechnical) and mining conditions must be specified. These conditions should include a description of the most adverse situations and interactions, which may be due to the object made or proposedmining exploitation and the prevailing conditions of soil and water. This issue is considered in the article using the example of geotechnical and mining factors affecting a construction project on Ligocka Street in Katowice. It has been shown, among other things, that in spite of the present investment’s intensive mining activity, the direct cause of any adverse changes in the subsurface, determining the final shape and nature of the investments’ construction, may be connected to the presence of compressible and anthropogenic soils.