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Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering contains 30 peer-reviewed papers assembled in honor of Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E. Briaud has been at the forefront of innovation in many areas, including sour and erosion. soil mechanics, compaction control, foundation engineering, in-situ testing, roadside safety, shrink-swell clays, pavement engineering, retaining structures, risk analysis, and computer software and instrumentation. The papers in this Geotechnical Special Publication describe a broad range of recent innovations in soil mechanics; modeling, testing, and risk analysis; scour and erosion; and foundation engineering. GSP 299 will be valuable to geotechnical researchers and practitioners interested in all aspects of geotechnical engineering.

Geotechnical engineering --- Innovation --- Soil analysis --- Risk management --- Compacted soils --- Engineering mechanics --- Erosion --- Soil mechanics

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Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2005, held in Austin, Texas, January 24-26, 2005. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 25 papers on grouting and soil improvement. Topics include: shallow and deep foundations; embankments; soil liquefaction; difficult ground conditions, such as karst topography and peat soils; deep soil mixing; jet grouting; vibro-compaction; stone columns; lime-cement columns; deep compaction; and the relationship between design, QC/QA, and performance.

Soil grouting --- Soil stabilization --- Innovation --- Compacted soils --- Soil liquefaction --- Soil mixing --- Soil properties --- Shallow foundations

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Prepared by the Compaction Grouting Standard Committee of the Geo-Institute of ASCE Compaction Grouting Consensus Guide, ASCE/G-I 53-19, focuses on the practical and engineering aspects of compaction grouting as a technique of ground improvement. Compaction grouting increases the density, strength, and stiffness of the ground through slow, controlled injections of low-mobility grout that compacts the soil as the grout mass expands. The technology can be applied to a wide range of soils, in most cases being used to improve the engineering properties of poorly compacted fills and loose native soils. Compaction grouting can be applied equally well above or below the water table. Sections on monitoring and verification have been expanded with new technology-driven content covering both sensitive and routine structures. The material describes automated monitoring of grout injection and ground and structure movements, additions to the finite analysis and soil mechanical verifications, and data processing and field practices to implement the technology.This standard promotes good practice in compaction grouting and is essential reading for those involved in specifying, designing, or undertaking compaction grouting.

Grouting --- Soil compaction --- Soil stabilization --- Compaction grouting --- Compacted soils --- Compaction (material) --- Soil grouting --- Field tests --- Soil properties --- Verification --- Standards

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This is a book about soils—not soils that grow things, but soils that are intended to support hillsides, walls, streets, and houses. Richard Handy uses his years of professional engineering experience, his knowledge of geology, and his sense of humor to provide a light-hearted look at soil problems that confound buyers and owners of homes. With straightforward, easy-to-read language, Handy shows readers how to recognize and deal with problems that are at the very foundations of their domiciles. He addresses some of the most common and severe site problems, details what to look out for, and explains when to get professional help. Topics include: landslides; slopes; quicksand; wet basements; expansive clay; collapsible soils; glacial action; bedrock, caverns, and sinks; mines and landfills; frost action; and earthquakes. The text contains many diagrams, and each chapter concludes with a list of key points, questions, and answers. This book looks at problems that confound homeowners, builders, architects, real estate agents, zoning boards, attorneys, assessors, insurance adjusters, earth movers, environmentalists, and even engineers.

Earth movements and building. --- Dwellings --- Building sites. --- Expansive soils --- Clays --- Residential buildings --- Landslides --- Basements --- Collapsible soils --- Compacted soils --- Soil gas --- Inspection.

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Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. From Soil Behavior Fundamentals to Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering, GSP 233, honors the technical contribution of Roy Olson, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, Distinguished Member ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication contains a total of 51 papers, 21 authored or co-authored by Prof. Olson along with 30 peer-reviewed contemporary, invited or submitted papers. Olson's early work dealt with clay behavior, consolidation analyses, and compaction of unsaturated soils. His later work focused on applications of soil behavior in foundation and forensic engineering including axial capacity of piles in sand and clay, pull out capacity of suction caisson foundations, and failures of excavations and bulkhead structures. Contemporary innovations discussed in papers contributed to this volume include developments in consolidation analyses, modeling of shear strength, measurements of permeability, and interpretation of in-situ tests. Lessons learned from failures along with recent developments in foundation engineering such as characterization of energy piles, calculation of settlement from dynamic soil properties, developments in finite element modeling of foundations, mechanism of failure of jacked piles, mitigation of piling noise, and field load tests on a variety of foundations are also included. From Soil Behavior Fundamentals to Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering contains practical and technical information on soil behavior fundamentals and current appplications in geotechnical engineering that will be of interest to educators, researchers, and practicing geotechnical engineers.

Soil mechanics --- Geotechnical engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Soil properties --- Compacted soils --- Consolidated soils --- Soil suction --- Soil analysis --- Unsaturated soils --- Soil stress