Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities

Proceedings of a Specialty Conference on Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities, held in Amherst, Massachusetts, April 9-12, 2000. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE.

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 37 papers reporting on the performance confirmation of constructed geotechnical facilities. Geotechnical engineers can access both short-term and long-term performance feedback that is necessary to validate design approaches, reinterpret property assessment, and improve the design process.

Topics include:

• performance and evaluation of shallow and deep foundations;
• performance and evaluation of fills, embankments, and slopes;
• statistical analyses;
• performance and evaluation of roadways and railways;
• grouting in geotechnical engineering; and
• performance and evaluation of tunnels, excavations, and retaining structures.