<p>Part One: Preloading, Vertical Drains and Vacuum Application<br>1: Recent advances in soft soil consolidation<br>2: Experience of consolidation process from test areas with and without vertical drains<br>3: Theoretical and Numerical Perspectives and Field Observations for the Design and Performance Evaluation of Embankments Constructed on Soft Marine Clay<br>4: Application of the vacuum preloading method in soil improvement projects<br>5: Two case histories of vertical drains in very soft clays<br>6: Case Study of Ground Improvement Work at the Suvarnabhumi Airport of Thailand<br>7: Predictions and Observations of Soft Clay Foundations Stabilized with Geosynthetic Drains and Vacuum Surcharge<br>8: Application of Analytical Method for Preloading Design of Selected Case Studies<br>9: The Changi East Reclamation Project in Singapore<br>10: High vacuum pressure for vacuum consolidation method by using air-water separation system<br>11: Case studies of vacuum consolidation ground improvement in peat deposits<br>12: Interpretation of penetration resistance data associated with PVD installation for predicting differential settlement in soft ground<br>13: On the prediction of time-dependent behaviour of embankments on soft soils: effects of preloading, surcharging and the choice of lab versus field test data for soft soil parameters<br>14: Application of a new vacuum preloading method in tideland reclamation in Wenzhou, China<br>15: Key Issues in the Application of Vertical Drains to a Sea Reclamation by Extremely Soft Clay Slurry</p> <p>Part Two: Sand and Gravel Piles, Stone Columns and Other Rigid Inclusions<br>16: Performance of soft clays reinforced by floating columns<br>17: Geotextile Encased Columns (GEC): Case Studies over Twenty Years<br>18: New Analytical Approach for Predicting Horizontal Displacement of Stone Columns<br>19: Settlement Behaviour of Embankment on Soft Ground Treated with Stepped Rigid Columns<br>20: Pullout resistance of grouted soil nails<br>21: Improvement of soft soil formations by drilled displacement columns<br>22: Applications of PCC piles for highway and high-speed railway construction in China<br>23: Implementation and Performance of Stone Columns at Penny’s Bay Reclamation in Hong Kong<br>24: Failures of Ground Improvement Works in Soft Ground<br>25: Characteristics of Soft Peats, Organic Soils and Clays, Colombo–Katunayake Expressway, Sri Lanka<br>26: Theoretical and Numerical Perspectives on Performance of Stone Column Improved Soft Ground with Reference to Transport Infrastructure</p> <p> </p>
