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Proceedings of the 18
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International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
Proceedings of the 18
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International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
applied on a more regular basis, especially for large or
important jobs. Improved interpretation methods or background
geotechnical theories, advanced computer software codes, and
more prominent hardware equipment, should further be
explored in research as well as in practical in-situ testing
settings. This is a challenge for the overall community as a
whole, from practitioners to academicians, manufacturers, and
designers. Nevertheless it can not be accomplished without a
strong change in mentality from the geotechnical field itself,
moving from a “
priced-based
” design to perhaps a more
expensive and sound “
quality-based
” criteria.
The papers presented in this Conference Session show how
in-situ testing technology has developed, matured, and used to
tackle several geotechnical problems of difficult order, for
instance from the uncertainty in site characterization and
understanding of different geomaterials, to the challenging task
of retrieving high quality soil samples in a difficult
environment. Sometimes, in standard project cases, only
traditional tests were required and used for the site
characterization. However, in more complex or ambivalent
conditions, the usage of today’s available technological
advances was surely an asset for the design. Although not
directly mentioned throughout this review, the human factor,
i.e., the good education based on solid concepts of the
geotechnical area together with the access to a free flow of
technical information and knowledge, will be the key factor for
the transformation of our field, and the future society, as we all
envisage – with rational use of resources and technology, self-
sustained projects, quality based design and environmentally
safe site procedures.
7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors acknowledge the hard work of some of the Ph.D.
candidates from the Geotechnical Graduation Program of the
University of Brasília during the early stages of paper
compilation and description. Therefore they are indebted to the
work of the engineers Osvaldo Neto, Edgar Rincon and Raydel
Lorenzo. Additionally, this report would not be possible without
the use of the language skills from engineer Adrien Treguer,
native in French, who is a student from Clermont-Ferrand
University and fortunately happens to be at the moment in an
undergrad exchange program with the University of Brasilia.
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