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Karl Terzaghi’s “Notes on construction” (1912-13)

Suzanne Lacasse, Ellen Raddum, Helmut F. Schweiger

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The Vienna Terzaghi Archive

Dietmar Adam, Roman Markiewicz, Andreas Hausenberger, Paulus Ebner

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From Oedometer to Computed Tomography: 100 years of experimental soil mechanics

Gioacchino Viggiani, Ivo Herle

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Soil erosion: From fundamentals to applications (The 2026 Terzaghi Oration)

Jean-Louis Briaud

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The Discrete Element Method in geomechanics: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

Cathrine O’Sullivan, T. Matthew Evans, Jidong Zhao

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Geotechnics for offshore wind developments

Ana Page, Britta Bienen

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Human and organisational factors influencing safety in underground construction – Consequences for quality assurance and risk management based on analysis of a metro station box failure

Christian Moormann

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SEBRO: An integrative research approach for improving subsoil characterisation, foundation efficiency and sustainability in sensitive lacustrine clay

Roberto Cudmani

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Emerging sensing and monitoring technologies for geotechnical engineering

Kenichi Soga, Dimitrios Zekkos

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The observational method – Lessons learnt and future potential

Tony O’Brien, Hock Liong Liew

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Mobility below-ground: The Vienna underground as a key to sustainable urban development

Gudrun Senk, Niclas Schubert, Therese Sulzer

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The role and mission of the European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC) in the geotechnical industry

Fabrizio Leoni, Kevin Hague

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The roles geotechnical contractors should play in influencing sustainability

Paul Vidil

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Guideline work by EFFC and DFI – a practical supplement to normative regulations

Karsten Beckhaus

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Alternative drive technologies and energy infrastructure for mobile machinery in geotechnical engineering

Lukas Trommler, Frank Will

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TC 101: Bishop Lecture Relating fine-grained soil mechanical behaviour to microstructural features

Federica Cotecchia

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TC 102: James K. Mitchell Lecture On the characterization of intermediate soils and tailings

Jason T. DeJong

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TC 202: Proctor Lecture Transportation geotechnical asset management: Role of novel materials, robust designs, innovative technologies and tools

Anand J. Puppala

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TC 203: Ishihara Lecture Recent and future advances in geotechnical earthquake engineering: A personal perspective

Steven L. Kramer

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TC 211: Louis Menard Lecture Ground improvement of large tanks using innovative dynamic replacement techniques

Serge Varaksin, Babak Hamidi

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TC 215: R. Kerry Rowe Lecture Bioreactor landfills: Coupled-process modeling, performance assessment, and sustainability evaluation

Krishna R. Reddy

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TC 307: Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Honour Lecture Sustainability innovations in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering: Soil mix remediation technology, low carbon binders and advanced functionalities

Abir Al-Tabbaa

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TC 308: Honour Lecture on Energy Geotechnics Subsurface energy solutions: Where geotechnics meets innovation

Lyesse Laloui, Sofie ten Bosch, Elena Ravera, Alessandro F. Rotta Loria

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Seismic Interaction between three adjacent buildings on liquefiable soils

Yu-Wei Hwang, Cheng-Hsu Yang, Lee-Yi Wang, Ying-Hsuan Chen, Louis Ge

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Reframing seismic vulnerability through the soil–structure interaction: Implications for existing and heritage buildings

Maria-Victoria Requena-Garcia-Cruz, Antonio Morales-Esteban

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Extreme climate disaster management: The role of voluntary actions in response, recovery, risk assessment and preventive planning

Pierre Delage, Ahmed Chraibi, Jan Kupec, Fernando A. M. Marinho, Daniela Pollak, Marc Ballouz

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The Heritage Time Capsule Project, 2020 to 2026 – Coordinated actions towards a prominent profession

Sukumar Pathmanandavel, Hugo Acosta-Martínez, Emilio Bilotta, Roger Frank, Charles MacRobert, Pedro Sêco e Pinto, Harry Poulos