Latest Thoughts on Ground Improvement Techniques

Behavior of Ordinary and Encased stone Columns end-bearing in Soft Clay (Numerical Model).- Reliability Analysis of Stone Column improved Soft Soil by Finite Element Approach.- enhancing the soft clay bearing capacity by using cement dust - lime columns.- Best practice and minimum standard in prefabricated vertical drain execution.- Efficacy of sustainable soil stabilizers on compaction properties of expansive soil.- comparison of performance of various vertical drains.- Stabilization of Subgrade Soil using Polyacrylamide-Based Additive.- Effect of Wet-Dry Cycles on Mechanical Strength Properties of Cement Stabilized Granular Lateritic Soil.- Influence of the carbonate content on CPT-results and practical relevance for the soil improvement works on major land reclamation projects.- Strength and Micro-structural Behavior of Lime Stabilized Dredged soil.- Finding engineering solutions in collapsible soils, before and after construction.- Stabilization of Soil using Terrasil, Zycobond and Cement as Admixtures.- Experimental investigation on performance of stone columns in cohesive soil.- Experimental and numerical study of the impact of heavy structures settlement founded on layered soft ground improved by floating Rigid Inclusions.- A Comparison of Soil Improvement Techniques for Frost Heave Mitigation.- Influence of stone column installation on performance of reinforced foundations.- Utilization of plastic straws to improve lateritic soil in paving.- A Comparative study of the treatment of oil field produced water by adsorption and membrane intervention.- The Effect of Helix Piles-Raft Foundation on Elastic and Consolidation Settlements in Tropical Fibrous Peat Soil.

Dr. Hany F. Shehata is the founder and CEO of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt "SSIGE." He is a partner and vice-president of EHE-Consulting Group in the Middle East, and managing editor of the "Innovative Infrastructure Solutions" journal, published by Springer. He worked in the field of civil engineering early, while studying, with Bechtel Egypt Contracting & PM Company, LLC. His professional experience includes working in culverts, small tunnels, pipe installation, earth reinforcement, soil stabilization, and small bridges. He also has been involved in teaching, research, and consulting. His areas of specialization include static and dynamic soil-structure interactions involving buildings, roads, water structures, retaining walls, earth reinforcement, and bridges, as well as, different disciplines of project management and contract administration. He is the author of an Arabic practical book titled "Practical Solutions for Different Geotechnical Works: The Practical Engineers' Guidelines." He is currently working on a new book titled "Soil-Foundation-Superstructure Interaction: Structural Integration". He is the contributor of more than 50 publications in national and international conferences and journals. He served as a co-chair of the GeoChina 2016 International Conference in Shandong, China. He serves also as a co-chair and secretary general of the GeoMEast 2017 International Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 2016 Outstanding reviewer of the ASCE as selected by the Editorial Board of International Journal of Geomechanics.
Professor Harry Poulos' pioneering work in pile foundation analysis and design has enabled the world's geotechnical specialists to have a greater understanding of the way structures interact with the ground. His research has enabled a more reliable approach to be adopted for pile design, replacing procedures which previously relied purely on experience and empiricism.

Professor Poulos has applied his research to a