Title Page -- Preface -- Conference Sponsors -- Contents -- Underground Construction -- Deep Excavation Construction by Top-Down Method in Zagreb -- Trench Stability in Cohesive Soil -- Effects of Rarely Analyzed Soil Parameters for FEM Analysis of Embedded Retaining Structures -- Precision Tunneling in the Vicinity of World Heritage Properties in Barcelona -- Challenges of Quick Clay Excavation in Urban Area with Sloping Ground -- Tunnel Face Reinforcement and Protection - Optimization Using 3D Finite Element Analyses -- Hydraulic Heave at the Excavation Walls with Under-Flow of Small Embedded Depth and Filter Layers at the Excavation Side of the Wall -- Optimization of a Deep Foundation with Diaphragm Wall Panels Employing 3D FE Analysis -- Optimization of the Numerical Modeling Utilization for the Design of Underground Structures -- Pile Foundation and Ground Improvement -- Case Study on a Deep Excavation in Baku: Flame Towers Project Earth Retaining System -- Physical Modelling of Large Diameter Piles in Coarse-Grained Soil -- Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Soil-Concrete as a Function of Jet-Grouting Parameters -- Ground Improvement Using the Vibro-Stone Column Technique -- Numerical Analysis of Calibrated "Driven Stone Column - Weak Soil" System -- Experimental Investigation of "Atlant" Anchor Pile Characteristics -- Changes of Pore Size and of Hydraulic Conductivity by Adding Lime in Compacting Clay Liners -- Albanian Design Practice of Pile Foundation Compared to Other International Practices -- Design of Slab-on-Grades Supported with Soil Reinforced by Rigid Inclusions -- Problems of Building and Designing on Semi-Rocky Soils -- Green Terraces for the Regional Express Network in Brussels -- Soil Dynamics -- Vibrations Caused by Train Traffic and the Effect of Its Mitigation on the Quality of Living.

Dynamic Behaviour of Transition Zones in Railways -- Numerical Simulation of Wave Propagation in Soil Media -- The Influence of the Ground?s Morphology on the Seismic Analysis with No Integration Errors -- Pseudo-Natural SSI Frequency of Coupled Soil-Pile-Structure Systems -- FE Analyses of Rocking Stiffness for the Troll A Platform -- Investigation of Liquefaction Potential of Sands from the Location of the Hydropower Plant Brezice -- Application of the Impact-Echo Method to Determine the Dynamic Young's Modulus of Soil -- The Effect of Morphology on the Overall Physical Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments -- Dams, Erosion and Piping -- Probability of Failure Calculation of Dikes Based on Monte Carlo Simulation -- Prevention of Liquefaction During Earthquakes through Induced Partial Saturation in Sands -- Contribution for the Dissemination of Rockfill Dam with Bituminous Concrete Core Solution in Portugal -- The Advantages of Multicriteria Analysis for Diagnosis of Internal Erosion Phenomena -- The Flood Protection Project of Pori -- Comparison of Constitutive Laws for Soil Materials on Earth Dams -- Tide Induced Piping Risk Assessed by Transient Groundwater Flow -- Deformation and Soil Properties -- Centrifuge Modelling to Assess Consolidation Following Keying of Directly Embedded Plate Anchors -- Use of CRS Test to Predict Settlement in an Irish Silt -- Reuleaux Plasticity: Improving Mohr-Coulomb and Drucker-Prager -- Design and Setup of a 2 Meter High Fully Instrumented Column for the Analysis of the Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Hydraulic Fills -- Unusual Building Settlement Damage due to Horizontal Soil Movements -- Properties of Danish Clay Tills Determined from Laboratory Testing -- Developing of an Innovative Large-Scale Shearing Machine and Conclusions of First Measurements.

Advanced Laboratory Testing for the Fixed Link across the Fehmarnbelt -- Stiffness Characteristics of Buried and on-Bottom Pipelines Loaded Axially -- An Experimental Study on the Compression and Collapse Behaviour of a Natural Loess from Northern France -- Numerical Analysis of Displacements with Different Constitutive Models -- A Hypoplastic Macroelement for Shallow Foundations Subject to Six-Dimensional Loading Paths -- Laboratory Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Granite Rocks -- Electrical Resistivity Tomography: Monitoring of Hydro-Chemical Processes and Parameter Estimation -- Solving Hydro-Mechanical Problems with the Material Point Method -- Geothermics -- Use of Geothermal Energy with Thermo-Active Seal Panels -- GEO-Pot: Geothermal Energy Potential in Austria -- Heat Transfer Experiments in Porous Media under Induced Viscosity and Density Variations -- Subject Index -- Author Index.