Advances in Geotechnologies in Infrastructure Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Infrastructure development, including roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, retaining structures, airports, dams, barrage, and so forth, is vitally important for economic growth and to serve societal needs. It entails significant financial investment and therefore requires vigilant management of its risks in terms of cost overruns, and ensuring a resilient and sustainable system over the life cycle. Challenges and uncertainties in geotechnical engineering contribute to major risks. Thus, geological challenges include problematic soils (frozen, soft, collapsible, expansive, peat, residual, and glacial); variability of climatic conditions and uncertainties in climate change leading to bush fire, flooding, sea level rise, and extreme temperature changes creating shock effects; very dynamic loading conditions imposed by seismic activities or man-made loading by very fast train, increasingly heavy vehicles or potential disruptive technology such as the Hyperloop. They all present notable technical challenges in geotechnical engineering that help drive innovation and advances. On the other hand, the emergence of transformational technologies such as IoT, big data, 3D printing, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) could also provide enabling opportunities to foster innovation and advances in geotechnologies to mitigate the geotechnical risks and improve efficiency in the design, construction, and maintenance of geotechnical infrastructure. In the context of advancing the knowledge of geotechnologies critical to infrastructure development, we invite your contribution to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Chin Leo
Guest Editor

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