While pile foundations have been used for centuries, design procedures remained empirical until relatively recently. The developments of offshore resources and large-scale transportation facilities in difficult soils initiated a new era in deep foundations requiring design methodology based on solid theoretical knowledge.

The Geotechnical Laboratory (GL), U.S. Army Engineering Waterways Experiment Station (WES), has for years maintained an active role in deep foundation research in cooperation with various universities, industry, Minerals Management Service, Department of Interior, and other interested agencies. To continue this worthwhile effort, as well as consolidate the knowledge accumulated by universities, Government agencies, and private industry, this workshop was conducted. A major aim of the workshop was defining of directions for further research in deep foundations. The workshop took place during 13 to 15 July 1993 at WES, under the leadership of a steering committee consisting of: Drs. Charles Smith, M.W. O'Neill, and L. Reese.

The workshop consisted of presented papers, contributed papers, and discussions on development of research topics. The presented papers, visual aids, and contributed papers are published with the permission of the authors.

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