Part One: Preloading, Vertical Drains and Vacuum Application 1: Recent advances in soft soil consolidation 2: Experience of consolidation process from test areas with and without vertical drains 3: Theoretical and Numerical Perspectives and Field Observations for the Design and Performance Evaluation of Embankments Constructed on Soft Marine Clay 4: Application of the vacuum preloading method in soil improvement projects 5: Two case histories of vertical drains in very soft clays 6: Case Study of Ground Improvement Work at the Suvarnabhumi Airport of Thailand 7: Predictions and Observations of Soft Clay Foundations Stabilized with Geosynthetic Drains and Vacuum Surcharge 8: Application of Analytical Method for Preloading Design of Selected Case Studies 9: The Changi East Reclamation Project in Singapore 10: High vacuum pressure for vacuum consolidation method by using air-water separation system 11: Case studies of vacuum consolidation ground improvement in peat deposits 12: Interpretation of penetration resistance data associated with PVD installation for predicting differential settlement in soft ground 13: On the prediction of time-dependent behaviour of embankments on soft soils: effects of preloading, surcharging and the choice of lab versus field test data for soft soil parameters 14: Application of a new vacuum preloading method in tideland reclamation in Wenzhou, China 15: Key Issues in the Application of Vertical Drains to a Sea Reclamation by Extremely Soft Clay Slurry Part Two: Sand and Gravel Piles, Stone Columns and Other Rigid Inclusions 16: Performance of soft clays reinforced by floating columns 17: Geotextile Encased Columns (GEC): Case Studies over Twenty Years 18: New Analytical Approach for Predicting Horizontal Displacement of Stone Columns 19: Settlement Behaviour of Embankment on Soft Ground Treated with Stepped Rigid Columns 20: Pullout resistance of grouted soil nails 21: Improvement of soft soil formations by drilled displacement columns 22: Applications of PCC piles for highway and high-speed railway construction in China 23: Implementation and Performance of Stone Columns at Penny's Bay Reclamation in Hong Kong 24: Failures of Ground Improvement Works in Soft Ground 25: Characteristics of Soft Peats, Organic Soils and Clays, Colombo-Katunayake Expressway, Sri Lanka 26: Theoretical and Numerical Perspectives on Performance of Stone Column Improved Soft Ground with Reference to Transport Infrastructure.