Ground Improvement for Coastal Engineering

This guide covers the investigation, design, and execution of ground improvement in coastal areas. It introduces various ground improvement technologies including seismic reinforcement and liquefaction countermeasures. Reliable Japanese ground improvement technologies are presented with the latest BIM/ICT technology used in their execution.

Hidenori Takahashi graduated from Kyoto University in 2000, obtained his Master of Engineering in 2002. Then, he joined the Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI) and has been a researcher of geotechnical engineering. In 2008, he got a PhD from Kyoto University on the behaviour of ground improved by Sand Compaction Pile method. He is currently the head of Soil Stabilization Group of PARI, after working for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in charge of designing port and airport facilities in the metropolitan area of Japan and a visiting researcher at Imperial College London.