General Report - Session 1; 1a. Application of Case Histories to Practice; 1b. Application of Case Histories to Education; 1c. Observational Method, Successes and Failures

Civil Engineers are responsible for health, safety, and welfare of the public and are always challenged with improving the quality of life. Although the profession of civil engineering is one of the oldest engineering professions, geotechnical engineering branch of civil engineering is relatively young and is born out of necessity to understand failures in earth materials. Many of theoretical concepts and geotechnical models which are in use today were developed to match the features of geotechnical failures. These concepts and models are being updated regularly based on the new information learned from case histories. In short, case histories play a critical role in the design, construction, and successful performance of every civil engineering project. Therefore, the theme on application of case histories in practice and education has become an integral part of the Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering Conference. In order to properly organize vast amount knowledge on this topic, Session 1 has been divided into three sub-sessions as shown in Table 1. A total of 45 papers, contributed by engineering educators and practitioners from 16 countries, have been accepted for this session. Table 1 shows the number of papers received for each sub-session and Table 2 presents the list of all papers received for this session, organized in the order of paper numbers. The work contributed for the session provides a true global view on the use of geotechnical engineering case histories in education and practice, and application of observational methods in the practice of geotechnical engineering.