Preface

The growth of mega cities has been particularly dramatic across parts of Asia. The need for quality living space coupled with the increasing density of infrastructural development poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the geo-industry. The purpose of this international symposium is to provide a platform to showcase recent advances in ground technology and geo-information systems. This symposium is a continuation of the First International Conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering (ICITG) that was successfully held in Shanghai, 16–17 September 2010. Effective application of innovative ground technology including information technology is needed to:

• Propel productivity in the geo-industry;
• Respond to more complex technical challenges in the development of underground space;
• Support increasing social demand for sustainable and responsible development – green technology being one of the recent topical examples.

The main theme in this symposium is on geo-innovations applicable to all work processes from site investigation, design, construction, monitoring, testing, etc that can promote more creative exploitation of underground space/systems while improving safety, productivity, economy, and harmony with the natural environment.

This symposium is held in Singapore, 1–2 December 2011, in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore. It is jointly organized by Geotechnical Society of Singapore, National University of Singapore, and Tongji University. It is supported by JTC2 (Representation of Geo-Engineering Data in Electronic Form), ATC10 (Urban Geo-informatics) and various sister societies in Singapore.

This proceedings contains 58 papers from 17 countries (Australia, Austria, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States) including 8 keynote papers and 7 invited ATC10 papers from world renowned experts.

The editors are grateful for the valuable services provided by the reviewers. The list of reviewers is acknowledged below. The professional editing services rendered by the publisher, Research Publishing and its key-members, Sankaran, Vimalanathan, Usha and Idhayakkani are acknowledged. Last but not least, Ms Hui Leng Lim has managed our conference secretariat at our Faculty of Engineering Professional Activities Centre very effectively and we are most appreciative of her service.

Editors
Kok-Kwang Phoon
Siang Huat Goh
Rui Fu Shen
Hehua Zhu

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