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Preface

This Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) contains selected papers from the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo (IFCEE15) held in San Antonio, Texas on March 17-21, 2015. This Congress combined the 2015 annual meetings of ASCE's Geo-Institute, the International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC), the Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA) and the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI). This mega event was the first time since 2009 that leading geotechnical organizations joined together to have one annual congress. IFCEE15 provided an international forum to discuss technological advances, case histories, and present challenges related to geotechnical and foundation engineering. The congress was heavily attended by a wide range of geo-professionals including engineers, contractors, academicians, equipment manufacturers, geo-technologists, researches, and suppliers of tools and services.

An international call for papers and a rigorous peer review process yielded 265 accepted technical papers that were presented in 38 sessions, in addition to invited keynote presentations.

The editors would like to express their appreciation for having been provided the opportunity to be a part of this Congress' organization, and hope that these proceedings will be of use to the geotechnical engineering community, for many decades to come.