ABSTRACT
Some notable recent developments in the field of geotechnical reliability are reviewed. The decade of the nineties will see a rapid growth of the use of reliability methods in the geotechnical profession. The author believes that geotechnical engineers should be familiar with the concepts of probability and reliability and their uses. Educating the current and future generations of engineers, increasing research and development activities, and transferring technology to the practitioners will all be required to achieve this objective. This paper identifies and discusses some of the challenges and directions of geotechnical reliability in the coming decade.
