ABSTRACT
The objective of this report is to review the essential information of all sixteen papers submitted to this session and to attempt to draw general conclusions highlighting the potential application of these new approaches to geotechnical design. A summary of the distribution of contents is presented in Table 1. Papers are divided in five categories: statistical analysis form soil variation, advanced analysis of CPTU, prediction of soil parameters from CPTU, SPT energy based approach and innovative procedure. Although the author recognizes the difficulty in sub-dividing individual papers, an attempt is made place papers under general categories and to cross-reference information when required.
