Asian Technical Committee for earth reinforcement — Review of current state in earth reinforcement practice

Earth reinforcing techniques have become a useful and economical solution to many problems in geotechnical engineering practice. In recent years, considerable interest on this technique has been promoted both fundamental and practical studies as well as the development of various types of reinforcing materials. It follows that new techniques for earth reinforcement and their applications to geotechnical engineering practice are developing rapidly. Especially in Asia, there are many regional and difficult subsoils and many projects for earth reinforcement practice have been running around the whole area of Asia. But it is considered that the activities in each country so far have not been exchanged among Asian countries and these information should be exchanged in order to improve this technique.