Acknowledgements 1am grateful to ELE International for supplying many of the photographs used in this volume. Thanks are also due to: British Standards Institution; Impact-Test Lu; Soil Mechanics; Soil Property Testing Ltd; Transport Research Laboratory and Veolia ‘Water Systems for permission to reproduce photographs, data and figures. I would also like to thank Cranfield University and the Macaulay Institute for supplying exclusive photographs for this edition, would like to extend my gratitude to those who have provided valuable assistance in the preparation ofthis revision, especially Peter Keeton, John Masters, David Norbury, Philip Sherwood, Simon Townend and Dr Mike Winter, would also like to express my sincere thanks to Dr Keith Whites, who came to the rescue with his offer to produce a real book when others offered only an electronic