Foundation Analysis and Design (5th Edition) by Joseph E. Bowles






PREFACE

This fifth edition continues the format of the previous four editions for providing current

state-of-art (SOA) and state-of-practice (SOP) methods in Foundation Engineering. From

author-user interaction I have concluded that SOP tends to lag SOA on the average of about

10 years. There is a range, however, where a few larger organizations are at the cutting edge

of technology and many—particularly the smaller firms—are at varying intermediate stages.

This textbook, which is also widely used as a practitioner's reference, includes SOP

material but with major emphasis on SOA. The latter is accomplished by including a mix

of practice, "how to," and latest suggested design/analysis methodology. This produces a

text compatible with the general goals of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

and other professional organizations, which have determined that technical graduates have a

postgraduate period of only 5 to 7 years before obsolescence becomes a factor in their practice.

Design methods tend to vary between geographic regions, partly from instructors' influences


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