Theme/Subject

Technical Committee TC 28: "Underground Construction in Soft Ground" of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) has a major commitment towards collecting information concerning tunnel design and construction in the urban environment, with regard to both bored and braced excavations.

The themes for the Roma symposium, in line with the terms of reference of Technical Committee TC28, are:

- TUNNELING IN SOFT GROUND
- DEEP EXCAVATIONS
- MONITORING
- NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
- MITIGATING MEASURES