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1993 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Introduction
Author : David E. Daniel
Published in: Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal
Publisher: Springer US
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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In the 1940s to 1960s, the industrialized countries of the world underwent an enormous expansion in capacity for manufacturing goods, processing petroleum, and making new chemicals. Geotechnical engineers and earth scientists played an important role in that expansion by identifying mineral and petroleum resources, investigating subsurface stratigraphy and soil conditions, designing foundations for buildings and machinery, and developing earthwork specifications.