This edited book's theme is organized as a part of the GeoMEast 2019 International Congress and Exhibition that was held in Cairo, Egypt, on November 1014 2019.The editors like to express their deep appreciation and gratitude to the authors for their valuable contributions to the GeoMEast 2019 proceedings and to all session chairs and reviewers for their sincere efforts to make this book a reality. The editors are very grateful to have this opportunity to participate in organizing this GeoMEast 2019 conference and hope that this book theme is a valuable reference to the civil/geotechnical engineering community worldwide.

Presents the state of the art and practice on the analysis and design of piles under axial and lateral loading Provides the state of the art and practice on the long-term increase in pile capacity (or setup), effect of pile group, and effect of excavation on pile capacity Discusses the state of the art and practice on the use of in-situ tests to evaluate the bearing capacity and settlement of piles

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Comparison Of Russian Norms(Snip) And European Norms(Eurocodes) For Design And Construction Pile Foundations.- Development of Earth-Based Mortars for Usage in Earth Construction.- Experimental investigations of capacity response of a root pile in combination of O-cell test and conventional head-down test method.- Finite Element Modeling of Soil Arching in Pile Supported Embankment: 2D Approach.- Study of slope stability using piles, pathological case in Mostaganem, Algeria.- Effect of Fines and Matric Suction on the Collapsibility of Sandy Soils.- Assessment of earth retaining wall sustainability: Value functions and stakeholder weighting sensitivity.- Numerical study of passive earth pressure on retaining walls.- Understanding Pile Foundations Design Through Case Histories of New Tagus Bridge and Leziria Bridge.- Enhancement of Raft Foundation Using Micro Pile Technique.