List of The ICPE Best Paper Award Winners
1. Best Research Papers：
The winners for the best research papers were selected based on the five viewpoints: (1) Reliability, (2) Practicality, (3) Novelty/Originality, (4) Impact on development and promotion of press-in technology, (5) Quality of text, perfection
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R. Shikakura, H. Nishioka, Y. Yamakuri, Y. Arai and M. Hirano: Experimental study on the effect of penetration length and eccentricity of sheet pile foundation on bearing capacity
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S M Shafi and J. Takemura: Short- and long-term behaviours of cantilever-type large-diameter steel tubular pile wall embedded in soft rock against various loadings
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K. Nakai, T. Noda, T. Yoshikawa and T. Takaine: Deformation suppression effect of double steel sheet pile method for river levee on soft ground against mega earthquake
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K. Toda, A. Mori, Y. Ishihara, M. Eguchi, H. H. Tamboura,S. M. K. Pasha, S. K. Haigh and A. Burakowski: Investigation into geotechnical parameters of liquefied sand by static pile load tests, cone penetration tests, and pressuremeter tests
The winners for the best project papers were selected based on the five viewpoints: (1) Innovativeness of the project, (2) Difficulty of the project, (3) Economic advantage of the project, (4) Impact on development and promotion of press-in technology, (5) Quality of text, perfection and readability
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K. Matsuzawa, T. Hayashi and K. Shirasaki: Construction of retaining walls on a steep slope by Gyropress Method
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K. Mandal, S. Lin, S. Kamei, K. Watanabe and T. Matsumoto: Rapid load test on a press-in steel pipe pile with Gyropress Method for confirmation of design bearing capacity
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T. Yamazaki and O. Kusakabe: Reuse of removed electric PC pole to ground reinforcing member
1. Best Research Papers：
The winners for the best research papers were selected based on the five viewpoints: (1) Reliability, (2) Practicality, (3) Novelty/Originality, (4) Impact on development and promotion of press-in technology, (5) Quality of text, perfection
- L. T. Hoang, X. Xiong and T. Matsumoto：Performance of pressed-in piles in saturated clayey ground: experimental and numerical investigations
- S. Moriyasu, M. Ikeda, T. Matsumoto, S. Kobayashi and S. Shimono：Influence of different pile installation methods on vertical and horizontal resistances
- B. Cerfontaine, M. Brown, M. Ciantia, M. Huisman and M. Ottolini：Discrete Element Modelling of silent piling group installation for offshore wind turbine foundations
The winners for the best project papers were selected based on the five viewpoints: (1) Innovativeness of the project, (2) Difficulty of the project, (3) Economic advantage of the project, (4) Impact on development and promotion of press-in technology, (5) Quality of text, perfection and readability
- M. Yamaguchi, Y. Kimura, T. Nozaki and M. Okada：Press-in piling applications: Permanent stabilization of an active-landslide-slope
- T. Takuma, S. Kambe, M. Nagano：Upgrading earthen levees with press-in piling and the GRB System
The Award Committee in collaboration with the Working Group selected three best research papers and three project papers.
The winners for the research papers were;
- Gillow, M., Haigh, S., Ishihara, Y., Ogawa, N., and Okada, K.：Water Jetting for Sheet Piling
- Taenaka, S, White, D.J., and Randolph, M.F.：Stress Changes due to Shape Effects in the Construction Process of Pile Walls
- Kunasegaram, V., Takemura, J., Ishihama, Y., and Ishihara, Y.：Stability of Self-Standing High Stiffness-Steel Pipe Sheet Pile Walls Embedded in Soft Rocks
- Arai, M., Sugio, S., Murayama, K., Kunitomi, H., and Kimura, Y.：Case Study of Underwater Press-in Method of Steel Sheet Piles under Restricted Headroom beneath a Railroad Bridge
- Kasahara, K., Sanagawa,T., Nishioka,H., Sasaoka,R., and Nakata, Y.：Seismic Reinforcement for Foundation Utilizing Sheet Piles and Soil Improvement
- Kitamura, M. and Kamimura, S.：Cantilevered Road Retaining Wall Constructed of 2,000 mm Diameter Steel Tubular Piles Installed by the Gyro Press Method with the GRB system
Award ceremony at ICPE2018
