New Horizons in Piling: Development and Application of Press-in Piling
暫譯: 樁基新視野：壓入樁的發展與應用

近年來，樁基行業發展出多種壓入樁技術，以減少噪音和振動的困擾。本書專注於「步行樁」型壓入樁系統，這是一種為樁基工程提供替代工程解決方案的技術。這種樁基具有獨特的特點，包括使用預先安裝的樁作為反作用力來源的緊湊型樁機，通過液壓壓力將新樁壓入。此外，該機器可以在已安裝的樁頂部行走，從而在有限的空間和頭部空間內進行樁基施工，對現有基礎設施的社會功能和服務造成最小的干擾。這些特點為樁基開啟了新的視野，促進了先前被認為不可能的嵌入式牆體的新應用。

本書作為入門書籍，提供了壓入樁的歷史發展及全球各種挑戰性應用的介紹，以及科學研究成果，為不熟悉壓入樁的讀者提供了寶貴的參考資料，包括項目擁有者、設計工程師、實務工程師以及研究人員和學生。

Malcolm Bolton graduated in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1967 and subsequently took an MSc by research in structural engineering from Manchester University and a PhD in soil mechanics from Cambridge University. His career in geotechnical engineering started in Manchester (at UMIST) in 1969 where he helped Andrew Schofield to develop the UK's first geotechnical centrifuge. He became a Lecturer in 1970 and stayed a further 10 years at UMIST, publishing his book "A guide to Soil Mechanics" in 1979. He returned to Cambridge in 1980, ultimately becoming Professor of Soil Mechanics, Director of the Schofield Centre for Geotechnical Process and Construction Modelling, and Head of the Geotechnical and Environmental Group in the Department of Engineering. In accordance with University Statutes he retired in 2013. He is the author of over 240 publications covering the fundamental mechanics of granular materials and a wide variety of civil engineering applications from tunnels through foundations, and from earthquake effects to landslide hazard reduction.

Akio Kitamura started his business in the construction industry in 1967 dealing with piling contracts for foundation works using construction machinery such as the vibratory hammer. Experience of unexpected adverse impact of his own business on the environment, he decided to devote himself to inventing and developing pollution-free piling machines. In 1975, he invented a press-in piling machine, the "Silent Piler", which installs a pile into the ground by hydraulic jacks while gaining reaction force by gripping the previously installed piles. He continued efforts to reduce the size and weight of the piling machine, and in a few years he added "Self-walking function" to the piler. The self-walking means that a crane is no longer required for relocating and positioning the machine to install the next pile. These "Grip" and "Self -Walking" functions have further extended to the idea of the so-called "non-staging system", where all the necessary piling work procedures, including pile transportation, pile pitching and press-in operations can be carried out on the top of the aligned installed piles. The first application of the non-staging system was used in 1986, only 10 years after his initial invention of the Silent Piler. Mr. Kitamura has received various awards and Prizes including The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. Most recently he was awarded the Ben C. Gerwick Award from the US Deep Foundations Institute.

Osamu Kusakabe graduated in 1973 from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, he obtained a Master of Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1975. He became a Research Associate of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1975. He then went to UK and obtained a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy both from Cambridge University in 1980 and 1982, respectively. After he returned to Japan, he became an Associate Professor of Utsunomiya University in 1984, and a Professor of Hiroshima University in 1991. He returned to the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a Professor in 1996. During these years, he also served as an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University in 1990, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at National University of Singapore in 1998 and a Visiting Scientist at Delft University of Technology in 2004. Throughout his academic career, he continuously engaged in research on geotechnical centrifuge modeling, bearing capacity of foundation and design of geotechnical structures, publishing more than 150 papers. He launched the International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics in 2001 (presently included in ICE Virtual Library) and served as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for ten years. He has played an important role at various organizations including the Founding Secretary General of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (1999 - 2001), the President of the Japanese Geotechnical Society (2010-2012), the Vice president of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (2008- 2010), the President of Japan Section of American Society of Civil Engineers (2009 -2011), a Board member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2005-2009), an Associate member of the Science Council of Japan (2005-2013). He was also involved in various committees including a member of the International Advisory Board for the Singapore Land Transport Authority, and a member of the technical committee on Honshu-Shikoku Bridges. Osamu Kusakabe served as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (2017-2019). He is currently the President of the International Press-in Association since 2016. In April 2011, he became the Emeritus Professor of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and of the National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College in June 2016, where he was the 9th President (2011-2015). He is currently the Specially Appointed Professor of the University of Tsukuba and Nagaoka University of Technology since 2016. He was awarded the Best Research Paper Award (1992), International Lifetime Contribution Award (2004) and Distinguished Service Award (2019) from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Distinguished Service Award (1999) from the Japanese Geotechnical Society. He is presently an Honorary Member of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, of the Japanese Geotechnical Society, and of the Mongolian Association of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Japan Federation of Engineering Societies and a Fellow of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

Masaaki Terashi has led a career as a researcher, professor and consultant in geotechnical engineering. After the completion of post graduate course at Tokyo Tech, he started his career in 1970 as a researcher at the Port and Harbour Research Institute and was involved in the R&D of a variety of ground improvement technologies especially of deep mixing. He was awarded a special prize on the outstanding research contribution from the Science and Technology Agency in 1988. In 1992 he moved to a leading consulting firm in Japan and worked for real life projects covering wide range of infrastructures, domestic and overseas until the end of 2009. Around 10 years during those days, he taught students at Tokyo Tech as a visiting professor. He has been active in professional and academic societies. He delivered State of the Art, key note lectures and invited lectures at international conferences and symposia. He edited, authored and co-authored several books and book chapters and published more than two hundred conference and journal papers on various subjects associated with soft ground and ground improvement. Dr Terashi is a technical adviser of GIKEN LTD. since 2010.

**馬爾科姆·博爾頓**（Malcolm Bolton）於1967年畢業於劍橋大學工程學，隨後在曼徹斯特大學獲得結構工程的研究碩士學位，並在劍橋大學獲得土壤力學的博士學位。他的地基工程職業生涯始於1969年在曼徹斯特（UMIST），當時他協助安德魯·斯科菲爾德（Andrew Schofield）開發英國第一台地基離心機。1970年他成為講師，並在UMIST再待了10年，於1979年出版了《土壤力學指南》（A guide to Soil Mechanics）一書。1980年他回到劍橋，最終成為土壤力學教授、斯科菲爾德地基過程與建設建模中心主任，以及工程系地基與環境小組的負責人。根據大學章程，他於2013年退休。他是240多篇出版物的作者，涵蓋顆粒材料的基本力學以及從隧道到基礎，從地震影響到滑坡危害減少的各種土木工程應用。

**北村明夫**（Akio Kitamura）於1967年開始在建築行業創業，處理使用振動錘等施工機械的基礎工程打樁合約。由於經歷了自己業務對環境的意外不利影響，他決定致力於發明和開發無污染的打樁機。1975年，他發明了一種壓入式打樁機，稱為「靜音打樁機」（Silent Piler），該機器通過液壓千斤頂將樁安裝到地面，同時通過抓取先前安裝的樁來獲得反作用力。他持續努力減少打樁機的尺寸和重量，幾年後為打樁機增加了「自走功能」。自走功能意味著不再需要起重機來重新定位和安裝下一根樁。這些「抓取」和「自走」功能進一步擴展到所謂的「非階段系統」的概念，其中所有必要的打樁工作程序，包括樁運輸、樁定位和壓入操作，都可以在已對齊安裝的樁上進行。非階段系統的首次應用是在1986年，距離他最初發明靜音打樁機僅10年。北村先生獲得了各種獎項，包括旭日獎章金光榮章。最近，他獲得了美國深基礎學會的本·C·格維克獎（Ben C. Gerwick Award）。

**草壁修**（Osamu Kusakabe）於1973年畢業於東京農業與技術大學，並於1975年獲得東京理工大學的工程碩士學位。他於1975年成為東京理工大學的研究助理。隨後，他前往英國，分別於1980年和1982年獲得劍橋大學的哲學碩士和哲學博士學位。回到日本後，他於1984年成為宇都宮大學的副教授，並於1991年成為廣島大學的教授。1996年，他回到東京理工大學擔任教授。在這些年中，他還於1990年擔任劍橋大學丘吉爾學院的海外研究員，1998年擔任新加坡國立大學的特聘訪問教授，2004年擔任代爾夫特科技大學的訪問科學家。在他的學術生涯中，他持續從事地基離心模型、基礎承載力和地基結構設計的研究，發表了150多篇論文。他於2001年創辦了《國際地基物理建模期刊》（International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics）（目前已納入ICE虛擬圖書館），並擔任該期刊的創始主編十年。他在各種組織中發揮了重要作用，包括亞洲土木工程協調委員會的創始秘書長（1999-2001）、日本土木工程學會會長（2010-2012）、日本土木工程學會副會長（2008-2010）、美國土木工程學會日本分會會長（2009-2011）、國際土壤力學與地基工程學會董事會成員（2005-2009）、日本科學會的副會員（2005-2013）。他還參與了各種委員會，包括新加坡陸運局的國際諮詢委員會成員，以及本州-四國橋技術委員會成員。草壁修於2017-2019年擔任亞洲土木工程協調委員會執行委員會主席。自2016年以來，他一直擔任國際壓入協會的會長。2011年4月，他成為東京理工大學的名譽教授，並於2016年6月成為茨城工業高等專門學校的名譽教授，該校他曾擔任第九任校長（2011-2015）。自2016年以來，他目前是筑波大學和長岡技術科學大學的特聘教授。他曾獲得日本土木工程學會的最佳研究論文獎（1992）、國際終身貢獻獎（2004）和傑出服務獎（2019），以及日本土木工程學會的傑出服務獎（1999）。他目前是日本土木工程學會、日本土木工程學會和蒙古土木工程師協會的名譽會員，也是日本工程社聯合會的院士和日本土木工程學會的院士。

**寺橋正明**（Masaaki Terashi）在地基工程領域擔任研究員、教授和顧問。完成東京理工大學的研究生課程後，他於1970年開始在港灣研究所擔任研究員，參與各種地基改良技術的研發，特別是深層混合技術。他於1988年獲得科學技術廳的優秀研究貢獻特別獎。1992年，他轉至日本一家領先的顧問公司，參與國內外各類基礎設施的實際項目，直到2009年底。在那段時間裡，他在東京理工大學擔任訪問教授，教授學生約10年。他在專業和學術社會中非常活躍，曾在國際會議和研討會上發表前沿、主題演講和受邀演講。他編輯、撰寫和共同撰寫了幾本書籍和書章，並發表了200多篇與軟土和地基改良相關的會議和期刊論文。自2010年以來，寺橋博士擔任GIKEN LTD.的技術顧問。