Book reviewsControl, optimisation, and smart structures—high performance bridges and buildings of the future. Adeli H. and SalehA.. John Wiley & Sons. 0 471 35094 X, 265 pp.Detailed chemical analysis of lime stabilised materials. McKinley J. D., Thomas H., Williams K. and Reid J. M.. TRL Report 424. Transport Research Laboratory, 1999. ISSN 0968 4107, 26 pp.Specification for the construction of slurry trench cut-off walls as barriers to pollution migration. Thomas Telford, London, 1999. 0 7277 2625 0, 40 pp.FLAC and numerical modelling in geomechanics. Detournay C. and Hart R.. Balkema, Rotterdam, 1999. 90 5809 074 4, 100 euros, 512 pp.Engineering for calcareous sediments—volume 1. Al-Shafei K. A. (ed.). Balkema, Rotterdam, 1999. 90 5809 037 X, 301 pp.Geoenvironment 97 (proceedings of the 1st Australia–New Zealand conference on environmental geotechnics). Bouazza A., Kodikara J. and Parker R. (eds), Melbourne, Australia, 26–28 November 1997. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 90 5410 903 3.The emergence of unsaturated soil mechanics—Fredlund volume. Clifton A. W., Wilson G. W. and Barbour S. L. (eds), NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 1999. 0 660 17256 9, 735 pp.The determination of the acceptability of selected fragmenting materials for earthworks compaction. Winter M. G.. TRL Report 308 (revised). Transport Research Laboratory, 1999. 0 7277 2923 3, 24 pp.Case history studies of soil berms used as temporary support to embedded retaining walls. Easton M. R. and Darley P.. TRL Report 380. Transport Research Laboratory, 1999. ISSN 0968 4107, 50 pp.A centrifuge and analytical study of stabilising base retaining walls. Daly M. and Powrie W.. TRL Report 387. Transport Research Laboratory, 1999. ISSN 0968 4107, 72 pp.Reinforced earth bridge abutment at M8 Motorway: four years of monitoring. Winter M. G., TRL Report 404. Transport Research Laboratory, 1999. ISSN 0968 4107, 18 pp.A review of the durability of soil reinforcements. Greene M. J. and Brady K. C.. TRL Report 406. Transport Research Laboratory, 1999. ISSN 0968 4107, 46 pp.