Discussion

MISS C. M. COOLING, Building Research Establishment, Garston

During this conference several contributors have acknowledged

in their presentation the financial support which their

research has received from the Science and Engineering

Research Council (SERC)• As you may be aware Professor S. E.

Brown and I co-ordinate the SERC programme in the geotechnics

area. Professor Wroth indicated, in his keynote address,

that this SERC Geotechnics Research Programme has identified

the need for an improved understanding of geotechnical

problems at large, and full-scale as its major focus.

As a result of this initiative, university and other

researchers in institutes of higher education have had an