Table 2.

Events relevant to geosynthetic MSE wall technology

YearSociety and technical committee establishmentJournal launchInternational conference on geosyntheticsSymposium or workshop on soil reinforcementDesign codeMajor earthquake (Economic loss#, year; Daniell et al. 2012)
   1st (1977)   
1980     Irpinia, IT ($58.0B, 1980)
 IGS (1983) 2nd (1982)   
 ASTM/D35 (1984)GG (1984)    
 ISSMGE/TC9 (1986) 3rd (1986) ISO (1986) 2394 2nd ed. 
   IS-Kyushu (1988)   
1990  4th (1990)   
    IS-Kyushu (1992)  
  GI (1994)5th (1994) AASHTO (1994) LRFD 1st ed.Northridge, US ($79.1B, 1994)
    IS-Kyushu (1996) Kobe, JP ($187.6B, 1995)
   6th (1998) ISO (1998) 2394 3rd ed. 
2000ISO/TC221 (2000)  IS-Kyushu (2001)  
   7th (2002) CEN (2002) Eurocode Basis 
     CEN (2004¸ 2007) Eurocode 7Niigata, JP ($35.5B, 2004)
   8th (2006)IS-Kyushu (2007)  
      Sichuan, CN ($189.8B, 2008)
2010IGS/TC-R (2011) 9th (2010)   
      Tohoku, JP ($324.0B, 2011)
   10th (2014) ISO (2015) 2394 4th ed. 
       
   11th (2018)IGS WS TC-R (2018)  
2020   IGS WS TC-R (2020)AASHTO (2020) LRFD 9th ed. 
   12th (2023)   

IGS: International Geosynthetics Society, ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials, ISSMGE: International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ISO: International Organization for Standardization, AASHTO: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

# 2012 HNDECI (Hybrid. Natural Disaster Economic Conversion Index); Adjusted US Dollar direct economic loss value.

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