Proceedings of sessions of the Shallow Foundation and Soil Properties Committee of the Geo-Institute at the ASCE 2001 Civil Engineering Conference, held in Houston, Texas, October 10-13, 2001.

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 14 papers that discuss the effects of trees and moisture movements on various lightly loaded foundations on expansive clays. Papers review current state of the practice in foundation design, maintenance, and remediation as it relates to vegetative effects and expansive clays on foundations.

Topics include:

• tree root damage to...