1. Foundation engineering in tropical soils -- 2. Geological investigations for foundations -- 3. Site investigation, characterization and selection of design parameters for foundation design -- 4. Shallow foundations -- 5. Driven pile foundation, pile driving systems and formulas -- 6. Drilled shafts foundation -- 7. Caisson and well foundation -- 8. Special topic : design of piles subjected to lateral soil movement -- 9. Special topic : micro piles -- 10. Special topic : innovative pile foundations -- 11. Special topic : piles load and non destructive test -- 12. Special topic : foundation failures and remedial works -- 13. Special topic : pile supported embankment -- 14. Country case study : engineering geology in relation to foundation and rock slope engineering in Malaysia.