The authors are to be congratulated for presenting a paper with a significant amount of data on soft soils. The kind of data presented is of great value for geotechnical engineering practice, particularly for those involved with soft soils. To facilitate the discussion´s follow-up, the discus-sers have used the same items that have been used by the authors in the paper.

Submitted on December 12, 2008.
Final Acceptance on December 12, 2008.
Discussion open until December 12, 2008.
DOI: 10.28927/SR.322099