Twenty papers accepted for publication under IS-Shanghai 2008 Session 3 on Case Histories are classified and summarized. Papers deal with open pit excavations, ground improvement, tunnels, monitoring systems and impact on surroundings, most of them related to projects performed in challenging urban environments. It has been found that different authors follow different approaches when reporting case histories, mainly with respect to the quantitative description of ground conditions and behavior. While this can be attributed to different scientific and professional schools, it is judged that a higher degree of consistency and completeness of the basic information is required for a better usability of the informed data. To contribute to this goal, a short guideline on reporting case histories is proposed.