The tracks and topics for which papers are invited cover (but are not
limited to) the following:
Tracks
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Topics
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Special Session
Cement-Based and Geopolymer Composites CGC
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- Additives/Admixtures
- Alkali-Activated Cement
- Hydration Process
- Durability
- Physical Performance
- Other
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AAC
|
Alkali-Activated Cement |
Air and Water AAW |
- Air pollution
- Air quality
- Indoor air quality
- Pollution of water systems
- Water management
- Water sufficiency
- Other
|
Architecture & Architectural
Engineering AAE |
- Architectural management
- Building information modeling (BIM)
- Building pathology
- Creative and optimal design
- Green design
- Performance based design
- Structural morphology and form finding architecture
- Other
|
CAC
|
Carbon-Reinforced Concrete |
Coastal Engineering CEN |
- Beach erosion
- Engineered reefs
- Harbor designs
- Shoreline protection
- Other
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Construction CON |
- 4-D CADD
- Advanced technology in construction
- Artificial intelligence methods
- Construction equipment analysis
- Construction methods and systems
- Construction robotics and construction automation
- Information technology for construction
- New Production and Business Models in Construction
- Productivity improvement
- Other
|
Construction Process
Simulation CPS |
- Process modeling
- Applications of Process simulation
- Use of EZSTROBE or MicroCYCLONE
- Use of AWESIM! or SLAM
- Other process simulation software
- GUI development in computer process simulation
- Other
|
Construction Safety CSA |
- Elements of a safety program
- Fall protection
- OSHA and other government regulations
- Planning
- Safety incentives
- Safety systems
- Safety training and supervision
- Substance abuse
- Other
|
Cost and Project Management CPM |
- Bidding and estimating
- Cost analysis
- Cost control
- Culture in construction
- Engineering economy and life cycle cost analysis
- Leadership in engineering and construction
- Organizational behavior
- People in engineering and construction
- Other
|
Education & Professional
Ethics EPE |
- Building Research and Education
- Case studies
- Ethical Issues in Engineering and Construction
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Postgraduate Research Training in Building and Construction
- Regulatory control
- Research and Innovation Transfer
- Roles of learned societies
- Teaching methods
- Other
|
Energy ENR |
- Energy and environment
- Energy economics
- Energy production and consumption
- Future trends in energy production
- Global energy management
- Policies and politics of energy
- Other
|
Facilities and Asset Management FAM |
- Best management practices
- Facility condition assessment
- Maintenance management
- Portfolio management
- Process management
- Professional liabilities
- Strategic and operational planning
- Other
|
Geotechnical and Foundation
Engineering GFE |
- Dam construction
- Design of foundations in seismic environments
- Foundations of mega tall buildings
- Reinforced earth
- Rock mechanics
- Seismic control
- Soil structure interaction
- Tunnel and underground structures
- Other
|
Housing HOS |
- Affordable housing
- Energy conservation
- Housing delivery
- Housing economics
- Housing technology
- Industrialized housing
- Low-cost housing
- Mass housing
- Social and cultural analysis
- Standards and codes of practice
- Other
|
Infrastructure INF |
- Infrastructure rehabilitation and renewal
- Lifeline and infrastructure networks
- Roads and railways
- Other
|
Law and Dispute Resolution LDR |
- Claims
- Contract law and professional liability
- Dispute resolution
- Law in engineering and construction
- Legal affairs and cases
- Negotiation/mediation
- Other
|
Materials MAT |
- Asphalt performance
- Composition and properties of asphalt
- Concrete products
- Concrete Technology
- Cost-effectiveness
- Future of asphalt
- High performance concrete
- New construction materials
- Optimal design
- Quality issues
- Roofing materials
- Timber
- Other
|
Oil and Gas OAG |
- Design and Construction of Refineries
- Installing Oil Rigs
- Oil Flow Management
- Oil & Gas Economics
- Oil & Gas Exploration
- Oil & Gas Production
- Other
|
Pipelines PIP |
- Pipeline Systems
- Pipeline Engineering
- Pipeline Construction and Planning
- Pipeline Economics
- Pipeline Operation and Maintenance
- Pipeline Materials
- Other
|
Policies for National
Development PND |
- Development Issues and industrial development in developing countries
- Economics and influence of engineering on national business and growth
- Engineering leadership for better government and nation building
- Estimates of world/nation/state water supply, housing or electricity
- Finance, contracting, and politics in mega projects
- Five-year plans, ten-year plans, and strategic planning for national growth
- Infrastructure for GDP growth
- International collaboration in technology sharing
- Legislation of engineering policy, environmental policy, and science policy
- Life cycle costs for national electricity and water consumption
- Rationale, application, and implementation of technology policies
- Regional and national development
- Other
|
Procurement PRO |
- Best value systems
- BOT and other type of projects
- Case studies
- Contractor selection and prequalification
- Performance building specifications
- Performance, competition, and profitability
- Private Public Partnership
- Service evaluation
- Other
|
Quality QUA |
- Audit and control
- Quality and excellence
- Quality benchmarking
- Quality improvement
- Reliability analysis
- Other
|
Risk Analysis and
Disaster Management RAD |
- Crisis management
- Decision strategies
- Disaster and emergency preparation
- Hazard and risk management
- Inventory uncertainties
- Probabilistic estimating
- Risk analysis and assessment
- Risk mitigation
- Other
|
Structures STR |
- Bridges and special structures
- Concrete and masonry structures
- Forensic engineering in structures and construction
- Innovation in structural design
- Nonlinear behavior of structures
- Numerical methods
- Reinforced concrete structures
- Steel structures
- Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
- Structural mechanics and optimization
- Tall buildings
- Other
|
Sustainability SUS |
- Advanced and sustainable materials
- Certifications
- Concurrent engineering
- Smart and adaptive structures
- Structural control by strategic design
- Sustainable Building
- Other
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TCC
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Timber-Concrete Composite |
Tunneling TUN |
- Tunneling operations
- Construction methods
- Seepage prevention
- Boring and Boring machines
- Design of tunnel lining
- Ventilation and safety
- Other
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Other OTH |
- Topic not covered in any other track
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