ISEC-8
The Eighth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference
Sydney, Australia, November 23-28, 2015
Implementing Innovative Ideas in Structural Engineering and Project
Management

Invitation

Western Sydney University
Conference Venue
About Sydney
Transportation in Sydney

Call for Papers
List of Topics
Key Dates
Committees
NEW Abstract and Paper Submission

Registration &
Hotels/Accommodations (Closed)

Technical Program
Accompanying Person Program
Technical Tours
Cultural and Networking Tours

Sponsors and Co-Sponsors
Sponsorships
Exhibits and Exhibitors
Weather and Dress Code

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List of Topics

The tracks and topics for which papers are invited cover (but are not limited to) the following:

Tracks

Topics


Air and Water
AW
  • 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
  • Building pathology
  • Creative and optimal design
  • Green design
  • Performance based design
  • Structural morphology and form finding architecture
  • Other

Coastal Engineering
CE
  • Beach erosion
  • Engineered reefs
  • Harbor designs
  • Shoreline protection
  • Other

Construction
C
  • 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
  • Process simulation
  • Productivity improvement
  • Other

Construction Safety
CS
  • 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
E
  • 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
H
  • 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
I
  • 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
M
  • 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

Policies for national
development
PND
  • Building better government through engineering leadership
  • Construction in developing countries
  • Contracting for mega projects
  • Development Issues in developing countries
  • Economics of engineering on a national scale
  • Engineering for the future
  • Engineering leadership for nation building
  • Estimates and discussion of world/nation/state water supply, housing or electricity
  • Finance and politics in mega projects or national planning
  • Five-year and ten-year plans for national growth
  • Industrial development in developing countries
  • Influence of engineering on national business and growth
  • Infrastructure for GDP growth
  • International collaboration in technology sharing
  • Leadership models for under-developed countries
  • Legislation and implementation
  • Life cycle costs for national electricity and water consumption
  • Management problems with mega projects
  • National strategic planning
  • Rationale, application, and implementation of technology policies
  • Regional and national development
  • Other

Procurement
P
  • 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
Q
  • Audit and control
  • Quality and excellence
  • Quality benchmarking
  • Quality improvement
  • Reliability analysis
  • Other

Risk analysis and
disaster management
RADM
  • Crisis management
  • Decision strategies
  • Disaster and emergency preparation
  • Hazard and risk management
  • Inventory uncertainties
  • Probabilistic estimating
  • Risk analysis and assessment
  • Risk mitigation
  • Other

Structures
S
  • 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
Su
  • Advanced and sustainable materials
  • Certifications
  • Concurrent engineering
  • Smart and adaptive structures
  • Structural control by strategic design
  • Sustainable Building
  • Other

Other
O
  • Topic not covered in any other