Themes

Theme 1: Contemporary issues in Construction Engineering and Management

• Digital Construction
• Design management
• Facilities management
• Lean construction
• Applications of Industrial Revolution 4 (IR4) Technologies in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)
• Modularization and standardization strategies in the construction Industry
• Construction Contracts, legal affairs, and dispute resolution
• Construction productivity and performance measurement
• Workforce welfare, occupational health, and safety in construction
• Professional issues in education and practice
• Sustainable Construction Technologies

Theme 2: Advances in Infrastructure Sustainability, Renovation, and Monitoring

• Use of recycled and innovative materials in infrastructure projects
• Sustainable materials and solutions
• Sinkholes in Karst Environment as Transportation, Infrastructure and Urban Planning Geohazard
• Infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation
• Resilient civil infrastructure systems
• Structural control and health monitoring
• Computational methods and soft computing in Civil Engineering applications

Theme 3: Sustainable Architecture and Urban Planning for Society Wellbeing

• Architectural design challenges and solutions for Hot and Arid Climate
• Healthy Building, Indoor Environmental Quality and post Covid19 building design
• Heritage Building Conservation, Adaptive Reuse, and Circular Design
• Urban Mobility and Transit-Oriented Development for Sustainable Transport
• Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Cities
• Urban farming, vertical gardening, green roof, and bio-wall
• Contributing to cities that subscribe to equitability rather than simply equality
• Improving access to education, health, affordable housing, and neighborhoods of quality and which provide its users with economic opportunities

Theme 4: Water, Environment, and Climate Change

• Environmental effect of recycling and use of recycled materials
• Waste management and circular economy
• Water sustainability for food security
• Advanced water and wastewater treatment processes
• Integrated water resources management
• Managed aquifer recharge
• Fate and transport of contaminants in subsurface systems
• Carbon management through geological carbon sequestration
• Air pollution and climate change
• Green Buildings