^ Modern Methods and Advances in

Structural Engineeringand Construction

Editors

Sai On Cheung • Siamak Yazdani

Nader Ghafoori • Amarjit Singh

RESEARCH PUBLISHING

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Committees

KEYNOTE PAPERS

The 6th Kondratieff Cycle: Chances for the Construction Sector

Gerhard Girmscheid

The Ftvture of Automobile Energy: A Resource and SustainabilityPerspectiveAmarjit Singh and M. Scott Devlin

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DELIVERY

Successes and Risks in Alternative DeliveryMax M. Shoura

Speed Up of Project Delivery through Application of Effective

FastTracking Strategies in the Engineering PhaseFereshteh Khoramshahi and Janaka Y. Ruwanpura

Understanding Characteristics of Projects that Make Cost Reimbursable

Contracting an Appropriate StrategyCindy L. Menches, Juan Chen and Katherine Hull

Contract and Procurement Selection within a Sustainable Framework:

Charting the Way Forward

Hector Martin, A. K. Petersen and Timothy Michael Lewis

LEGAL AFFAIRS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Dispute Resolution: Reasons for Construction DisputesJustin Sweet

Relational Contracting and Its Efficacy of Project Outcomes in the

Australian Construction IndustryMelissa Chan, Vaughan Coffey and Bambang Trigunarsyah

Legal and Contractual Conditions: Implications on Constructors' SolvencyThanuja Ramachandra and James Olabode Rotimi

Uncertainties of Construction Negotiation: A Preliminary StudyTak Wing Yiu, P. T. Chow, Wing Yi Leung and S. O. Cheung

CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

Contracting to Appropriately Allocate Risk

Awad S. Hanna and Justin R. Swanson

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A Research Framework for Risk Management of PPP Projects in China 79

Albert P. C. Chan and Ye Lin Xu

A Conceptual Framework for Ethical Decision Making in Project 85

Procurement

Aliza A. Hassim, Stephen Kajewski and Bambang Trigunarsyah

Appropriate Contracting Strategy for Fast-Track Projects 91

Mohammad Moazzami, Reza Dehghan and Janaka Y. Ruwanpura

PROJECT AND COST CONTROL

Contingency vs. Percent Completion in Infrastructure Projects 99

AH Touran and Ye Zhang

Optimum Activity Overlapping Using Genetic Algorithms 105

Reza Dehghan, Kamran Hazini andJanaka Y. Ruwanpura

Comparison of Residential Roofing Alternatives Using Life Cycle Cost 111

Assessment

Farrukh Arif, Mehmet Emre Bayraktar and Stuart M. Grant

Interdisciplinary Research Project: Principles of Work Scheduling 117

D. Schlagbauer, D. Heck and R Hofmann

Cost and Experience Based Method for Project Acceleration 123

Osama Moselhi and Adel Alshibani

ENHANCING DESIGN EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE

Qualifying and Quantifying the Exchange of Information between Pairs of 131

Design Activities

Maysaa M. Ramadan, Issam M. Srour, M. Asem Abdul-Malak and

AHA. Yassine

Expected Useful Life of Building Structures of Post-1992 Hong Kong 137

Housing Authority Rental Domestic Blocks

Joseph Mak

Empirical Exercise in Structural Design: Force, Form, Material and 143

Connection

Christopher D. Trumble

Monitoring Construction Site Buildings with Concrete Structures 149

Arie Gottfried, Giuseppe M. Di Giuda, Valentina Villa and Paolo Piantanida

EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY ADVANCEMENT IN

CONSTRUCTION

User Interfaces of Intelligent Program Management Information System 157

for Mega-ProjectsC. T. Hyun, Run-Zhi Jin, M. J. Son and J. H. Kim

Leveraging R&D to Advance Digital Modelling Practice in Australian 163

Construction

Keith Hampson and Judy A. Kraatz

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Process-Oriented Analysis of the Interactions among Formwork Related 169

Teams with a Modified Cyclone-ModelMax Kersting and Gerhard Girmscheid

Is there a Relationship between the Lean Concept and Productivity Rate 175

of Construction Projects?Shamil Naoum, Tim Whitworth and Daniel Fong

CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES

The Design Model for Inclined Screwnails in Timber-Concrete Composite 183

Beam Interconnection

Saulius Kavaliauskas and Audronis Kazimieras Kvedaras

The Construction of Vertical Double-Layer Space Grids for Super Tall 189

Buildings (Part-1)Hendry Yahya Sutjiadi and Andrew W. Charleson

Construction of the Chelsea Street Vertical Lift Drawbridge Utilizing 195

Modern Construction TechniquesJohn M. Pecora III, Franklin M. Grynkewicz and Jerry M. Pfuntner

The Construction of Vertical Double-Layer Space Grids for Super Tall 201

Buildings (Part-2)Hendry Yahya Sutjiadi and Andrew W. Charleson

INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE

Construction Smart Forms: An Application of Information Technology to 209

Reduce Waste by Increasing InteroperabilityBabak J. Ford and Ali Touran

Using Recycled Materials in Residential Construction Systems 215

Naoto Mine, Soichiro Kuroki, Takashi Kunugi and Hiroki Tsutsumi

Model of Economic Justification of Substitutional Construction 221

Sago KovaSec, Igor PSunder and Marko SorSak

A Methodology for Evaluating the Significant Potential Contract Risks at 227

the Tender Evaluation StageD. E. Samuel and A. K. Petersen

Technical Innovation in Consolidation of Decorated Ceiling 233

Renato G. Lagana

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Application of Industrial Maintenance Methods on Building Maintenance 241

Markus Christen, Gerhard Girmscheid and Holger Wallbaum

Pipe Inefficiency at a Water UtilityStacy Adachi and Amarjit Singh

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The Intangible Impacts of Sports Facilities Development: Case Study of 253

the Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex in MalaysiaMaassoumeh Barghchi, Dasimah Bt Omar, Mohd Salleh Aman and

Sina Kazemian

Impact of New European Facility Management Standards on Building 259Cost Structures

Markus Christen and Holger Wallbaum

RISK MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

Identification of Parameters for a Quantitative Risk Allocation Model with 267

Systematic ReviewJennifer Firmenich

Utilization of "Construction Manager @ Risk" Project Delivery Approach 273for an Airport Terminal Expansion ProjectFrank Lobedan

Coping with Incompleteness: An Approach Using Time and Production 279

Related CompensationM. Werkl and D. Heck

A Risk-Assessment and Risk-Pricing Method for Hong Kong Housing 285

Authority Construction Contracts

Lawrence K. W. Chung

Effective Risk Management from the Perspective of Real Estate 291

Developers: The Case of Beirut Central District

Mostapha Fattal, Issam M. Srour and M. Asem Abdul-Malak

RISK AND CHALLENGES IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

A Preliminary Study on a Country Risk Analysis for International 299Construction

Kang-Wook Lee, Wooyong Jung and Seung-Heon Han

Preliminary Findings: Counterfeiting in the International Construction 305

IndustryR. Edward Minchin Jr., Russel Dingman and Russell D. Walters

Is It True that High Risk Yields High Returns in International 311Construction Projects?Wooyong Jung, Seung-Heon Han, Yong-Woo Kim andJaechul Choi

Case Studies in Risk Ranking for International Transportation Projects 317Eduardo Gomez and AH Touran

Challenges Facing Transportation Sector in Jordan 323Khalid A. Ghuzlan

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MANAGING RISKS IN DIFFICULT PROJECTS

Geological Risk Assessment in Underground Construction 331

Wai Lun Sham, Louis Ngai Yuan Wong, Wen Qi Bai and

Robert Lee Kong Tiong

Automated Detection of Exposed Reinforcement in Post-Earthquake 337

Safety and Structural Evaluations

Stephanie German, Ioannis Brilakis and Reginald Desroches

LIDAR Study of the 2010 Maule Chile Earthquake 343

Michael ]. Olsen, Sara Piaskowy, Solomon Yim, Luis Burgos and

Shawn Butcher

Integrated Risk Management in Infrastructure Projects 349

Konrad Spang

CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE GLOBE

Labor Intensive Construction Work in. India 357

Mahesh Vuppala, V. R. C. Kishore Bolla and Enno "Ed" Koehn

Differences between Client and D&B Contractors' Perceptual Emphasis 363

towards Success Criteria for Public Hospital Construction ProjectsHayroman -Ahmad, Abdul Rashid-Abdul Aziz, Mastura-Jaafar andAnuar-Alias

Ranking the Perceived Cause and Risk Levels for Construction Delays in 369

Trinidad

Hector Martin, Timothy Michael Lewis and Javed Hosein

ISO 14000 Environmental Management System and General Look on 375

Turkish Construction Firms

Ahmet Murat Turk

SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, ANDCONSTRUCTION (AEC)

Construction Site Design: A Sustainable Approach 383

M. L. Trani and Benedetta Bossi

Redefining the Design Process to Enhance Sustainable Steel Buildings 389

Dimitra Tzourmakliotou

Potentials and Barriers of Establishing a Carbon Labelling System for the 395

Construction IndustryS. Thomas Ng, James M. W. Wong and Kate Y. Chen

Sustainable Buildings in Brazil: Guidelines for Architectural Projects 401

A. J. O. Sa and A. G. Gumieri

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ISSUES

Dynamic Model of Organizational Learning: De-escalation of Learning 409

Behaviour

P. T. Chow, P. S. P. Wong and S. O. Cheung

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Bridging the Gap: Improving the Professional Development of Post 415

Graduate Engineers through the Educational SystemL. A. Ellis, A. K. Petersen and S. Nicholls

Project Participants' Roles in Achieving Facility Success 421

Manatn Nasser, M. Asem Abdul-Malak and Issam M. Srour

EFFECT OF CULTURE ON PERFORMANCE

Development of Construction Organizational Culture Framework 429

S. 0. Cheung, H. Y. Pang and H. Y. Chan

Profiles of Organisational Culture in Indonesian Construction Companies 435

Vaughan Coffey, Debby Willar and Bambang Trigunarsyah

Management of Organizational Capabilities in Technology Development: 441

International Survey on Fire Prevention TechnologiesHande Unlii and Tomonari Yashiro

An E-Hub Architecture for the Construction Industry 447

Nikos Zamparas and Athanasios P. Chassiakos

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION

Using Auto-ID Systems for Life Cycle Data Management of Personal

Protective Equipment to Improve Occupational Health and SafetyManfred Helmus, Agnes Kelm, M. Javad Khazaee and Lars Laussat

An Investigation into the Effectiveness of the Construction Health and

Safety Regulations in the United Kingdom: Designers Role

Ayman Y. Nassifand Richard N. Ward

4D Modeling and Construction Health and Safety PlanningA. L. C. Ciribini, A. Gottfried, M. L. Irani and L. Bergamini

Is there a Correlation between Contractor's Health and SafetyPerformance and their Profit Margin?Shamil Naoum, Brian Hemmings and Daniel Pong

ENHANCING HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK

Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Industry: A Review 479of Work Practices

Helen Bethell and Vanissorn Vimonsatit

A Research Framework for Assessing the Effects of Heat Stress on 485

Construction Workers

A. P. C. Chan, F. K. W. Wong, M. C. H. Yam, D. M. W. Chan, E, C. M. Mok,G. Y. K. Shea, Y. Guan, J. W. Y. Chung, H. Biggs and D. Dingsdag

Synthesis of Viable Negotiated Alternatives for Contractors' Workers' 491

CompensationR. Edward Minchin Jr., John W. Mogge and Stuart A. Christmas

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Improved Crew Productivity, Communication, Safety and Quality via 497

"Virtual Supervision"Lahiru P Silva and Janaka Y. Ruwanpura

TOWARDS INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES IN CONSTRUCTION

A Theoretical Framework for Prediction of the Impact of Design Changes 505

on Engineering Effectiveness in Construction ProjectsMahsa Taghi Zadeh and Janaka Y. Ruwanpura

Industrialization of the Swiss Construction Market: A Cooperative 511

ApproachThomas Rinas and Gerhard Girmscheid

Factors Affecting the Integration of Small and Medium Size Construction 517

Firms to Globalization

Suat Gunhan

Antecedents of Trust in Supervisor-Subordinate Dyad in the Construction 523

IndustryS. O. Cheung, P. T. Chow and C. S. Or

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURES

Structural Design and Optimization of the Beijing National 531

Aquatic Center

M. A. Arkinstall and T. G. A. Carfrae

Deploying Interoperable BIM and Online Interactive 3D in 537

Integrated DesignK. E. Hedges and D. R. Beach

Design Oriented Generation of Complex Structures 543

Clemens Preisinger, Arne Hofmann and Klaus Bollinger

Plastic Materials in Facade Applications: New Chances for Combination 549

of Design and Construction in Temporary Architecture

Thomas Ries

Structural Transparency: New Materials for New Applications 555

Christian Eckhardt and Jochen Stahl

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Flexural Punching Shear Capacities of Steel Strengthened Slabs 563

Usama Ebead and Huda Saeed

Testing FRP Confined Columns under Eccentric Loading 569

Muhammad N. S, Hadi and Veysel Yazici

An Analytical Study of Steel Flat Double Layer Grid Spatial Structures 575

Mehdi Setareh and Li Ma

Form Finding of the SCST Structures by Means of Cable Tensioning 581

Jeung-Hwan Doh, Jin-Woo Kim and Moon-Ho Park

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STRUCTURAL AND COASTAL ENGINEERING

Engineered Reefs for Shoreline and Harbor Protection 589

Michael J. H. Foley and Amarjit Singh

Investigating the Effect of Pounding and Impact on Base Isolated Adjacent 595

Buildings Due to EarthquakesMuhammad N. S. Hadi and Mehmet E. Uz

Bonded/Mechanically Fastened FRP for RC Beam Strengthening 601

Usama Ebead, Aman Mwafy and Huda Saeed

Structural Behavior of Double-Layer Braced Barrel Vaults 607

Mehdi Setareh and Li Ma

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (1)

Identification of Engineering Bedrock Using H/V Spectral 615

Ratio of Microtremors

Terumasa Okamoto and Osamu Tsujihara

Bearing Pressure for Cohesion-Less Sand or Rock 621

Ramon V. Jarquio

Behavior of Reinforced Lifelines Using Shallow Soil Improvement 627

He Huang, Haruyuki Yamamoto and Lingyu Meng

Integrated RFID and Sensor Technologies for Effective Landslide 633

Monitoring and Early WarningS. Hosseyni, E. N. Bromhead, ]. Majrouhi Sardroud, M. Limbachiya andM. Riazi

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (2)

Slope-Rockfall Tests on Wall Embankments Reinforced with Geosynthetics 641

K. Maegawa, T. Tajitna, T. Yokota and M. Tohda

An Overview of Geology Incidents of Cavity, Fractures and Sinkholes in 647

the Karst Terrain Using Geophysical MethodsZeinab Bakhshipour, Majid Mirzaie, Vahed Ghiasi and Hossein Moayedi

Geotechnical Considerations on the Design of Piled Rafts on Rock 653

Hisham T. Eid

The Effect of Sodium Silicate on Cement-Sodium Silicate System Grout 659Sina Kazemian, Bujang B. K. Hunt, Thamer A. Mohammed and

Maassoumeh Barghchi

VIBRATION AND SOIL DYNAMICS

Cyclic Shear Tests on Damping Properties of Soil-Bag Assemblies 667

Haruyuki Yamamoto and Shaohong Jin

Study on Estimation of Direction Error of KIK-Net Surface Seismograph 673

Osamu Tsujihara

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Decoupling Lateral Spread Response from Structural Inertial Loading: 679

A Design Case StudyThomas McCormack and Rick Thrall

Earthquake-Resistant Design of Earth Retaining Structures: An Overview 683

Ram Prasad Sharma

Experimental Research of the Pile-Cap Deepening at the Vibration of a 689

Pile Foundation

A. 0. Kolesnikov and V. N. Popov

CONCRETE STRUCTURES (1)

Development of Tolerance Limits for Imperfections in Construction of 697

Reinforced Concrete BuildingsQaiser Uz Zaman Khan, Qaisar Abbas and Fiaz Tahir

Bond Studies of Hooked Bars Confined with Steel Fibers in Normal 703

Strength ConcreteBilal S. Hamad and Elias Y. Abou Haidar

Comparison Study for the Structural Behaviour of Concrete Office and 709

Residential Btiildings in Kuwait

Torek A. Aivida

Tension Softening Effects on the Buckling Behavior of Slender Concrete 715

Wall Panels

Gary P. Robinson, Alessandro Palmeri and Simon A. Austin

Model Test on a Kind of Assembly Steel Frame with Mortise and Tenon 721

Shujin Duan, Wanqiu Suo, Yan Yu and Chunyan Ma

CONCRETE STRUCTURES (2)

An Optimized Nonlinear Finite Element Design for Reinforced Concrete 729

Deep Beams

S. M. Shahidul Islam and Amur Khennane

A New Elastic-Wave-Based NDT System for Imaging Defects Inside 735

Concrete Structures

Jian-Hua Tong

Structural Behavior of FRP-Reinforced Concrete Beams 741

Y. X. Zhang and Xiaoshan Lin

Behavior and Strength of Lightweight Sandwich Reinforced Concrete 747

Beams

Vanissorn Vimonsatit, Ade Wahyuni and Hamid Nikraz

Bond Studies of Hooked Bars Confined with Steel Fibers in High Strength 753

Concrete

Bilal S. Hamad and Elias Y. Abou Haidar

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STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

Retrofit of Structures to Prevent Progressive Collapse 761

Fiona Lee, Chanh-Trung Huynh and ]inkoo Kim

Structural Systems for Tilted Towers 767

Kyoung Sun Moon

Structural Damage Detection Using Substructure Identification: 771

Experimental Verification StudyC. G. Koh and Thanh N. Trinh

Structural Systems for Twisted Towers 777

Kyoung Sun Moon

Impact of Building Plan Geometry on the Wind Response of Concrete Tall 781

BuildingsTarek A. Awida

BUILDING STRUCTURES

Prediction of Time-Dependent Structural Behavior with Recurrent Neural 789

Networks

Wolfgang Graf, Steffen Freitag, Jan-Uwe Sickert and Michael Kaliske

Semi-Active Vibration Control of the Wind-Excited Tall Building Using 795

Fuzzy Supervisory Control PolicyHyun-Su Kim

A Study on Floor Micro-Vibration in High Technology Factories 801

Lee Chien-Liang, Su Kai-Leung and Wang Yen-Po

Hygric and Thermal Properties of Materials Involved in the Envelopes of 807

Contemporary BuildingsVaclav Ko£i, MiloS Jerman and Robert Cerny

Determination of Vapour Permeability and Water Sorption in the 813

Double-Layer Coating-Base System on Building Walls

Ruta Miniotaite

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Numerical Modelling of FRP-Reinforced Concrete Beams at Elevated 821

TemperaturesXiaoshan Lin and Y. X. Zhang

The Effect of Transverse Steel and FRP Jacket Confinement on Mechanical 827

Properties of Concrete Cylinders: An Experimental StudyA. R. Khaloo, YousefJavid and Hon Khosravi

Strengthening Steel Structures Using Composites: A New Approach for 833

Inhibiring Local BucklingA. M. Okeil, Y. Bingol, M. R. Ferdous, G. Broussard and M. Chorkey

Nonlinear Numerical Modeling of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Slabs 839

Y. X. Zhang and Xiaodan Feng

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STEEL STRUCTURES (1)

Behavior of Reduced Link Sections in Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFS) 847

Mohammadali Faridalam

On the Elastic Local Buckling of the Webs of Steel Cellular Columns 853

Khaled M. El-Sawy and Amr M. I. Sweedan

New Design Formulas of H-Shaped Steel Beam-Columns Subjected to 859

Axial Compressive Force and Bending MomentM. Kobayashi, K. Tsuda, M. Kido and A. Kawano

Optimized Non-Linear Solution for Bending Wide Flange Steel Beams 865

about their Strong Axis

Antoine N. Gergess and Rajan Sen

STEEL STRUCTURES (2)

Assessment of the Moment Carrying Capacity of Girders with Web 873

OpeningsAmr M. I. Sweedan

Interval Long-Term Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Arches 879

Yong-Lin Pi, Mark Andrew Bradford and Weilian Qu

Study on the Crack Width of Double Steel and Concrete Composite 885

Continuous Beam

Shujin Duan, Yan Zhang, Gang Zheng and Kunming Niw

Detection of Through-Thickness Cracks in Steel Components by Means of 891

Ultrasound Stimulated ThermographyRobin Plum and Thomas Ummenhofer

MASONRY AND CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Frame-Elements Constitutive Law for Nonlinear Static and Dynamic 899

Analyses of Masonry BuildingsN. Ahmad, H. Crowley, R. Pinho and Q. AH

Study on the Ultimate Strength of High Strength R/C Beam Subjected to 905

Axial Tensile Force and Shear

Takahiro Tamura and Hiroki Ogawa

Nonlinear Modeling of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Masonry Wall 911

Strengthened Using Ferrocement Sandwich Structure

M. Abdel'Mooty, M. El-Kashef, E. Fahmy, M. Abou-Zeid and

M. Haroun

Shear Behavior of Lightweight Sandwich Reinforced Concrete Slabs 917

Vanissorn Vimonsatit, Ade S. Wahyuni and Hamid Nikraz

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Yield Capacity Curve of a Steel Channel Section 925

Ramon V. Jarauio

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Study on Relationship between Superposed Strength and Yield Strength 931

of the Square CFT Columns

Q. S. Liu, M. Kido and K. Tsuda

Alternate Method of Shear Lug Analysis 937

P. K. Khan

Improvement of Ductility of H-Shaped Member Covered with 943

Steel Tube

Yasunori Yamashita and Katashi Fujii

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Study on Loading Behaviors of Assembled PC Box Girder Bridge Affected 951

by Pavement Thickness

S. B. Zhao, R. He and W. He

Progressive Collapse-Resisting Capacity of RC Frames with Prestressing 957

Tendons

Joonho Lee, Wooseung Shin and jinkoo Kim

Short and Long-Term Performance of Partially Pre-Stressed Concrete Slabs 963

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Tensile-Anchorage Bearing Modes Design of Annular High-Performance 969

Prestressed Concrete Structures

S. B. Zhao, X. K. Li and J. H. Chen

SEISMIC DESIGN AND VIBRATION

Evaluation of the Seismic Design Factors of RC Multi-Story Buildings 977

Aman M. Mwafy and Usama Ebead

Application of Timed Liquid Damper for Controlling Structural Vibration 983

Due to Earthquake Excitations

Bharadwaj Nanda and Kishore Chandra Biswal

Finding Optimal Locations of Dampers in Active Controlled Structures 989

Subjected to EarthquakesY. Ribakov and G. Agranovich

Influence of Different Seismic Retrofit Methods on Fragility Curves of an 995

Existing RC Frame

A. R. Khaloo and M. Tonekaboni Pour

Analysis on the Seismic Performance of the Bridge for the Jin-Bin Mass 1001

Transit after Pier-UnderpinningBu Jian-Qing and Sun Ning

SEISMIC PERFORMANCE AND RESPONSE

Seismic Performance of RC Structure Retrofitted by RC Walls 1009

Tomiya Takatani

Efficiency of Seismic Damping Devices for Braced Structures 1015

Mario Uros, Maria Savor and Josip Atalic

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Methodology for the Verification of Seismic Design Factors of Shear Wall 1021

BuildingsAman M. Mwafy

Effect of Collision on Seismic Response of Bridge 1027

Eiki Yamaguchi and Keita Yamada

Displacement-Based Earthquake Loss Assessment of Adobe Buildings of 1033

Pakistan

N. Ahmad, H. Crowley, R. Pinho and Q. AM

SHELL STRUCTURES

Shape Optimization of Geometrically Nonlinear Shell Structures 1041

M. Kegl, B. Brank, B. Harl and D. Dinevski

Dynamic Response Characteristics of Steel Tanks Under Wind 1047

Gust LoadingS. Borgersen and S. Yazdani

Numerical Evaluation of the Effects of Hoop Edge Beams Attached to the 1053

Cylindrical R/C Shell

Takashi Hara

Local Stability Analysis of Thin-Shell Structures by Semi-Analytic Finite 1059

Strip Method

Xinli Bat, Wenliang Ma and Zeyu Wu

TUNNELS, AQUEDUCTS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES

Geotechnical Investigation of Metro Tunnel Seismic Consideration: 1067

A Case StudyVahed Ghiasi, Husaini Omar, Bugang K. Huat, Samad Ghiasi,Sina Kazemian, Zeinab Bakhshipour, Seyed Ghavamoddin Hoseini and

Moharam Baharvand

Design Analysis of Superposed Aqueduct with Longitudinal PPCBS and 1073

Segregated Cast-in-Situ RCF

S. B. Zhao, S. W. Pei and X. J. Liang

Effects of Surface Geometry on Water Permeation through Cracked 1079

Concrete

Shinichiro Okazaki, Isao Ujike and Hiroki Fujiwara

Flexural Response of Damaged Steel Beams Strengthened with CFRP 1085

Sheets

Amer Hmidan, Yail J. Kim and Siamak Yazdani

ENVIRONMENTAL AND THERMAL CONDITIONS IN BUILDINGS

Improving Design and Operation of a Buddhist Temple 1093

T. Siriaksorn, T. Tangpraprutgul and Enno "Ed" Koehn

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Modelling the Sustainable Performance of Building Envelope for 1099

Sustainable Energy Efficient DesignJoseph Iwaro and Abraham Mwasha

Indoor Nitrogen Oxides Occurrence, Modeling and Prediction 1105

Silvia Vilcekova and Ingrid Senitkova

Effect of Environmental Conditions on Service Life of Thermal Insulation 1111

SystemsJan Kofi, Jifi MadSra, Xinying Lu and Robert Cerny

SUSTAINABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE HOUSING

Green Houses from Materials on Vegetable Base

Ingrid Senitkova and Monika Cidakova

Precast Stone-Blocks as Low Cost Load-Bearing Walls

Sijed Faiz Ahmad

Carbon Neutral Soil-Cement Fly Ash Blocks for Sustainable and Cost

Effective HousingS. Narsing Rao and Ravande Kishore

Ferro Cement Twin-Cantilever Shell Tiles as Low Cost Roof

Syed Faiz Ahmad

BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE MATERIALS

New Method in Characterizing Tensile Softening Procedure in Concrete 1145

Homed Khezrzadeh and Massood Mofid

Two-Layer Beams from Normal and Fibered High Strength Concrete 1151

I. Iskhakov and Y. Ribakov

Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns Made with 1155

Ultra-High-Strength Fiber-Reinforced Self-Compacted Concrete

(UHS-FR-SCC)Amr S. El-Dieb and Ehab M. El-Said

Influence of Glass Fiber Wrapping on Strength Properties of Concrete 1161

Ravande Kishore, V. Bhikshma and P. V.S.S.V. P. Raju

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

The Influence of Lime Water as Mixing Water on the Compressive 1169

Strength Development of High Volume Ultra Fine Fly Ash Mortar

Mochamad Solikin, Sujeeva Setunge and Indubhushan Patnaikuni

Influence of Sorption Moistening in Research of Moisture Deformations of 1175

Building Materials

Ruta Miniotaite

Asbestos is Our Responsibility in Design and Construction 1181

Jorge A. Prases

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Selected Mechanical Properties of Mortar Used for Masonry Incorporating 1187

Artificial Pozzolana

Mark Bediako, A. A. Adjaottor and S. K. Y. Gawu

Development of Shrinkage Resistant Cement-Based Materials Using 1193

Fibers

Pedram Hamedanimojarrad, Georgius Adam, Abhi S. Ray, Kirk Vessalas and

Paul S. Thomas

ASPHALT CONCRETE

Effect of Oil Shale Ash on Dynamic Creep of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures 1201

Taisir S. Khedaywi and Arabi N. Al-Qadi

Evaluation of Construction Limestone Aggregate Sourced in the Northern 1207

Part of Jordan Using Superpave Tests

Ghazi Al-Khateeb, Turki Obaidat and Taisir Khedaywi

Mechanical Characteristics of Asphalt Concrete with Steel Slag 1213

AggregatesWei Li, Liye Wang, Yan Liang and Haruyuki Yamamoto

Study on Evaluating Method of Viscoelastic Properties of Cold Asphalt 1219

Mixes

Masa-Aki Okamoto, Isao Ujike and Shin-Ichiro Okazaki

The Effects of Varying Aggregate Gradation on Voids in Mineral 1225

Aggregates in Hot Mix Asphalt Paving MixturesM. A. Kamal, Tahir Jamil and D, A. B. Hughes

PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS

An Example of the Evaluation of the Total Benefit of Road Preservation 1233

Intervention StrategiesZanyar Mirzaei, Bryan T. Adey and Konstantinos Tsafatinos

Process-Oriented and Effect-Oriented Management of Operational Street 1239

Maintenance

L. Koller and Gerhard Girmscheid

Automated Detection of Potholes in Visual Data 1245

Christian Koch and Ioannis Brilakis

Pop-Out Mechanism of Concrete Pavement with Embedded Heating 1251

PipesIsamu Yoshitake, Yoshinao Okabe, Narifumi Yasumura and Yoshito Horino

Pavement Rutting Prediction Model Based on the Long Term Pavement 1257

Performance Data

Asmaiel Kodan Naiel and Mumtaz A. Usmen

ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE

Experimental Study on High Strength High Volume Fly Ash Concrete 1265

V. Bhikshma, Ravande Kishore and B. V. N. D. Prasanna Kumari

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Effect of Silica Fume on Engineering Properties of Fiber Reinforced

Concrete

Ashish Kumar Dash, Mahabir Panda and Kishore Chandra Biswal

Corrosion Performance of Concrete Containing Rice Husk-Bark Ash

under 5-Year Exposure in Marine Site

W. Chalee, P. Suwanmaneechot and C. Jaturapitakkul

Experimental Investigations on Strength Characteristics of Pond Ash

Concrete

V. Bhikshma, Ravande Kishore and D. Champla Naik

INNOVATIVE CONCRETE MATERIALS AND METHODS

Comparative Study on the Rheological and Durability Characteristics of

Conventional and Glass-Enriched Self Compacting Concrete

M. Blankson, S. Erdem, A. R. Dawson and N. H. Thorn

Investigation of ASR in Mass Concrete Structures: A Case StudySuvimol Sujjavanich, Prasert Suwanvitaya and David Rothstein

Using Electrically Conductive Concrete (ECC) for GroundingApplicationsAmr S. El-Dieb, M, A. El-Gharib, M. A. H. Abdel-Rahman and E. A. Nasr

Use of Sensors for Condition Monitoring of Refurbished

Chloride-Induced RCC Structure

Ramesh R. Reddy and M. Raja Shaker

Environmental Savings from the Use of Vegetable Fibres as Concrete

Reinforcement

E, B. B. Zea Escatnilla and H. Wallbaum

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