2019 CSCE Annual Conference - Laval (Greater Montreal) Conference
Advanced composite materials
Evaluating the Potential advantages of Basalt FRP when compared with Carbon FRP and conventional steel.
Yomna Hagras, Ramy Khalaf, Farid Mohamed, Ahmed Shehata, Amira Tobaa, Mariam Zaki, Reem Abou Ali, Mayer Farag, Athnasious Ghaly, Magdi Madi, Ezzeldin Yazeed Sayed-Ahmed, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
Field Application of FRP Structural Strengthening Subjected to Excessive Heat and Fire
Bahira Abdulsalam, Ibrahim Mahfouz
FRP Materials for Rehabilitation of Buried Pipes
Anita Shiny Kanagaraj , Pedram Sadeghian
Interfacial Bond Strength between the Circular FRP Tube and Its Concrete Core
Ahmed Ali, Radhouane Masmoudi
Severe Corrosion Behavior of Two-way Slabs under Different Accelerated Corrosion Techniques
Mahmoud Said, Amgad Hussein, Nick Gillis
AI and Automation
A machine-learning solution for quantifying the impact of climate change on roads
S. Madeh Piryonesi, Tamer El-Diraby
Concrete Surface Defect Detection Using Deep Neural Network Based on LiDAR Scanning
Majid Nasrollahi, Neshat Bolourian, Amin Hammad
INVESTIGATING THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF DESIGN BIM FOR FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Devarsh Bhonde, Puyan A. Zadeh, Sheryl Staub-French
Potential of Bayesian Networks for Forecasting the Ripple Effect of Progress Events
Kareem Mostafa, Tarek Hegazy
The role and value of integrating AI, drones and associate technologies in construction projects
Azzeddine Oudjehane, Tareq Baker, Shahab Moeini
Visualization of Local Municipal Satisfaction by Twitter Data Analysis
Farzaneh Zarei, Amin Hammad, Mazdak Nik-Bakht
BIM
A CASE STUDY OF CLIENT DRIVEN EARLY BIM COLLABORATION
Muhammad Tariq Shafiq
Application of Laser Scanning Technology in Energy Analysis and Structural health monitoring of Heritage Buildings
Mohamed Marzouk, Mahmoud Metawie, Maryam Sharkawy, Asmaa Eid, Soheir Hawas
ArcSPAT: An integrated BIM-GIS model for site layout planning
Ahmad Alsaggaf, Ahmad Jrade
Big Visual Data Analysis for Building Information Modeling
Cheng Zhang, Fangyu Guo, Lei Fan, Yousif Ali
BIM for Temporary Structures: Development of BIM API Plug-ins for Concrete Formwork
Ziyu Jin, John Gambatese
BIM-based code compliance checking for fire safety in timber buildings: A comparison of existing tools
Kristina Kincelova, Conrad Boton, Pierre Blanchet, Christian Dagenais
The BIM impacts on stakeholder management in airport construction projects
Tais Scherer, Forgues Daniel
Workplace Experiences for Women and Men using BIM/VDC in Construction
Girija Inguva , Caroline Clevenger, Mehmet Ozbek, Moatassem Abdallah
BIM and AI
APPLICATIONS OF BIM AND UAV TO CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
Yuting Chen, Jiansong Zhang, Byung-Cheol Min
Framework for Cost Estimation Using BIM Object Parameters
Michael Clark, Hani Alzraiee
The Adoption of Building Information Modelling in Canada
Li Hao Zhang, Yuan Cao, Arash Shahi, Brenda McCabe
Utilization and Implementation of E-Ticketing to Electronically Track the Delivery of Construction Materials
Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Sharareh Kermanshachi
Building Engineering
APPLICATION ET EFFICACITÉ DU PLAN DE GESTION BIM (PGB) POUR LA CONSTRUCTION D'UN CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE GRANDE ENVERGURE AU QUÉBEC
Marc-Yvan Quenneville, Conrad Boton, Forgues Daniel
Criticality Assessment of Hospital Building Systems
Reem Ahmed, Tarek Zayed
Elemental Graph Date Model (EGDM) Significance: Constructability Information Extraction
Yasmeen Essawy, Khaled Nassar
The Implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) Towards Sustainable Construction Industry
Amira E. Mohamed, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
Case Studies in natural hazards risk assessment of civil engineering systems
Assessment of Resilience of Water Distribution Network against Seismic Hazards for Maintenance Planning
Sudipta Adhikary, Fuzhan Nasiri, Ashutosh Bagchi
Scénarios de risque sismique d'un réseau municipal de ponts pour l’évaluation des impacts économiques
Hamza Fezai, Nollet Marie-José, Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz
The use of HazCan to assess the earthquake risk of residential buildings in Montreal, Canada
Philippe Rosset, Morley Kert, Youance Suze, Nollet Marie-José, Luc Chouinard
WIND LOADS ON CANOPIES ATTACHED TO WALLS OF LOW BUILDINGS
Faruk Ahmed Sakib, Zannatul Mawa Dalia, Ted Stathopoulos, Anjan Bhowmick, Hatem Alrawashdeh
Case Studies in natural hazards risk assessment of civil engineering systems
A Web application for rapid seismic risk assessment
Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz, Alex Smirnoff, Miroslav Nastev, Nollet Marie-José, Heather McGrath, Nicholas Gibb
ER2- Flood: A Web Application for Rapid Flood Risk Assessment.
Heather McGrath, Nicholas Gibb, Alex Smirnoff, Jean-François Bourgon, Jean-Samuel Proulx-Bourque, Miroslav Nastev, Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz
Case Studies in natural hazards risk assessment of civil engineering systems
A proposed assessment scheme for smart sustainable Urban Development
Ilham Elfiky, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid, Alan Plattus
Assessment of Hurricane Maria in the United States using CoBRA Model
Sai Akhila Boddi Reddy, Ingrid Arocho
EVALUATING NATURAL HAZARD-INDUCED ELECTRICITY SECTOR INOPERABILITY LEVERAGING DATA-DRIVEN STATISTICAL LEARNING APPROACH
Soojin Yoon, Sayanti Mukherjee, Makarand Hastak
Strategic assessment of current and future exposure of wildland human interface and communities to wildfire in Canada
Yan Boulanger, Sylvie Gauthier, Sandy Erni, Amy Christianson, Solange Nadeau, Brian Eddy, Lynn Johnston
Case Studies in natural hazards risk assessment of civil engineering systems
Impact of Flooding on Concrete Pavement Performance
Oluremi Oyediji, Susan Tighe
Wave Run-Up Contributions to Coastal Flood Hazards in New Brunswick
Enda Murphy, Jasmin Boisvert, Reid McLean, Vahid Pilechi, Julien Cousineau, Laxmi Sushama, Zijian Liang, Andrew Cornett
Cement and Concrete
Reinforced Concrete Pipe Design with Single Elliptical Steel Cage Reinforcement
Abdullah Ramadan, Moncef Nehdi, Sammy Wong, Abdul-Aziz Younis
REVIEW OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND DURABILITY OF ALKALI ACTIVATED SYSTEMS
Ahmed Abubakr, Ahmed Soliman
Utilizing Industrial Wastewater in Production of Concrete : Experimental & Feasibility Study
Reem Ahmed, Mohamed Afifi
Climate Change
A Decision-Support Tool for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Design and Management of Urban Water Systems
Truong-Huy Nguyen, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen
A Fuzzy clustering approach to diagnosis of change in natural streamflow regime
Masoud Zaerpour, Shadi Hatami, Javad Sadri, Ali Nazemi
Evaluation of variability of precipitation and temperature extremes over Montreal region for present and future climates
Hoang Lam Nguyen, Truong-Huy Nguyen, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen
Evolving trends of rain over precipitation in Canadian cold season during the late 20th century
Shadi Hatami, Ali Nazemi, Amirali Amir Jabbari
Incorporating Climate Change Considerations into Flood Mapping and Infrastructure Design in Newfoundland and Labrador
Joseph Daraio, Amir Ali Khan, Joel Finnis`
Stochastic Modeling of Daily Rainfall Process in the Context of Climate Change
Sarah El Outayek, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen
Computational mechanics / Elasticity
DEAD LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN SKEW CONCRETE SLAB-ON-PRECAST CONCRETE I-GIRDER BRIDGES
Atefeh Iranmanesh, Khaled Sennah
Flexural behavior of fiber reinforced lightweight self-consolidating concrete beams
Ali Ehsani Yeganeh, ali rashidian, Khandaker Hossain
Lateral–torsional Buckling in Welded Girders: Prediction and Measurement of Residual Stresses
Daniel Unsworth, Robert Driver, Leijun Li
Concrete durability
Residual flexural strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams
Luaay Hussein, Lamya Amleh, Hesham Othman
Self-healing concrete: A review of recent research developments and existing research gaps
Sina Mahmoodi, Pedram Sadeghian
SIGNIFICANCE OF SERVICE LIFE BASED CONCRETE MIX DESIGN IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Tanvir Manzur, Md. Jihan Hasan, Bayezid Baten, Tafannum Torsha, Md. Fahim Azraf Khan, Khandaker Hossain
Study of Precast Concrete Crazing Due to Moist Curing
Lui Sammy Wong, James Cameron, Moncef Nehdi
Construction education and Global construction issues
A Statistical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Using 3D Models in Teaching Quantity Surveying Techniques
Namhun Lee, Seong-Jin Kim, Krishna Kisi
Construction industry Professionals' Perspective Towards Communication Technology and Education
Krishna Kisi, Namhun Lee, Kishor Shrestha, Santosh Bhandari
Construction Software Technology Education at California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
Jason Hailer, Andrew Kline, John Cribbs
Low-cost Smart Productivity Tracking Model For Earthmoving Operations
Ashraf Salem, Osama Moselhi
Policy and Performance Evaluation of Cladding Systems with Large Window Areas in Tall Residential Buildings
Patrick Marquis, Arash Shahi, Brenda McCabe, Paul De Berardis, Michael de Lint
Revenir aux fondements du Lean dans l'usage du PDVSM en construction
Jean-François Côté, Sylvie Doré, Forgues Daniel
Construction methods
Comparison among Project Delivery Methods for Scattered Rehabilitation Projects
Ehab Kamarah, Mohamed Attalla, Tarek Hegazy
COMPETITIVE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (ANSYS) FOR THE USE OF ICE & FROZEN SILT AS A SUPPORTING STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL CRAWLER CRANE MAT MATERIAL (S355, G40.21 & COASTAL DOUGLAS-FIR)
Ghulam Muhammad Ali, Mohamed Al-Hussein, Ahmed Bouferguene, Joe Kosa
Crack Analysis of Electrically Conductive Heated Pavement Systems through Finite Element Modeling
Sajed Sadati, Adel Rezaei-Tarahomi, Kristen Cetin, Halil Ceylan, Sunghwan Kim
Developing a Constructability Implementation Framework for Transportation Projects
Adi Al-Smadi, Dan Tran
Implementation of Bridge Bundling Delivery Method: the view from the field
Mamdouh Mohamed, Dan Tran
When fast track construction leads to affordable high end housing.
Serge Parent, John Clark
Contaminated Sites I
Discovery of the New Oil-Degrading Bacteria with Biosurfactant Production Ability from Oily Tailings Ponds Waste, Oil-Polluted Soil, and Light and Heavy Crude Oils for Remediation of Crude Oil in Water
Nayereh Saborimanesh, Mohammad Rahimi, Catherine Mulligan
POTENTIAL HYBRIDIZATION OF BIOREMEDIATION AND DESALINATION: A PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR SALT-TOLERANT BACTERIA
Wonjae Chang, Aslan Hwanhwi Lee, Jihun Kim
Contaminated Sites II
Assessment of Groundwater below a Contaminated Soil Landfill Including Modeling of Vadose Zone
Mahad Baawain, Ahmed Sana, Yahia Mohamedzein
Mitigation of underwater sound levels with bubble curtains during resurfacing operations of the piers at the port of Gros-Cacouna
Djibril Sy, Vincent Le Borgne, Énias Antoine, Shayn Levoy, Mario Paris
OCCURRENCE OF IBUPROFEN AND 2-HYDROXY IBUPROFEN IN SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER
Pourya Zojaji, Hassan Alhachami, Esmaeel Kariminezhad, Shameem Jauffur, Zeinab Bakhshi, Marc-Antoine Vaudreuil, Sebastien Sauve, Maria Elektorowicz
Resuspension and settling of contaminated bottom sediments for application of removing contaminants from the lake bottom
Golnoosh Karimipourfard, Catherine Mulligan, S. Samuel Li
Contracting and legal issues
A Comparative Analysis of Perceived and Revealed Levels of Competition in The Construction Industry and Its Implications for Technological Change
Sergiy Polyachenko, Jeff Rankin, Dhirendra Shukla, Yuri Yevdokimov
CONTRACTUAL GUIDELINES FOR CONTRACTORS WORKING UNDER PROJECTS FUNDED BY SOUTHEASTERN US DOTS
Amr Elsayegh, Amr Elsayegh, Ibrahim Abotaleb, Christopher Smith, Mustafa Bootwala, Seifeldin Eteifa
Effective Tools for Projects Delivered by Progressive Design-Build Method
Simon Adamtey, Lameck Onsarigo
How and why use a Code of Standard Practice for Structural Steel
HELLEN CHRISTODOULOU
Investigation of Conflict’ Impacts On Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Schedule Performance
Sharareh Kermanshachi, Elnaz Safapour, Thahomina Jahan Nipa, Shirin Kamalirad
Simulation-based Framework for Construction Delay Analysis
Muaz Fagiar, Yasser Mohamed, Simaan AbouRizk
Corrosion/ Potential of structures
Optimizing the Performance of Galvanized Reinforcement for Corrosion Protection
Shannon Pole, Martin Gagné, Frank Goodwin, Gary Dallin
Potential Incorporation of Saline Water into Portland Cement Concrete
Dalia Ibrahim, Mariam Abdel Wahed, Mahmoud Abo Khazana, Mostafa Farouk, Mohamed Aly, Athnasious Ghaly, Reem Abou Ali, Magdi Madi, Mayer Farag, Moustafa El Assaly, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
Decision-support systems (1)
A decision support tool for management of small residential renting buildings: A case study
Adel Francis, Virginie Mathieu
A Fund-Allocation Optimization Framework for Prioritizing Historic Structures’ Conservation Projects - An Application to Historic Cairo
Dina Saad, Ahmed Elyamani, Maha Hassan, Sherif Mourad
Bid/No Bid decision using fuzzy risk assessment
Emad Elbeltagi, Ahmed Elhakeem, Sameh Abu Elsoud, Mohamed Megreya
EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF DECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FOR A FACILITY: A CASE STUDY
Akash Pushkar, Yujie Wei, Burcu Akinci
Introducing the concept of Foundational Attributes of construction projects
Fan Zhang, John Gambatese
THE USE OF RELIABILITY ANALYSIS IN THE BID DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
Farzad Ghodoosi , M. Reza Hosseini, Ashutosh Bagchi
Would Québec Reach the Electric Vehicle Adoption Target? - A Game Theory Approach
Rafaela Panizza, Mazdak Nik-Bakht
Decision-support systems (2)
AHP based approach for crane selection of building construction in Saudi Arabia: A case study
Adel Alshibani, Hashim El-Assir, Mustafa Alnajjar, Hamza Hamida
Decision-support systems (3)
A Machine Learning-Based Approach for Building Code Requirement Hierarchy Extraction
Ruichuan Zhang, Nora El-Gohary
Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in Front-End Planning
NEBIYU Kedir, Maedeh Taghaddos, Mohammad Raoufi, Aminah Robinson Fayek
Artificial Neural Network Deterioration Assessment Model for Bridges in Missouri
Gasser Ali, Amr Elsayegh, Rayan Assaad, Amr Elsayegh, Ibrahim Abotaleb
Assessment of Project Risks in Fast-Track Construction Projects: An Evaluation of Risk Mitigation Responses
Claudia Garrido Martins, Susan M. Bogus, Vanessa Valentin
City-Scale Energy Modeling to Assess Impacts of Extreme Heat on Electricity Consumption and Production using WRF-UCM modeling with Bias Correction
Elham Jahani, Soham Vanage, David Jahn, Kristen Cetin, William Gallus, Phong Nguyen, Youngchan Jang, Eunshin Byon, Lance Manuel
Construction Stakeholders’ Perception toward the Success Factors of Construction Projects
Ahmed Al-bayati, Mostafa Namian, Kasim Alomari
Disaster management
A Systematic Approach to Analysis and Prioritization of Socioeconomic Policies and Legal Barriers to Rapid Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Sharareh Kermanshachi
Comparative Analysis of Strengths and Limitations of Infrastructure Resilience Measurement Methods
Thahomina Jahan Nipa, Sharareh Kermanshachi
Resilient micropolitan areas in the face of economic shocks: An institutional perspective
Cristina Poleacovschi, Monica Haddad, David Peters
Robust Reserve Capacity Planning for Post-Disaster Health-care Facilities through Intelligent Planning Units (IPUs)
Juyeong Choi, Fehintola Sanusi, Makarand Hastak
The Effect of Social Capital on Post-Disaster Informal Reconstruction in Puerto Rico
Jessica Talbot, Cristina Poleacovschi, Sara Hamideh
Durability of Structures
Effect of superabsorbent polymer on mitigating damages at steel bar-concrete interface
Seyed Sina Mousavi Ojarestaghi, Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, Lotfi Guizani
Measuring the Crack Width Change due to Self-healing on Concrete Surface Incorporating Different Minerals
Ahmed Suleiman, Moncef Nehdi
Numerical model of the chloride transport by capillarity effects in cement materials
Thomas Sanchez, David Conciatori , Francine Laferrière
Relationships between free and water-soluble chloride concentrations in concrete
Mehdi Shafikhani, Samir Chidiac
Self-healing concrete: a critical review
Shannon Guo, Samir Chidiac
State-of-the-Art on the Combined Effects of Freeze/Thaw Exposure and Reinforcement Corrosion on the Structural Performance of RC Structures
Maha Dabas, Beatriz Martin-Perez, Husham Almansour
Dynamics of structures
Lightweight Pedestrian Bridges: Evaluation and Calibration of Design Standards for Vibration Serviceability
Pampa Dey, Sriram Narasimhan, Scott Walbridge
Seismic Collapse Safety Assessment of Concrete Beam Column Joints Reinforced with Different Shape Memory Alloy Rebars
AHM Muntasir Billah, Mumtasirun Nahar
VIBRATION-BASED SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE SHEAR WALL USING FREQUENCY DOMAIN METHODS
Timir Baran Roy, Soraj Kumar Panigrahi, Ajay Chourasia, Lucia Tirca, Ashutosh Bagchi
Engineering Management
Evaluating Design Solutions for Cycle Tracks along Urban Arterial Roads
Michael Bandiera, Clayton D'Souza, Daniel Gaglia, Daniel Henrique, Said Easa, Mladen Mladenov, Michael O'Donnell
Factors Affecting Bid Let Dates and Construction Payout Curves on Transportation Mega Projects
William Rasdorf, Abdullah Alsharef, Min Liu, Edward Jaselskis, Frank Bowen, Majed Al-Ghandour, Larry Goode
Life-cycle Assessment of Full-scale Membrane Bioreactor and Tertiary Treatment Technologies in Fruit Processing Industry
Tong Chu, Richard Zytner, Bassim Abbassi
Water Distribution Systems: Effect of Geographical Location on Expert Judgement
Zahra Zangenehmadar, Sasan Golnaraghi, Seyedeh Sara Fanaei
Environmental topics
Arsenic bioremediation: Importance of sample preparation for environmental arsenic species identification.
Saif Rafi, Kerry McPhedran, Ali Motalebi Damuchali, Aslan Hwanhwi Lee, Wonjae Chang, Raquibul Alam
Central Composite Design for Optimizing Derivatization of Metformin and Guanylurea in Water Samples Detected by Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry
Yunwen Tao, Baiyu (Helen) Zhang, Bing Chen
Impact of Climate Change on Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations and on Waste Allocation Plan of Nile River in Egypt
Rawnaa Yassin , Sherine Elbaradei
Intersectoral Water Allocation Using AN Input-Output Model
Hamid Abdolabadi, Amin Sarang, John Little, Barbara Jean Lence
Mineralization pathways and kinetics of degradation of emerging contaminants as mixtures using UV/H2O2
Jordan Hollman, John Albino Dominic, Gopal Achari, Joo-Hwa Tay
The Meewasin Northeast Swale: Using Natural Capital Asset Valuation to Value Saskatoon’s Natural Resources
Scott Read, Kerry McPhedran
USE OF NON-WOVEN GEOTEXTILES FOR IMPROVING WATER QUALITY OF A EUTROPHIC LAKE: AN IN-SITU STUDY
Dileep Palakkeel Veetil, Catherine Mulligan, Mina Ghasri, Sam Bhat
Erosion and Scour
A Hydrologic Model to Estimate Delta Water Availability in Alberta
Zahidul Islam, Michael Seneka, Joey Hurley, Shoma Tanzeeba
Integrating climate change in the evaluation of hydroelectric asset value
Richard Arsenault, Katherine Pineault, Élyse Fournier, Alexis Hannart, Annabelle Lamy
NRC Frazil Ice Research Facility
Martin Richard, Andrew Cornett
Erosion and Scour
Effects of relative bed coarseness and blockage ratio on local scour around bridge abutments
PENG WU, Ram Balachandar
Evaluation of channel blockage as a governing influence in local scour experiments
Priscilla Williams, Ram Balachandar, Tirupati Bolisetti, Vesselina Roussinova, Mia Marrocco
Experimental study on the effect of dike geometry on the breach outflow and erosion rates during overtopping of non-cohesive homogeneous embankment
AMANJ RAHMAN, Ioan Nistor, Julio Angel Infante Sedano
Facilities management
A NEURAL NETWORK-BASED APPLICATION FOR AUTOMATED DEFECT DETECTION FOR SEWER PIPES
Xianfei Yin, Yuan Chen, Qin Zhang, Ahmed Bouferguene, Hamid Zaman, Mohamed Al-Hussein
Life-Cycle optimization for facility financial management of residential communities
Dina Saad, Hesham Osman
PROCUREMENT OF FACILITY MAINTENANCE
Laird Ferguson, Lloyd Waugh
Wi-Fi Router Network-based Occupancy Estimation to Optimize HVAC Energy Consumption
Krishna Chaitanya Jagadeesh Simma, Susan M. Bogus, Andrea Mammoli
Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Experimental study on flexural performance of FRC beam specimens for bridge barrier applications
Morteza Fadaee, Khaled Sennah
Mechanical Performance and Plastic Shrinkage Characteristics of Concretes Reinforced with Basalt Fibers
John Branston, Emad Booya, Karla Gorospe, Sreekanta Das
Permeability Characteristics of Cementitious Materials Reinforced with Kraft Pulp Fibres
Emad Booya, Karla Gorospe, Adeyemi Adesina, Sreekanta Das
Predicting The Shear Resistance of SFRC Beams
Michael Cohen
Green and sustainable design and construction (1)
A BUILDING ENERGY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS MONITORING STRATEGY FOR CANADIAN BUILDING SECTOR
Tharindu Prabatha Hewa Godella Waththage, Hirushie Karunathilake, Rajeev Ruparathna, Rehan Sadiq, Kasun Hewage
Costs of Green Residences in Canada: An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Developing Renewable Powered Building Clusters
Hirushie Karunathilake, Tharindu Prabatha Hewa Godella Waththage, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq
Integrated Building Design and Energy Simulation
Coleen Dorey, Mojtaba Valinejadshoubi, Ashutosh Bagchi
Optimizing selection of building materials and fixtures to reduce operational costs
SAMUEL Hutchison, Mahdi Ghafoori, Moatassem Abdallah, Caroline Clevenger
Optimizing Selection of Existing Building Upgrades to Maximize their Sustainability
Moatassem Abdallah, Khaled El-Rayes
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITY FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOUSEHOLDS: LIFE CYCLE THINKING-BASED ASSESSMENT
Piyaruwan Kaluthantirige, Anber Rana, Kasun Hewage, Shahria Alam, Rehan Sadiq
Green and sustainable design and construction (2)
Application of Fuzzy AHP to Minimize Concrete Waste
Ahmad Mdallal, Ahmed Hammad
Comparative Analysis of Energy Consumption Using DOE-2 Building Energy Analysis Program: A Case Study
Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Sharareh Kermanshachi
Energy Code-Compliant Housing Design: A Cost and Energy Perspective
Regina Dias Ferreira, YuXiang Chen, Haitao Yu, Mohamed Al-Hussein
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FLAT-PLATE BUILDINGS BASED ON COST, EMBODIED ENERGY, AND CARBON FOOTPRINT
Ahmed Noman, Ashutosh Bagchi, Andreas Athienitis
Health and safety (1)
BENCHMARKING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PERFORMANCE AT A GLOBAL LEVEL: A CASE STUDY OF US, CANADA, AND NEW ZEALAND
Yuting Chen, Arash Shahi, Brenda McCabe, Awad Hanna, Mahdi Safa, Majeed Safa, Douglas Hyatt
Leading indicators for safety management: understanding the impact of project performance data on safety performance
Emad Mohamed, parinaz jafari, Shih-Chung Kang, Estacio Pereira, Simaan AbouRizk
What Do People Like and Dislike About Construction Work? Views to Consider When Designing and Implementing Technology
Katherine Welfare, Matthew Hallowell, Fred Sherratt
Health and safety (2)
Analyzing Hazardous Interactions on Construction Jobsites Using Social Network Analysis
Kasim Alomari, John Gambatese, Ahmed Albayati
Benefit/Cost Model for evaluating Prevention though Design (PtD) solutions
Nicholas Tymvios, John Gambatese
Exponential Random Graph Modeling: A Promising Tool for Construction Safety Research
Kasim Alomari, John Gambatese, Ahmed Al-bayati
Performance Indicators for Construction Safety Culture and Climate: A Comprehensive State-of-the-Art Study
ABDULAZIZ ALGHAMDI, Ahmed Albayati, Osama Abudayyeh
Potential Implications of Job Cognitive and Physical Demand on Worker Safety: An Exploratory Study
Mohammed Azeez, John Gambatese, Ding Liu
Health and safety (3)
Correlations between interpersonal conflicts at work and construction safety performance: two Ontario cross-sectional studies
Yuting Chen, Brenda McCabe, Douglas Hyatt
EVALUATING DISABILITY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY USING METRICS
Rhoda Ansah Quaigrain, Mohamed Issa
Global Differences in Risk Tolerance Levels Among Construction Workers
Siddharth Bhandari, Matthew Hallowell, Wael Alruqi, Rico Salas
High Performance and High Strenght Materials/ Wood product in civil engineering
A Landmark Concrete Arch Bridge with an Innovative Approach: Post-tensioned Tie Girders
Luiza Curzio, Shayan Farahani, Ahmed Abuzour, Tanzim Arefin, Sameh Salib, Khaled Sennah
A shape memory alloy-magnetorheological fluid core bracing system for civil engineering applications: feasibility study
shahin zareie, Shahria Alam, Rudolf J. Seethaler, Abolghassem Zabihollah
Development of Bendable Concrete And Rigid Pavement Overlay Application
Omar Ragab, Safwan Khedr, Mohamed Abdel Mooty, Maram Saudy, Khaled Hashim, Ali Ahmed, Omar El Sherbini, Omar El-Kadi, Omar El Shazly, Ahmed Hassabelnabi
Evacuation Modelling Procedures for Improving Timber Fire Design
Bronwyn Chorlton, John Gales
Finite-Element Modelling of Ductile Wood Connections
Asif Iqbal, Petr Sejkot
Numerical investigation of concrete-filled steel square columns subjected to concentric and eccentric loading
Soebur Raham, Kamrul Islam, Ibriju Ibrahim, Aziz Ahmed
Potential Use of heavy weight concrete for radiation shielding
Mostafa Seoudi, Kareem El-Shafei, Omar Hammouda, Aya El Desouky, Hossam Zaher
Seismic performance analysis of high-rise RC shear walls reinforced with superelastic shape memory alloys
Marina Maciel, Wilmar Leonardo Cortes Puentes, Dan Palermo
Hydraulics
A LABORATORY STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER SAMPLING FREQUENCY AND SAMPLING VOLUME ON MEASUREMENTS
Babak Khorsandi, Laurent Mydlarski, Masoud Moeini, Mohammad Kazemi
Can a Vortex Improve Flow Conditions in a Stormwater Retention Pond or a Clearwell?
Rocky Chowdhury, Kerry Mazurek, Gordon Putz, Cory Albers
Characteristics of Flow over the Crest of a Siphon Spillway
Warda Ahmed, S. Samuel Li, Amruthur Ramamurthy
Numerical Modelling of Nature-like Fshpass using a 2D Shallow Water Model
Abul Baki, Amir Golpira, Cassio Rampinelli, Lukas Patrizio, David Zhu
Hydrology/Remote Sensing
Comparison of four input variable selection methods for urban riverine flood forecasting models for the Bow River
Everett Snieder, Usman Khan, Rahma Khalid
High-Resolution Projections of Temperature Changes over China
Yinghui Wu, Gordon Huang, Xiujuan Chen
Preservation of ecological indices in downscaled climate data
Diana Sankar, Joseph Daraio
Temperature controls of the freeze and thaw patterns in Quebec
Shadi Hatami, Ali Nazemi
The existence of useful varying parameter space for river flow forecasting
Mohammad Alobaidi, Mohamed Meguid, Fateh Chebana, Mohammed Elenany, Bahaa Khalil
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
An Agent-Based Stochastic-Probability Simulation Modeling for Chemical Reactions in Advanced Oxidation Processes – A Case Study
Xudong Ye, Bing Chen, Jisi Zheng, Bo Liu
CASE STUDY: EVALUATION OF PURE AND MIXED BACTERIAL CULTURES ON SULFOLANE BIODEGRADATION IN AQUEOUS MEDIA
Yiqiao Yang, Linlong Yu, Gopal Achari
Effect of Substrate Composition on Anaerobic Digestion under Mesophilic Conditions
Laura Cordova Villegas, Rajan Ray, Rajesh Seth, Nihar Biswas
Graphene- Titanium Dioxide Composite: A Novel Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Emerging Organic Contaminants
Sripriya Dharwadkar, Linlong Yu, Gopal Achari
Reuse of MBR Effluent from Fruit Processing Wastewater Containing High Dissolved Organic Matter
Jamal Uddin, Richard Zytner, Keith Warriner, Ashutosh Singh
TREATMENT OF PRODUCED WATER USING MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANE MODIFIED BY NANO PARTICLES
Xiujuan Chen, Gordon Huang, Yinghui Wu, Chunjiang An
Industry track
Assessment Approach to Evaluate the Conditions of Ductile Iron (DI) Water Distribution Pipelines
Khalid Kaddoura, Alain Lalonde, Rabia Mady
BIM and Lean for project planning and control
Ivanka Iordanova, Fernando Valdivieso, Carolyne Filion
Durability Assessment using Integrated Quality Management Framework in P3 Infrastructure Projects
Venkata Vemana, Smitha Koduru, Chris Gentile
IMPLEMENTING ONTARIO ASSET MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AT CITY OF LONDON: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH
Khaled Shahata, Ahmed Eweda
SETON RECREATION FACILITY: A STEEL EFFORT FOR GREAT RESULTS
Maxime S Harvey
WHY IS STEEL CERTIFICATION ESSENTIAL? WHY SHOULD IT BE CONSIDERED MANDATORY?
HELLEN CHRISTODOULOU
Innovation and Information Technology in Civil Engineering
Fatigue Life Evaluation of the Diefenbaker Bridge Using Structural Health Monitoring
Christopher Morgan, Leon Wegner, Bruce Sparling
Multiple Damage Localization of Gravity Dam: Strain Energy Based Approach using Random Data
Saikat Bagchi, Timir Baran Roy, Ashutosh Bagchi
NUMERICAL STUDY COMPARING ESTIMATED MANNING’S COEFFICIENTS USING THE DIRECT STEP METHOD
Nadia Hajjout, Mahdi Tew-Fik
The New Champlain Bridge’s expansion joints and SHM system – Supply, installation, implementation
Alexis Lauzon, Borja Baillés, Gianni Moor, Mark Treacy, Andrea Paciacconi
The Value of Structural Health Monitoring of a Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beam
Mao Xiaoyi, Leon Wegner
Innovation and Information Technology in Civil Engineering
Comparison of lift path finding algorithms for mobile crane in congested site
Serim Park, SangHyeok Han
Automated Data Management At Scale – Flexible Platform for Data Integration and Geohazard Analysis
Suchismitha Vedala, Rayhaneh Azarm
On developing proper single and ensemble machine learning frameworks for predicting seismic-based soil liquefaction
Mohammad Alobaidi, Mohamed Meguid, Fateh Chebana
Research on Uniformity Detection Method of Asphalt Mixture during Paving Process Based on Digital Image Technology
Wei Yu, Naixing Liang, Susan Tighe
Innovative and Emerging Materials
Abrasion resistance of high performance specified density concrete
Ali Abdel-Hafez, Amgad Hussein, Stephen Bruneau
Compressive Strength of Hemp-Substituted Concrete
Michelle Liu, Colin Van Niejenhuis, Roberto Aurilio, Hassan Baaj
EFFECT OF PCMS ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HEAT CURED MORTAR
Mohammad Al-Shdaifat, Ahmed Soliman
EFFECTS OF ACTIVATOR PROPERTIES ON IMPACT BEHAVIOUR OF ALKALI ACTIVATED SLAG MORTAR
Ahmed Abubakr, Ahmed Soliman, Sameh Hassan
Grout For Two-Stage Alkali Activated Concrete
nada zod, Ahmed Soliman
SOUND INSULATION SYSTEMS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Ali ElSaeed, George Naguib, Ahmed El-Mekawy, Athnasious Ghaly, Moustafa El Assaly, Reem Abou Ali, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
The Effects of Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP) on Concrete in Marine Environment
Opeyemi Joshua, Olatokunbo Ofuyatan, Ayobami Busari, Isaac Akinwumi, David O. Nduka, Ayodele O. Ibitayo, Olayinka Oloke
Life Cycle Analysis & Costing
A FRAMEWORK FOR PAVEMENT TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE SELECTION THROUGH LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS
Song He, Ossama Salem, Baris Salman
Conceptual Cost Models for Early Energy Simulation in Building Projects
Leila Rafati Sokhangoo, Rafaela Panizza, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, SangHyeok Han
Fall Prevention Supplementary Devices for Bridge Construction Workers: A Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Ahmed Al-bayati, Aslihan Karatas, Jeanette White
Identifying Manageable Scope Creep Indicators and Selecting Best Practice Strategies for Construction Projects
Sharareh Kermanshachi, Elnaz Safapour
Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Light Steel Framed Buildings with Cement-Based Walls and Floors
Metwally Abu-Hamd, Mona Abouhamad
Materials and structure env load/Self-consolidating concrete
DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE, BINARY AND TERNARY ALKALI-ACTIVATED SCC: MICROSTRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE
Dima Kanaan, Ahmed Soliman
EFFECT OF ACTIVATOR COMPOSITION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED SCC
Dima Kanaan, Ahmed Soliman
Using TDA to partially replace coarse aggregates in concrete mixtures
Abdelmoneim El Naggar, Pedram Sadeghian, Hany El Naggar
Materials and structure env. load
A Comparison of Plain and Deformed Hooked Bars in Concrete
Bjorn Vors, Lisa Feldman
Effect of High Strain-Rates in Heavy Timber Connections
Christian Viau, Ghasan Doudak
Elastic buckling behaviour of ?-shaped rack columns with patterned holes under compression
Peng Zhang, Shahria Alam
Evaluation the Seismic Behavior of Bridge Piers Utilizing Hybrid Reinforcements
Sherif Osman, Shahria Alam, Shamim Sheikh
Performance-Based Design of RC Beams Exposed to Natural Fire: A Case Study
Robert Kuehnen, Maged Youssef, Salah El-Fitiany
Materials and structure env. load
Application of Agricultural - Waste Materials in Concrete: A Review
Sara Boudali, Ahmed Soliman, Sébastien Poncet, Stéphane Godbout, Joahnn Palacios, Bahira Abdulsalam
CONTROL LOW STRENGTH AGRO-CONCRETE
Diba Ahadzadeh Ghanad, Ahmed Soliman, Stéphane Godbout, Joahnn Palacios
Effect of climate change on Canadian bridge Infrastructures
Hesham Othman, Luaay Hussein, Lamya Amleh
ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY, PERMEABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RUBBERIZED CONCRETE
Sameh Hassan, Ahmed Soliman, Michelle Nokken
The Possibilities of Using the Agricultural Waste as Aggregate in Producing Sustainable Concrete
Sara Boudali, sameh hassan, Ahmed Soliman, Sébastien Poncet, Stéphane Godbout, Joahnn Palacios, Bahira Abdulsalam
Modular Construction & Sensing
Dynamic modeling of productivity in modular construction
Babak Manouchehri
Feasibility Investigation and Accuracy Assessment for a New Generation UWB Tracking System
Tian Jin, Farnaz Sadeghpour, George Jergeas
Integrated scheduling of modular construction using “Mod-Scheduler”
TAREK SALAMA, Ahmad Salah, Osama Moselhi
Opportunities and challenges for modular construction in developing nations: a case study in the Nepalese construction industry
Krishna Kisi, Nirajan Mani, Namhun Lee, Joseph Shrestha, Kishor Shrestha, Rujan Kayastha
Novel experimental methods
Assessment of Code Provisions for Strength Determination of Aluminum Structures by Testing
Scott Walbridge, Laurent Gérin
Enhancing Asphalt Cement Properties Using Geopolymer- Based on Fly Ash and Glass Powder
Abdulrahman Hamid, Hassan Baaj, Mohab El-Hakim
Evaluation of proposed Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete shear predictions against the Modified Compression Field Theory
Helmi Alguhi, Douglas Tomlinson
INFLUENCE OF FUSED SILICA AND CASTING DIRECTION ON ASR EXPANSION
Sameh Hassan, Ahmed Soliman, Michelle Nokken
Stripping assessment of asphalt coating using k-means clustering and support vector machines
Ehsan Rezazadeh Azar, Ashkan Sahari Moghaddam, Yolibeth Mejias, Heather Bell
The effect of emerging admixtures on the correlations between workability tests on mortar for 3D printing
Malo Charrier, Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon
Novel materials and systems
Bond Behaviour of Steel Reinforcing Bars Embedded in Ultra-High-Performance Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Rita Elizabeth Saikali, Dan Palermo, Stavroula Pantazopoulou
Cyclic performance of post tensioned steel beam column connection with end plates and shape memory alloy bars
Md Arman Chowdhury, Ahmad Rahmzadeh, Shahria Alam
Innovative Aluminum Pedestrian Bridges Case Study
Benoit Cusson, Jean-Denis Toupin
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE LATERAL RESPONSE OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE CONTROLLED ROCKING STEEL BRIDGE PIERS
Ahmad Rahmzadeh, Faroque Hossain, Kamrul Islam, Shahria Alam, Tremblay Robert
Optimization & Construction Oper. (1)
Computing the Task Interruptions that Synchronize Task Delivery Speeds in Repetitive Projects
Tarek Hegazy, Kareem Mostafa
Performance-based Contracts Optimization for Enhanced Roads' Condition
Soliman Abu-Samra, Luis E Amador-Jimenez
Trilevel Optimization Framework for Municipal Co-located Infrastructure: City of Montreal
Soliman Abu-Samra, Luis E Amador-Jimenez
Optimization & Construction Oper. (2)
A multi-Objective Model for Enterprise cash Flow Management
Ahmed Shiha, Ossama Hosny
Implementation of Blockchain Technology in the Construction Industry
Jason Hailer, Steven Graham
Lean Design in construction industry: From theory to practice
hafsa chbaly, Forgues Daniel, Samia Ben Rajeb
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOSS IN PROJECT-BASED INDUSTRIES
M. Hossein K. Jamali, Avi Wiezel
Other topics
Comparative Analysis of Reaction Kinetics of One and Two Parts Geopolymers
Wala'a Almakhadmeh, Ahmed Soliman
Effect of Sodium Oxide on the Properties of Alkali-Activated Slag Mortars
Wala'a Almakhadmeh, Ahmed Soliman
Effectiveness of concrete filled steel jackets for RC columns
Saadeldin Mostafa, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF RECTANGULAR CONCRETE FILLED FRP TUBES (CFFT) BEAMS POST TENSIONNED WITH STEEL CABLES
Asmaa Ahmed, Mohamed Hassan, Radhouane Masmoudi
Other topics
Climate Change and Its Impact on Coastal Cities: A Case Study from Alexandria
Hend Ismail, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE HEC-RAS, IBER AND FLOW 3D SOFTWARES IN STUDYING FLOW CARACTERISTICS ACROSS A DYNAMIC MEANDER IN COLOMBIA
Juliana Vargas, Leonel de Jesus Rivera Grisales, Alejandro Salazar, Valentina Robledo, Philippe Chang
Numerical model of the chloride transport by capillarity effects in cement materials
Thomas Sanchez, David Conciatori , Francine Laferrière
Optimal maintenance plan for a vibrating-grate biomass boiler: availability and cost saving approach
Mohammad Hosseinirahdar, Fuzhan Nasiri, Bruno Lee
Wind-induced pressure for Silsoe cube tested in the wind-induced damage simulator
ZHE XIAO, Elena Dragomirescu
Panel discussion on Civil/Construction Engineering Curriculum for New Generation
Planning and scheduling (1)
Enhancing Planning, Monitoring and Controlling of Road Construction Projects in Egypt Using System Dynamics Methodology
Nabil Amer, Ahmed Okasha, Amir Arafa
Integrated Super-structure and Asphalt Deck Scheduling and Optimization Framework for Bridges
Soliman Abu-Samra, Farzad Ghodoosi , Ashutosh Bagchi, Luis E Amador-Jimenez
RESILEINCE PREPAREDNESS-BASED OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR WATER AND COMBINED SEWER PIPES: TOWN OF KINDERSLEY
Soliman Abu-Samra, Luis E Amador-Jimenez
USING LEAN CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AND 4D MODELLING FOR EQUIPMENT WORKSPACE PLANNING
Charles Igwe, Amin Hammad, Fuzhan Nasiri
Planning and scheduling (2)
Application of improving traditional push planning with last planner principles
Mahmoud Hasaballah, Mona Abouhamad, Moheeb El Said
Concurrent Delays: Comparison among Forensic Analysis Recommended Practices
Moneer Bhih, Tarek Hegazy
Construction engineering and inspection (CE&I) costs in the Texas Department of Transportation
Julie Faure, Kasey Faust, Nabeel Khwaja, William O'Brien, William Hale, Lauryn Spearing
Examining Risk-based Inspection Approaches to Highway Construction Projects
Mamdouh Mohamed, Dan Tran
SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY AND COMPRESSION HORIZON: NEW KEY PARAMETERS FOR EFFECTIVE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
zinab Mohamed, Tarek Hegazy
Productivity & Procurement
Defining Effort for Collaborative Project Success
Sean Mulholland, Caroline Clevenger
Factors Causing Delay of Materials Delivery in Construction Industry in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Adel Alshibani, Mahmoud Eltourkey, Bahaa Eldin Elmaghraby
Sensitivity Analysis of Construction Schedule Performance Due to Increase in Change Order and Decrease in Labor Productivity
Sharareh Kermanshachi, Behzad Rouhanizadeh
Productivity and workforce issues
Framework to Establish the Relationship Between Factors Influencing Construction Productivity Using Fuzzy Interpretive Structural Modeling
Yisshak Gebretekle, Nima Gerami Seresht, Aminah Robinson Fayek
Modeling Labor Productivity in Egypt using Regression Prediction Models
Amr Hegazy, Mona Abouhamad, Hesham Osman
Productivity analysis of manual condition assessment for sewer pipes based on CCTV monitoring
Yuan Chen, Xianfei Yin, Qin Zhang, Ahmed Bouferguene, Hamid Zaman, Mohamed Al-Hussein
Workforce Resiliency for Careers at Public Transportation Agencies
Kristal Metro, Julia Hernández, Christofer Harper, Susan M. Bogus
Project management (1)
A Study of the U.S. Roofing Industry and its Workforce
Aslihan Karatas, Nathan Staple
Detecting Top-down Cracks in In-Service Flexible Pavements
Nirmal Dhakal, Mostafa Elseifi, Mohammad Bashar
Project management (2)
Decision Support System for Public Private Partnership Investment in Water Projects
Emad Elwakil, Mohamed Hegab
OPTIMIZED ACCELERATION IN LINEAR SCHEDULING
Roghabadi Mohammadjavad, O Moselhi
Progress Facilitation Framework for Construction of Mega Methanol Production Plants
Hassan Beigi, Amirreza Mahpour, Mohammad Mehdi Mortaheb
Project performance tracking and control
A framework for Utilization of Agile in Construction Management
Basma Mohamed, O Moselhi
A model for measuring project health in complex construction projects
Ekin Eray, Carl Haas, Derek Rayside
An Extensive Content Analysis of Constructability for Transportation Projects
Adi Al-Smadi, Dan Tran
Comparing technologies for monitoring the work site occupation for building projects
Stéphane Morin Pépin, Adel Francis
Cost Growth of Heavy Industrial Construction Projects in Alberta
Danny Haines, Farnaz Sadeghpour, George Jergeas
Recycled Materials
ALKLAI ACTIVATED AGRO-CONCRETE
Diba Ahadzadeh Ghanad, Ahmed Soliman
Experimental Study on The Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Using Crumb Rubber and Polypropylene Fiber
Md. Shahjalal, F M Zahid Hossain, Kamrul Islam, M. Tiznobaik, Shahria Alam
INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENT AGRO-WASTES IN CONCRETE
Ahmed Soliman, Diba Ahadzadeh Ghanad
Recycled Materials
Application of Recycled Gypsum Wallboards in Cement Mortar
Sarah Hansen, Pedram Sadeghian
Bond Behavior of Structural Concrete using Recycled Coarse and Fine Aggregates
Charles Rockson, Shahria Alam, Kishoare Tamanna, Ahmad Rteil
Experimental Investigation on the Flexural Behavior of Rubberized Concrete Containing Recycled Concrete Aggregate and Polypropylene Fiber
Kishoare Tamanna, M. Tiznobaik, Nemy Banthia, Shahria Alam
Recycled Materials in Concrete Applications - Benefits from Waste Free Ontario Act
Solomon Asantey, Amneh Kalloush, Abdurahman Lotfy
Shrinkage and Expansion of Glass Aggregate Cement Mortar
Karla Gorospe, Emad Booya, Adeyemi Adesina, Sreekanta Das
Risk management
Addressing cost overruns through drafting construction contract clauses: A risk path modeling approach
Tamima Elbashbishy, Ossama Hosny, Elkhayam Dorra, Ahmed Waly
Integrating sustainability into project risk management; An application in PPP projects
Beenish Bakhtawar, Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem, Husnain Arshad
Risk Management framework for proactive assessment of Power Plant projects in Egypt
Bassem Kassem , Mona Abouhamad, Hesham Osman
Risk Transfer in P3 Infrastructure Projects due to Construction Deficiencies
Venkata Vemana, Smitha Koduru, Chris Gentile
Simulation of const. operations
4D Simulation of Rock Excavation Projects
Michel Guevremont, Amin Hammad
Considering Activity Conflicts in Tower Cranes Layout Planning using Agent-Based Simulation
Mohamed Marzouk, Ahmed Younes
RUBBLE-MOUND BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION
Alireza Mohammadi, Kimiya Zakikhani, Tarek Zayed, Luis Amador
SIMULATION-BASED PRODUCTION RATE FORECAST FOR A PANELIZED CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTION LINE
Angat Pal Singh Bhatia, SangHyeok Han, Osama Moselhi, Zhen Lei, Claudio Raimondi
Substructuring strategy for pseudo-dynamic testing of steel lattice towers.
Rajab Kammouh, Kahina Sad Saoud, Charles-Philippe Lamarche, Sébastien Langlois, Alex Loignon
Workspace Management on Construction Jobsites: An Industry Survey
Abdelhady Hosny, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, Osama Moselhi
Soil Mechanics
Buried Infrastructure in Saline Soils: A Review
Zainab Almheiri, Mohamed Meguid
Strength and Deformation Behaviour of a Local Sand
Riju Chandra Saha, Ashutosh Dhar, Abu Hena Muntakim, Bipul Chandra Hawlader
Soil-Structure and Fluid-Structure Interactions (3) + Earth (1) + Bioinspired (1)
Solid Waste Management I
An assessment of greenhouse gas emission from municipal activities
Shadnoush Pashaei Farahani, Chunjiang An
Development of a municipal solid waste management model from the economic perspective under uncertainty
Jianan Yin, Gordon Huang, Chunjiang An
Estimating In Situ Water Content in a Landfill using GPR
Aseel Dawrea, Richard Zytner, John Donald
USING THE DIVERSION SIZE INDICATOR TO EVALUATE CANADIAN WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Damien Bolingbroke, Amy Richter, Kelvin T. W. Ng
Solid Waste Management II
EFFECTS OF INOCULUM SOURCE ON THE BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL (BMP) OF THE ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN SOLID-PHASE BMP ASSAYS
Lauretta Pearse, Patrick Hettiaratchi
Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and synthesized catalyst on performance of electrokinetic separation of oil sediments
Esmaeel Kariminezhad, Maria Elektorowicz
Emissions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in a Regional Cropping System
Mengfan Cai, Chunjiang An
Energy-Related Economic Modeling to Support the Environmental Policy-Making, Case Study of the Province of Saskatchewan
Lirong Liu, Gordon Huang, Brian Baetz
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND REMOTE SENSING METHODS TO EVALUATE WASTE MANAGEMENT REGIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA
Amy Richter, Damien Bolingbroke, Kelvin T. W. Ng
Performance assessment of low temperature anaerobic digestion biotechnology for treating poultry manure
Suman Adhikary, Mario Khalil, Daphneé Dorval, Jérôme Dubreuil, Bernard Goyette, Saifur Rahaman, Rajinikanth Rajagopal
Steel/Metal Structures
Double Plus the Lifespan of large Steel Structures
Shannon Pole, Martin Gagné, Frank Goodwin
Dynamic Response of magnetorheological fluid tapered Laminated Beams Reinforced with Nano-particles
Saman Momeni, Abolghassem Zabihollah, Mehdi Behzad
FATIGUE DESIGN OF FRICTION STIR WELDED JOINTS IN ALUMINIUM BRIDGE DECKS
Anthony Fleury, Rakesh Ranjan, Luqman Hakim Ahmad Shah , Lyne St-Georges, Ahmed Rahem, Scott Walbridge
Parametric Study of Sloped Reduced Beam Section (RBS) Steel Connections
Majid Mohammadi Nia, Saber Moradi
Seismic Risk Screening of Existing Buildings
W. Leonardo Cortés-Puentes, Zhen Cai, Reza Fathi-Fazl
Stormwater
Assessing Potential Climate Change Impacts to a Stormwater Management System for a Residential Subdivision in Southern Ontario
Matthew Senior, Ron Scheckenberger, Peter Nimmrichter, Marvin Ingebrigsten
Developing a hydrological- hydraulic index (HHI) for the strategic allocation of Low Impact Development: a City of Toronto case study
Sahereh Kaykhosravi, Usman Khan, A. Mojgan Jadidi M.
Field monitoring study of stormwater ponds and wetlands in Calgary Alberta
Sherif Ahmed, Tadros Ghobrial, Wenming (William) Zhang, David Zhu, Mark Loewen, Khizar Mahmood, Bert van Duin
PCSWMM Modeling of pollutants loading to wet ponds and constructed wetlands in Calgary, Alberta
Arlette Fernandez, Tadros Ghobrial, Wenming (William) Zhang, David Zhu, Mark Loewen, Bert van Duin, Khizar Mahmood, Lei Chen
Sediment characteristics in stormwater ponds and wetlands in Calgary Alberta
Tadros Ghobrial, Sherif Ahmed, Wenming (William) Zhang, David Zhu, Mark Loewen, Khizar Mahmood, Bert van Duin
Structural engineering
Investigation of Water Leakage and Self-healing Through Direct Tension Cracks in Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) Panel
Ahmad Hooshmand, Mohamed Lachemi, M. Reza Kianoush, Hocine Siad, Mehdi Moslemi
Long-Term Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Beams
Ziad Elaghoury, Michael Bartlett
Seismic Performance of Steel Braced Frames Reinforced with Shape Memory Alloy Wires
Kezia Varughese, Raafat El-Hacha, Fadi Oudah
Structural engineering
Local Buckling Analysis of Multisided Steel Tube Sections
Zannatul Mawa Dalia, Anjan Bhowmick
Post-Tensioned Timber Wall-Frame System
Asif Iqbal, Kai-Yi Wu
Prediction of Compressive Capacity of Gusset Plates Using Computational Intelligence
Meisam Safari Gorji, J.J. Roger Cheng
Preliminary Design Guidelines and Optimization of UHPC Blast Walls for Different Scaled Distances
Mohtady Sherif, Hesham Othman, Hesham Marzouk
Structural engineering
CASE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE OF A TUNED MASS DAMPER WITH AN EDDY CURRENT DAMPING SYSTEM FOR BUILDING MOTION CONTROL IN WIND
Chien-Shen (Tom) Lee, Dan Li, Trevor Haskett, Andrew Smith, Derek Kelly
Compact Sliding-Type Tuned Mass Dampers for Tall Buildings
Un Yong Jeong, H. Kurabayashi, Dong Ho Ha, Andrew Sliasas, Vincent Ferraro, Liam Dupelle, Kevin Tarrant
Measuring Effective Damping of Full-Scale Structure-TMD and TSD Systems
Shayne Love, Bujar Morava
Structural Engineering
Experimental Investigation on Punching Behavior of GFRP-RC Edge Flat Plate Connections with and without Shear Reinforcement
Brahim Benmokrane, Ahmed E. Salama, Mohamed Hassan
High Strength Concrete Columns Reinforced with FRP Bars and Ties under Eccentric loads
Brahim Benmokrane, Ashraf Salah-eldin, Hamdy M. Mohamed
Structural engineering
Characterisation of residential buildings made of unreinforced brick masonry and planked timber walls in Montreal for seismic risk studies.
Mohamed Hassem Kraiem, Nollet Marie-José, Antoine Gendron, Luc Chouinard
Effects of Staggering on the Splice Strength of Bundled GFRP Bars in Concrete
Brahim Benmokrane, Ahmed Farghaly, Abolfazl Eslami, Alireza Asadian
Experimental evaluation of the mechanical parameters for seismic assessment of traditional brick and stone masonry buildings in Eastern Canada.
Nollet Marie-José, Lotfi Guizani, Ahmad Abo-El-Ezz, Jonathan Touraille, Éric Boldireff, Pascal Moretti
Impact of elevated temperature, chemical and workmanship on performance of beams with near surface mounted FRP bars
Mahmoud Metwally, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid
Investigation on the Flexural Capacity of Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams
Jamil Madanat, Hesham Othman, Hesham Marzouk
Performance of Compression Lap-Spliced GFRP Bars in Concrete Columns
Brahim Benmokrane, Hamdy M. Mohamed
Structural engineering
Flow-Conditioning of the Wind Tunnel at Ryerson University to Model Boundary Layer Flows
Tarek Ghazal, Jiaxiang Chen, Moustafa Aboutabikh, Haitham Aboshosha
Generation of Downburst Outflows using a Multi-Blade System at Ryerson University’s Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel
Moustafa Aboutabikh, Tarek Ghazal, Jiaxiang Chen, Haitham Aboshosha
New Accurate Aeroelastic Wind Loading Modeling for Tall Building Wind Design
Un Yong Jeong, Kevin Tarrant, Liam Dupelle, Justin Ferraro
Seismic Behavior of GFRP-Reinforced Interior Slab-Column Connection under Gravity and Reversed-Cyclic Lateral Loading
Brahim Benmokrane, Mohamed Eladawy, Mohamed Hassan
Structural engineering
CONSTRUCTION STAGING AND TRAFFIC DEVIATION USING REINFORCED EARTH WALLS IN TURCOT INTERCHANGE PROJECT
Marc-André Carrier, Urszula Wajdzik
Effect of particle geometry on the result of Discrete Element Simulations using polyhedral particles
Attila Michael Zsaki, Siyang Zhang
Identification of progressive damage in structures using time-frequency analysis
Sandeep Sony, Ayan Sadhu
Impact Load Assessment on Post-Installed Anchors
Aliu Abdul-Hamid, Abass Braimah
Influence of the Connectors on the Resistance and Stiffness of Wood-Steel Hybrid Roof Diaphragm
Simon Boucher, Charles-Philippe Lamarche
Structural Engineering
Assessment of Repair Techniques for GFRP Reinforced Bridge Barriers using VecTor2
Abdullah Aljaaidi, Douglas Tomlinson
Evaluation of the Bond-Dependent Coefficient for GFRP Bars in Concrete Beams
Cheng Shang, Karam Mahmoud, Ahmed Bediwy, Ehab El-Salakawy
Interpretation of Bond-Dependent Coefficient for Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars
Brahim Benmokrane, Paul Ballet, Khaled Mohamed
Pull-out Behaviour of Headed-End GFRP Bars Embedded in Basalt Fiber Cementitious Composites
Ahmed Bediwy, Ehab El-Salakawy
Strength and Behavior of HSC Concrete Beams Reinforced with Sand-coated Basalt FRP Bars
Brahim Benmokrane, Shehab Mehany, Hamdy M. Mohamed
Strength Modeling of GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams with Web Openings
Brahim Benmokrane, Jacob Frappier, Khaled Mohamed, Ahmed Farghaly
Structural engineering and numerical modelling
Effect of Slenderness Ratio on the Performance of Concrete Columns Reinforced with GFRP Bars and Spirals
Brahim Benmokrane, Mohammed Afifi, Hamdy M. Mohamed, Ahmed El Hamaymy
PERFORMANCE OF SELF-CONSOLIDATED LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE COLUMNS REINFORCED WITH GFRP BARS AND SPIRALS
Brahim Benmokrane, Abdoulaye Sanni Bakouregui, Hamdy M. Mohamed, Ammar Yahia
Behaviour of Pultruded Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Utility Poles under Lateral Loads
Omar Abdelkarim, Jose Guerrero, Brahim Benmokrane
Finite Element Analysis of Ultra-High performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete Panel Subjected to Blast Loading
Mohtady Sherif, Hesham Othman, Hesham Marzouk
Nonlinear Behavior of a Medium Density Polyethylene Pipe Material
Suprio Das, Ashutosh Dhar, Abu Hena Muntakim
SEISMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RC BUILDINGS WITH TRANSFER SLABS
Mohamed Elassaly, mohamed Nabil
Student paper competition (Materials and Structures under Extreme Loads (Seismic, Wind, Fire, Tsunami))
Experimental and Analytical Investigation into the Effect of Corrosion on the Flexural Response of Reinforced Concrete Beams
Wesam Njeem, Arnaud Vadeboncoeur, Beatriz Martin-Perez, Ahmad Jrade, Hassan Aoude
Experimental investigation on the bending behaviour of exterior beam-column connections made with Engineering Cementitious Composite
Ali Ehsani Yeganeh, Khandaker Hossain
Full-Scale Laboratory Pullout Testing Of A 60mm Diameter Buried MDPE Pipe
Auchib Reza, Ashutosh Dhar, Abu Hena Muntakim
SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF A NOVEL SPRING BASED PISTON BRACING
Anas Issa, Shahria Alam
Should we consider the plastic capacity of structural systems in the design of wind-excited buildings? A critical examination of damage accumulation, ductility demand, and hysteretic energy
Matiyas Bezabeh, Girma Bitsuamlak, Solomon Tesfamariam
Student paper competition (Wood product in civil engineering/Concrete Durability)
Analytical Modelling of Heavy Timber Assemblies with Realistic Boundary Conditions Subjected to Blast Loading
Christian Viau, Ghasan Doudak
Evaluating pavement support alternatives for Precast Concrete Inlay Panels under thermal loading
Dahlia Malek, Daniel Pickel, Susan Tighe
Investigating the Response of Bolted Wood Connections to the Effects of Blast Loading
Andrew McGrath, Christian Viau, Ghasan Doudak
Mechanical and Durability Properties of Rubberized Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Humera Ahmed, Shahria Alam, M. Tiznobaik
Mechanical Properties of On-Site Manufactured Compressed Earth Blocks
Emma Keeler, SALAH SARHAT, Md Yusuf, Mark Green
The effect of chemical factors on the rheological properties of Supplementary cementitious materials based geopolymer pastes
Sina Dadsetan, Hocine Siad, Mohamed Lachemi, Obaid Mahmoodi, Mustafa Sahmaran
Sustainable civil infrastructure (1)
ASSESSMENT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INTERACTION IN US INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
Felipe Araya, Kasey Faust, Khalid Osman
Condition Prediction of Concrete Bridge Decks Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo-Based Method
Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader, Osama Moselhi, Mohamed Marzouk, Tarek Zayed
Multi-attribute Metric for Assessing Resilience of Water Distribution Networks
Ahmed Assad, Osama Moselhi, Tarek Zayed
Recent Development of Multi-purpose Utility Tunnels in China: Technology Applications and Cost Analysis
Yisha Luo, Cheng Zhang, Amin Hammad
RESILIENCE-BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND ITS APPLICATION ON PAVEMENT NETWORKS
Ahmed Mohammed, Soliman Abu-Samra, Ashutosh Bagchi, Fuzhan Nasiri, Tarek Zayed
WATER CONSERVATION IN THE HOUSEHOLD: THE IMPLICATIONS OF METRICS AND THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHARACTERISTICS AND PRESENCE OF CONSERVATION
Felipe Araya, Khalid Osman, Lauryn Spearing, Kasey Faust
Sustainable civil infrastructure (2)
BENEFIT/COST MODEL FOR NOISE LOGGERS’ DISTRIBUTION - CITY OF MONTREAL
Soliman Abu-Samra, Ahmed Mohammed, Tarek Zayed
How good asset management practices will contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Brandon Searle, Jeff Rankin, Xiomara Sanchez
Maturity-based Scale for Smart Cities: A Conceptual Framework
Ala Suliman, Jeff Rankin, Anna Robak
Performance-based Contracts and Multi-objective Optimization Framework for Coordinated Infrastructure
Soliman Abu-Samra, Luis E Amador-Jimenez
Sustainable civil infrastructure (3)
CLUSTER BASED REGRESSION MODELING FOR PREDICTING CONDITION RATING OF HIGHWAY TUNNELS
Sahar Hasan, Emad Elwakil
DETERIORATION MODELS FOR SUPERSTRUCTURE OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGES IN CALIFORNIA
Sahar Hasan, Emad Elwakil
PERFORMANCE MEASURE FOR THE DEFINITION OF LEVEL OF SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT
Marwa Ahmed, Arnold Yuan, james Smith
Performance of Engineered Cementitious Composites Utilizing Locally Available Materials in the State of Louisiana
Hassan Noorvand, Gabriel Arce, Marwa Hassan, Tyson Rupnow
Sustainable Development
Asset Management of Rural Ontario Core Infrastructure - Drivers and Barriers Asociated with Climate Change Considerations
Shawn Kenny, Kathryne Dupré, Amanda McEvoy
Enhancing sustainability in highway infrastructure: risk analysis models
Baraa Alfasi, Ata Khan
Rethinking energy retrofit evaluation: A life cycle thinking based approach
Rania Toufeili, Edwin Tam, Rajeev Ruparathna
Soil Remediation by Biochar Derived from Agricultural Waste
Peng Zhang, Gordon Huang
Sustainable Development
Impacts of City of Saskatoon’s Stormwater Runoff into South Saskatchewan River
Abdullah Al Masum, Kerry McPhedran, Scott Read
Positioning the Locations of Solar Desalination Plants - Case Study in Makran Coastal Range
Mohammad Ali Eftekharirad , Roshanak Eftekharirad
Stochastic Method for Predicting Long-term Urban Water Consumption
Niousha RasiFaghihi, S. Samuel Li, Fariborz Haghighat
Transportation Engineering
Exploring the Impact of SMARTer Gowth prinicples on Mode Choice Behaviour
Abdul Rahman Masoud, Ahmed Idris, Gordon Lovegrove
Incorporating Infrared Heating Technology in Crack Repair Operations for Airport Runways and Taxiways
Victoria Speller, YANG LIU, Susan Tighe
Supplementing Detailed Visual Inspections with UAV
Christopher Schmelzle, Michael Paulsen
Transportation Engineering
Applying Hydrail as a Zero-emission rail power Gateway Technology to in-service Switcher locomotive duty cycles
Mohamed Hegazi, Gordon Lovegrove
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF ROAD AND BRIDGE SUBSTRUCTURE IN NORTHERN CANADA WITH CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Michelle Liu, Kurtis Hubert, Susan Tighe
Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Perpetual Runway Pavements compared to Conventional Runway Pavements; Canadian Perspective
Edward Abreu, Erinne Lee Vargas, Susan Tighe
Transportation Engineering
Adapting Pavement Management to On-Street Bicycle Networks: Case Study of Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal
Feras Elsaid, Luis E Amador-Jimenez , Ciprian Alecsandru
Development of a Modified Pavement Condition Index for Provincial Highways in Ontario Using Machine Learning Technologies
Guangyuan Zhao, Ju Huyan, Susan Tighe, Wei Li
Factors for Enhancing Inherent Resilience in Traffic Network
Omar Hosam Elsafdi, Ata Khan
Planning and Design of a Shared Connected Autonomous Vehicle Shuttle between a Light Rail Transit Station and a Major Medical Campus
Junshen Feng, Timothy Young, Ian Hall, Sam Veitch, Bailey Jones, Omar ElGergawy
Transportation Engineering & Sustainable Development
A Blending Approach for Trip Generation Rates Estimation: Minimum Sample Size for Special Generators
Feras Elsaid, Luis E Amador-Jimenez
Influence of Coarse Recycled Concrete Aggregate on the Indirect Tensile Strength of Hot Mix Asphalt
Vimy Henderson, Susan Tighe
Small-movement expansion joints for road bridges – modern low-depth solutions that offer considerable benefits when installed on existing structures
Alexis Lauzon, Borja Baillés, Gianni Moor, Danilo Della Ca
Transferring Road Safety Planning Models Across Time: Case Study on City of Kelowna, BC
Vipul Garg, Gordon Lovegrove
Visualization, Planning & Project Performance
An experience-based spatial design framework using VR technology: a case study of designing an office layout
MUN ON WONG, Jia Du, Haoyang Liang, Zhiqian ZHANG, Zhen-Jie ZHENG, SHENGHUA ZHOU, Qingqing FENG, Sang Hoon Lee
Investigation and Analysis of Human, Organization, and Project-Based Rework Indicators: State-of-the-Art Review
Elnaz Safapour, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Piyush Taneja
Space programming requirements representation, analysis and visualization at a large scale architectural firm
Helina Gebru, Sheryl Staub-French
The Impact of Best Practices on the Schedule Growth of Heavy Industrial Projects
Mihai Robu, Farnaz Sadeghpour, George Jergeas
Wastewater Treatment
Development of A Multistage Mobile System for Oily Wastewater Treatment
Yao Yao, Gordon Huang, Chunjiang An, Shan Zhao, Xiujuan Chen
Engineered Cyanobacteria as a Potential Organic Degrader for Wastewater Treatment
Yiqi Cao, Pengfei Xia, Baiyu (Helen) Zhang, Bing Chen, Shuguang Wang
Fabrication of Nano Particles Modified Cellulose Biomass for Oil-water Separation
Yunqiu Liu, Gordon Huang, Chunjiang An, Xiujuan Chen, Peng Zhang
Optimization of reaction parameters by applying central composite design (CCD) to the advanced oxidation treatment of WWTP effluents by UV/H2O2
Sasan Fazeli, Maria Elektorowicz, Sharif Ibeid
Pilot-scale investigation of ammonium removal from gold mine wastewater by partial nitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation processes at 25°C
Nayereh Saborimanesh, Thomas Genty, Catherine Mulligan, Laleh Yerushalmi, Carmen Mihaela Neculita
Wood product in civil enineering
Design and Testing of Pre-engineered Prefabricated Casuarina Wooden Truss
Julia Said, Sahar Bader, Marwan Rashad, Mahmoud Fayez, omar tohami, Amro Mahmoud, Ezzeldin Yazeed, Khaled Nassar, Mohamed Darwish, Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid, Athnasious Ghaly, Magdi Madi, Mayer Farag, Reem Abou Ali, Passant Youssef, Moustafa El Assaly
Investigation of Joint Shear Panel in Post-tensioned Timber Frames
Asif Iqbal, Ahmad Rahmzadeh
Structural and environmental analyses of tall wood-concrete hybrid system
Alex Schuirmann, Cristiano Loss, Asif Iqbal, Thomas Tannert
Structural Systems for a 20-Story Hybrid Building
Kai-Yi Wu, Asif Iqbal, Thomas Tannert