Overview
- Highlights recent advances in the area of structural engineering and the construction industry
- Provides necessary knowledge for construction management practices and new tools and technologies
- Covers topics on sustainable tall buildings, sustainable bridge construction and maintenance
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 174)
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Table of contents (53 papers)
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Geotechnical Advances for Sustainable Built Environment
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Green Technology and Disaster Resilience
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Priyan Mendis is Professor in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering and Leader of the Advanced Protective Technology of Engineering Structures Group. He was also Convener of the ARC Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA) from 2004 to 2011. He obtained his Ph.D. from Monash University, Australia. He is also Director of the ARC Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing. His research interests are protective technology of structures, smart infrastructure, design, assessment and monitoring, high-strength/high-performance concrete, seismic design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, design of tall buildings and bridges, disaster mitigation, and management and sustainable infrastructure. He is also Member of several institutions including: Institution of Engineering, Concrete Institute of Australia, and American Concrete Institute. He has authored over 100 publications.
Professor Kolita Weerasekera is Senior Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, Open University of Sri Lanka, who is also Chartered Engineer, International Professional Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, and Member of Institution of Engineers, Australia, American Societyof Civil Engineers, and Institution of Highways and Transport, UK. As a transport engineering expert, he has authored two textbooks on highway and traffic engineering; “Towards Better Roads” and “An Introduction to Traffic Engineering” while publishing over 100 journal and conference papers while winning few awards for his excellency in research.
Prof. Sudhira De Silva is professor in civil and environmental engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, while being Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka, and Japan Concrete Institute. He has been Conference Co-chairs, Scientific Committee Chairs, and Member of review panels in many national and international conferences while publishing over 100 journal and conference papers in his specialist areas of high-strength and high-performance concrete, bridge management systems for RC and PC bridges, structural assessment, durability of reinforcedconcrete and pre-stressed concrete structures, and sustainable building materials.
Eng. Shiromal Fernando is Managing Director as well as Principal Structural Engineer of Civil and Structural Engineering Consultants (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka, which is one of the leading consultancy companies in Sri Lanka. He is a well-experienced charted engineer in Sri Lanka while also being Chairman of Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Sri Lanka, Vice President of Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL), and Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), Sri Lankan Standard Institute (SLS), and Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka. He is a leading expert in innovative construction methods such as tall buildings, bridge construction, and advanced sustainable construction materials.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: ICSBE 2020
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment
Editors: Ranjith Dissanayake, Priyan Mendis, Kolita Weerasekera, Sudhira De Silva, Shiromal Fernando
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4412-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4411-5Published: 25 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4414-6Published: 26 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-4412-2Published: 24 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2366-2557
Series E-ISSN: 2366-2565
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 667
Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations, 267 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Water, general, Building Construction and Design