Sustainable Materials, Design, Maintenance, and Management for Transport Infrastructure
A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 418
Special Issue Editors
Interests: road engineering; life cycle assessment; project management; digital infrastructure
Interests: project delivery models; risk assessment; project evaluation; construction engineering
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: railway condition monitoring; track geotechnology; digital railway; smart track components
Interests: transport geotechnics; recycled aggregates; geosynthetics; reinforced embankments
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Materials, Design, Maintenance, and Management for Transport Infrastructure” as a premier international forum that represents a catch-all for this domain.
At a time when there is pressure on all engineers, contractors, and policymakers to achieve long-standing transport infrastructures in the face of their aging, financial constraints, and extreme weather events, there is an unparalleled growing interest in durable approaches to the materials, design, and sustainable innovation used in construction, maintenance, and management.
Addressing sustainability in each phase of transport infrastructure’s lifecycle, this Special Issue focuses on advancements in innovative construction materials and reductions in emissions and waste during the design and construction phase, the employment of automation and robotics to enhance maintenance operations, as well as the implementation of green thinking and circularity principles in project administration and asset management.
Sustainability is also understood to stem from technological, economic, and environmental factors, containing an awareness of ethicality and social responsibility. Therefore, we welcome original, high-quality insights from diverse fields to promote a holistic perspective and contributors are encouraged to present case studies, theoretical models, comprehensive reviews, or empirical research that underpin the feasibility and benefits of durable and sustainable transport infrastructures.
Dr. Baowen Lou
Dr. Agnar Johansen
Dr. Hannes Gräbe
Dr. Fernanda Bessa Ferreira
Dr. Bharadwaj R. K. Mantha
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- roadways, railways, airfields, and ports
- sustainability and resiliency
- construction materials
- construction phase
- building information modelling
- sensors and health monitoring
- life cycle analysis and life cycle cost analysis
- risk assessment and project management
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