IOCI 2022 Special Issue Session 4: Materials and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

The sustainable infrastructure we are building today will shape tomorrow’s communities. This refers to the design, building, and operation of structural elements in ways that do not diminish the social, economic, and ecological processes required to maintain human equity, diversity, and functionality of natural systems. The recent quest for developing new, low-carbon-footprint construction materials to lower environmental emissions and implications of infrastructure has imposed many challenges and created many opportunities for research and development in academia and industrial sectors. New and improved sustainable material systems enhance our society’s resilience to climate change and preserve our ecological infrastructure and biodiversity.

The goal of this Special Issue is to publish original research papers or review articles with transversal topics focused on engineering sustainability for civil infrastructure with a focus on materials.

The research topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Infrastructure and construction materials;
• Multifunctional materials and structures;
• Concrete (Portland cement concrete, alkali-activated concrete, high-performance concrete, ultra-high-performance concrete, lightweight concrete, eco-concrete, etc.);
• Laboratory testing and computer modeling;
• Operation and maintenance;
• Pavement management;
• Management and application of construction and demolition waste (CDW);
• Sustainability assessment, LCA, LCC, SLCA, end-of-life;
• Smart solutions for sustainable materials and transport infrastructure;
• Bio-based materials and recycling.

The current SI is related to the Conference IOCI 2022, and selected papers from Session 4 of the conference will be published in this SI. Contributions from academics, industry, practitioners, and students are welcome.

Patricia Kara De Maeijer
Dr. Davide Lo Presti
Guest Editors

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