Society’s increasing dependence on complex technology mandates high assurance of system correctness. Traditional engineering disciplines such as civil or mechanical engineering achieve such assurance through application of mathematics to system modeling. ‘The formal nature of mathematics allows practitioners in traditional engineering domains to predict the behavior of systems prior to implemen...

The AEC industry will change fundamentally in the next generation, say 25 years. The computer has started to have profound but predictable effects on AEC professional practice. This paper argues that AEC Design and Construction will move toward Desktop Engineering, in which small numbers of computer-based professionals have major responsibility for design and management of entire facility devel...

Decades ago, a major concern of structural engineers was the development and application of new and powerful numerical methods for the static and dynamic analysis of large civil engineering structures. The rapid development of finite-element techniques accompanied by tremendous technological progress in the field of personal computers allowed structural designers to use software packages for ac...

Traditionally, students use pencil and ruler to lay out lines and curves over contour maps for roadway geometry design. Numerous calculations of stopping sight distance, minimum turning radius, and curve alignments are required during the roadway design process in order to ensure safety, to minimize economic and environmental impacts, as well as to reduce construction costs. Students usually pe...

J. L. Salinas1, A. Castellarin2, S. Kohnová3, and T. R. Kjeldsen4 1Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 2Department DICAM, School of Civil Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy 3Department of Land and Water Resources Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, SUT Bratislava, Slovak Republic 4Department of...

Computer programs for building design, analysis, and maintenance typically can’t exchange data directly, even when the same team uses them. Buildings therefore take longer to design and build and cost more to construct and operate. Information sharing should be the starting point in applying information technology to building design, construction, and use. We developed the Active3D-Build (http:...

Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre, Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK; Human Factors Group, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Building 70, Clayton Campus, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia; School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridg...

Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York, T-121 Steinman Hall, Convent Avenue at 140th Street, New York, NY 10031, U.S.A. Earthquake Engineering Research and Test Center, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, U.S.A. Department of Mechanical Engineering a...

Open distance learning (ODL) is a new paradigm shift from conventional education systems that provide flexibility to learners in accessing and training without constraints of time place. Full Implementation ODL initiated all institutions higher Malaysia after announcement movement control order by the prime minister March 2020 due COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims investigate impact attainment...