Recent Advances in Structural Engineering and Construction Management

Dr. KONG Kian Hau is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Since 2006, Dr. Kong is also a practicing qualified engineer who specializes in Buildings and Infrastructure Projects (including Bridges). He is Chartered Structural Engineer with IStructE(UK) and International Professional Engineer (UK) with the Engineering Council having 13 years of experience as Site and Resident Engineer, Senior Design and Project Engineer, Design and Project Manager, Associate (Team Leader) and Senior Associate Consultant for many residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure and civil engineering master planning works in Singapore and Overseas. Since 2018 to present, Dr. Kong is Principal Investigator of Research Projects, “Characterization of Ultra-High Performance Cementitious Materials and Optimization of Their Gel Transition Period at High Temperature / Pressure for Applications in Plug and Abandonment of Oil Wells” and “Development of Sustainable Self-Healing Concrete By Use of Recycled Materials” funded by the Singapore Maritime Institute and Ministry of Education Singapore, respectively. He has published 21 papers in respected international journals and conferences. Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta is working at present as Dean (Academics and Research) and full Professor of Civil Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (H.P) India. He has more than 35 years of teaching experience. His research includes testing and modeling of geotechnical materials, FEM and its applications to geotechnical engineering and continuum damage mechanics and its application to rockfill materials modeling. He is the founding chairman of Indian Geotechnical Society Shimla Chapter. He has authored 3 books and 16 book chapters. He has published more than 120 papers in journals of international repute. He has completed 6 sponsored research projects and guided 11 PhD students. Dr. Sandeep Chaudhary is currently working as Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore. Before joining IIT Indore, he served as a faculty member in different capacities at MNIT Jaipur. His areas of specialization are structural analysis and design and building materials including waste utilization. His group carries out both analytical and experimental studies. The experimental studies range from microstructure to full-scale. He has served on prestigious committees at the national and international levels and is presently chairing the standing committee (Design) of the Asian Concrete Federation. He has published more than eighty papers in internationally reputed journals and currently holds two patents and one technology transfer in his name. Dr. Tanmay Gupta is engaged at present as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (H.P) India. He has published 26 research papers in SCI & Scopus indexed journals, international conferences of repute along with authoring four book chapters. He is also acting as reviewer of many journals of international prestige. His zeal to resolve structural engineering challenges in a practical way imparts him with a charismatic enigma. He also possesses experience as consultant design civil engineer and bridge site inspector. Currently, he is actively involved in the training of Indian government officials in order to bridge the gap between the latest academic standards and practices prevalent in the professional construction world. He is closely working with the Indian Green Building Council and Himachal Govt to promote sustainable construction and measures to mitigate natural disasters.

Crystalline Admixtures for Autonomous Healing in Concrete: The Past, Present and Future.- Wind-induced Lock-in Effects on Tall Circular Structures.- Influence of Skewness on Deflection Response of Horizontally Curved RC Box-Girder Bridges.- Numerical Investigation on Built-up Cold-Formed Steel Double Decker-I-Beams.- Dynamic Characteristics of Sandwich Panel with 3DGrF Core and FGCNT-Reinforced Polymer Composite Face Sheets.- Influence of concrete electrical resistivity on the polarization performance of an ICCP system for a reinforced concrete structure: A numerical study.- FE Analysisof Composite Sandwich Panels with Different ShapeStiffenersSubjected to Extreme Wind Pressure.- Numerical Modelling on Buckling Behavior of Structural Stiffened Panel.- Construction Stage Analysis of Continuous Box Girder Bridge Constructed via Full Staging and Balance Cantilever Method.- Bending Deflections and Natural Frequencies of Micro/Nano Beams Using a Third Order Single Variable Nonlocal Beam Theory.- Experimental Studies on Acid Resistance of Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC).- Experimental Analysis of Ductile-Brittle Change in High Density Polyethylene Behavior.- Numerical Study of an ‘I’ Plan Shape Building under Wind Excitation.- Laboratory Model Study on Fly Ash Reinforced with Encased Floating Column.- Flexural Behaviour of Continuous Steel Beam Prestressed via Externally Unbonded Tendons: Numerical Modelling, Parametric Study and Statistic Alanalysis.- Analytical Modelling Strategies for Performing Seismic Valuation of Open Ground Storey RC Buildings Located in Medium Seismic Zone of India.- A Deep Insight into the Design Methodology of T-Beam Bridge Girders as per the Guidelines of IRC: 112-2020 Compared to the Conventional Method.- Bending Characteristics of FG-CNT reinforced composite face sheet sandwich panel with 3D graphene foam core.- Damage Detection in T-Beam Bridges using Transmissibility of Vibration Signals.- Bending Deflection Solutionsof Thick Beams Using a Third Order Simple Single Variable Beam Theory.- Application of DDBD Method on Mid-Rise Open-Ground Storey RC Frame Buildings.- Partially and Fully Strengthening of Square RC Column Using Various FRP-Composite.- Assessment of Response Reduction Factor for Ordinary RC Frames by IS Code and PSPD Method.- Analysis of Soft Storey Building with Different Types of Steel Bracings under Seismic Load.- Evaluation of Seismic Pounding Effect on Two Regular Adjacent RC Buildings with Three Different Alignments.- Influence of Interfered Square Buildings on Wind Responses of U Shaped Tall Building.- Design of Steel Intensive Quarantine Center.- Behaviour of Slab - Column Joint under Lateral Cyclic Loading.- Improvements in Tensile Strength Properties of Steel after Forming.- Behaviour of Aerated Alkali Activated Composite Wall Panels.- Numerical Analysis of Transmission Line Tower with Connection Beam on Pile Foundation.- Design of a Self-Lifting Pedestrian Bridge for Flood Prone Locations.- Seismic Analysis and Rehabilitation of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Building.- Prediction of Residual Flexural Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams and Slabs.- Numerical Study on Thermal Performances of Fully Encased Composite Column.- Ecological Brick Manufactured with Addition of Ceramic Waste.- Behavioral Study of RCA Concrete– Influence of Grade of Parent Concrete.- Utilization of Plastic waste as an Alternate Binder and Plastic Coated Aggregate in Interlocking Paving Blocks.- Mechanical Properties of Alccofine with low Calcium Silicate based High-Strength Concrete.- Durability Characteristics of Sea Sand in Cement Mortar for the Construction.- Appraising the Influence of Ceramic Waste Incorporation on the Corrosion and Chemical Attack Resistance of Cement Composites: A Review.- Experimental Analysis of Micro Silica-Fume and Steel Fibers on the Strength of Concrete Mix.- Geotechnical Characterization of Sugarcane Bagasse Biochar Amended Landfill Cover Soil.- Experimental Analysis the effect of Silica Fume on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete Mix.- Experimental Investigation on Fly-ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Based GeopolymerCorbels.- Parametric Experimental Studies of Durability Properties of Concrete Incorporating Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and Silica Fume.- Optimization of clinker factor for low carbon penta-blended cement mortar via Box-Behnken Design of Response Surface Methodology.- Performance Analysis of Sustainable Concrete Mixes Using Waste Slag.- Cement Stabilized Mud Blocks Admixed with Bagasse Fibre, Wheat Straw And Crumb Rubber: Physico-Mechanical and Thermal Investigation.- An Overview of the Mixture Design Approaches for UHPFRC.- Comparison in Engineering Properties of Clay Soil Stabilized with Recycle Aggregate, Fly Ash, Cement & Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag.- Amelioration of High Plasticity Soil Using Sisal Fiber and Granite Dust.- Strength Properties of Stabilized Adobe.- Effect ofSupplementary Cementitious Materials on Compressive strength of Engineered Cementitious Composites: A Review.- Incorporation of Waste Wood Ash and Polypropylene Fibre on the Production of Sustainable GPC.- Development of Environmental-friendly Geopolymer Concrete using Incinerated Bio-Medical Waste Ash.- Consolidation and Slope Stability Study of Embankment made of Ash Fill Supported by Hybrid Stone Columns: 3D Numerical Investigation.- Investigation of Pullout Capacity of Helical Soil Nail in Clay.- Anti-bacterial Study on ZnO Grafted Jute Fibres for Longevity in its Application: A Novel Approach.- Studies on Polymer Modified Lime-Surkhi Repair Mortar for Heritage Buildings: Physico-Mechanical and Micro-Structural Characterization.- Addition of Sea Shell Waste to Silty Sand Subgrade for Economical Design of Flexible Pavement.- Removal of Congo Red Dye from Waste Streams Using Polysulfone Membrane Containing Bio-Sorbent and Coated with Chitosan.- Recent Progress in Newer CementitiousBinders as an Alternative to Portland Cement: Need for the 21st Century.- Structural Performance of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Mortar under Impact Loading.- Comparative Study of Micro Silica Based Concrete Using IS and DOE Method.- A Feasibility Study on the Potential Usage of Engineered Cementitious Composites in Indian Pavements.- Comparison of Dimension Limestone Waste Coarse Aggregates with Traditional Coarse Aggregates.- Replacement of Natural Aggregate by Glass Waste in Granilite Concrete.- A Study on Development of Self-Compacting Blended Concretes with Various w/b Ratios.- Tourism Sustainability in Hilly Regions - A Review for Shimla.- Air Quality Assessment during Festivities in Shimla City, India.- Coastal Slope Failure Analysis: A Case Study on Baga Hill, Goa.- Leaching and Heavy Metal Binding Characteristics of Red Mud-Based Construction Materials – A Review.- Forensic Investigation and Analysis of Landslide in Goa – A Case Study.- Assessment of Smart City Indicators from ICT Framework in an Indian Context: A Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach.- Review of Time & Cost Analysis for Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC).- Review on Non-Destructive techniques for Corrosion Monitoring in Reinforced Concrete Structures.- Buffer Sizing in Construction Scheduling Using Critical Chain Project Management.- 3D Numerical Investigation on the Performance of the Raft Supported by the Composite, Ordinary and Geosynthetic Encased Columns in Clay Soils.