The tracks and topics for which papers are invited cover (but are not
      limited to) the following:
      
      
        
         Tracks
         | 
        
             Topics
           
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          Air and Water AAW | 
        
          - Air pollution
 
          - Air quality
 
          - Indoor air quality
 
          - Pollution of water systems
 
          - Water management
 
          - Water sufficiency
 
          - Other
 
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          Architecture & Architectural  
          Engineering AAE | 
        
          - Architectural management 
 
          - Building information modeling (BIM)
 
          - Building pathology
 
          - Creative and optimal design
 
          - Green design
 
          - Performance based design
 
          - Structural morphology and form finding architecture
 
          - Other
 
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          Coastal Engineering CEN | 
        
          - Beach erosion
 
          - Engineered reefs
 
          - Harbor designs
 
          - Shoreline protection
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Construction CON | 
        
          - 4-D CADD
 
          - Advanced technology in construction
 
          - Artificial intelligence methods
 
          - Construction equipment analysis
 
          - Construction methods and systems
 
          - Construction robotics and construction automation
 
          - Information technology for construction 
 
          - New Production and Business Models in Construction
 
          - Productivity improvement
 
          - Other
 
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          Construction Process  
          Simulation CPS | 
        
          - Process modeling
 
          - Applications of Process simulation
 
          - Use of EZSTROBE or MicroCYCLONE
 
          - Use of AWESIM! or SLAM
 
          - Other process simulation software
 
          - GUI development in computer process simulation
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Construction Safety CSA | 
        
          - Elements of a safety program
 
          - Fall protection
 
          - OSHA and other government regulations
 
          - Planning 
 
          - Safety incentives
 
          - Safety systems
 
          - Safety training and supervision
 
          - Substance abuse
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Cost and Project Management CPM | 
        
          - Bidding and estimating
 
          - Cost analysis
 
          - Cost control
 
          - Culture in construction
 
          - Engineering economy and life cycle cost analysis
 
          - Leadership in engineering and construction
 
          - Organizational behavior
 
          - People in engineering and construction 
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Education & Professional  
          Ethics EPE | 
        
          - Building Research and Education
 
          - Case studies
 
          - Ethical Issues in Engineering and Construction 
 
          - Information and Knowledge Management 
 
          - Postgraduate Research Training in Building and Construction 
 
          - Regulatory control
 
          - Research and Innovation Transfer
 
          - Roles of learned societies
 
          - Teaching methods 
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Energy ENR | 
        
          - Energy and environment
 
          - Energy economics
 
          - Energy production and consumption
 
          - Future trends in energy production
 
          - Global energy management
 
          - Policies and politics of energy
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Facilities and Asset Management FAM | 
        
          - Best management practices
 
          - Facility condition assessment
 
          - Maintenance management
 
          - Portfolio management
 
          - Process management
 
          - Professional liabilities
 
          - Strategic and operational planning
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Geotechnical and Foundation  
          Engineering GFE | 
        
          - Dam construction
 
          - Design of foundations in seismic environments
 
          - Foundations of mega tall buildings
 
          - Reinforced earth
 
          - Rock mechanics 
 
          - Seismic control
 
          - Soil structure interaction 
 
          - Tunnel and underground structures
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Housing HOS | 
        
          - Affordable housing
 
          - Energy conservation
 
          - Housing delivery
 
          - Housing economics
 
          - Housing technology
 
          - Industrialized housing
 
          - Low-cost housing
 
          - Mass housing
 
          - Social and cultural analysis
 
          - Standards and codes of practice
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Infrastructure INF | 
        
          - Infrastructure rehabilitation and renewal
 
          - Lifeline and infrastructure networks
 
          - Roads and railways
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Law and Dispute Resolution LDR | 
        
          - Claims
 
          - Contract law and professional liability
 
          - Dispute resolution
 
          - Law in engineering and construction
 
          - Legal affairs and cases
 
          - Negotiation/mediation
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Materials MAT | 
        
          - Asphalt performance
 
          - Composition and properties of asphalt
 
          - Concrete products
 
          - Concrete Technology
 
          - Cost-effectiveness
 
          - Future of asphalt
 
          - High performance concrete
 
          - New construction materials
 
          - Optimal design
 
          - Quality issues
 
          - Roofing materials 
 
          - Timber
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Oil and Gas OAG | 
        
          - Design and Construction of Refineries
 
          - Installing Oil Rigs
 
          - Oil Flow Management
 
          - Oil & Gas Economics
 
          - Oil & Gas Exploration
 
          - Oil & Gas Production
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Pipelines PIP | 
        
		  - Pipeline Systems 
 
		  - Pipeline Engineering 
 
		  - Pipeline Construction and Planning 
 
		  - Pipeline Economics 
 
		  - Pipeline Operation and Maintenance 
 
		  - Pipeline Materials 
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Policies for National  
          Development PND | 
        
          - Development Issues and industrial development in developing countries
 
          - Economics and influence of engineering on national business and growth
 
          - Engineering leadership for better government  and nation building
 
          - Estimates of world/nation/state water supply, housing or electricity
 
          - Finance, contracting, and politics in mega projects
 
          - Five-year plans, ten-year plans, and strategic planning for national growth
 
          - Infrastructure for GDP growth
 
          - International collaboration in technology sharing
 
          - Legislation of engineering policy, environmental policy, and science policy
 
          - Life cycle costs for national electricity and water consumption
 
          - Rationale, application, and implementation of technology policies
 
          - Regional and national development
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Procurement PRO | 
        
          - Best value systems
 
          - BOT and other type of projects
 
          - Case studies
 
          - Contractor selection and prequalification
 
          - Performance building specifications
 
          - Performance, competition, and profitability
 
          - Private Public Partnership
 
          - Service evaluation
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Quality QUA | 
        
          - Audit and control
 
          - Quality and excellence
 
          - Quality benchmarking 
 
          - Quality improvement
 
          - Reliability analysis
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Risk Analysis and  
          Disaster Management RAD | 
        
          - Crisis management
 
          - Decision strategies
 
          - Disaster and emergency preparation
 
          - Hazard and risk management
 
          - Inventory uncertainties
 
          - Probabilistic estimating
 
          - Risk analysis and assessment
 
          - Risk mitigation
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Structures STR | 
        
          - Bridges and special structures
 
          - Concrete and masonry structures
 
          - Forensic engineering in structures and construction
 
          - Innovation in structural design
 
          - Nonlinear behavior of structures
 
          - Numerical methods
 
          - Reinforced concrete structures
 
          - Steel structures
 
          - Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
 
          - Structural mechanics and optimization
 
          - Tall buildings
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Sustainability SUS | 
        
          - Advanced and sustainable materials
 
          - Certifications
 
          - Concurrent engineering
 
          - Smart and adaptive structures
 
          - Structural control by strategic design
 
          - Sustainable Building
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
       
         
          Tunneling TUN | 
        
          - Tunneling operations
 
          - Construction methods
 
          - Seepage prevention
 
          - Boring and Boring machines
 
          - Design of tunnel lining
 
          - Ventilation and safety
 
          - Other
 
          | 
      
      
         
          Other OTH | 
        
          - Topic not covered in any other
 
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