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📢 The August Editor’s Choice papers from the American Society of Civil Engineers are now available! These papers, selected by our esteemed Chief Editors, represent the latest advancements in civil engineering research and practice. 🔓 Access to this collection is free for registered ASCE Library users. The papers selected for August are: 🌉 A WIM-Based Assessment of Multiple Vehicle Presence Effects on Fatigue Damage of Highway Bridges Journal of Bridge Engineering 🏗️ Hybridization in FRP Composites for Construction: State-of-the-Art Review and Trends Journal of Composites for Construction 🌊 Bridge Failure during the October 2018 Flooding in Iran Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 📊 Measuring Activity-Level Construction Productivity Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 🔬 Density Prediction Model of Binary or Ternary Diesel Fuel Blends with Biodiesel and Ethanol for Compression-Ignition Engine Calculations Journal of Energy Engineering 🔥 Wildfire Ash Composition and Engineering Behavior Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering 💧 Rainfall Infiltration Test and Numerical Simulation Analysis of a Large Unsaturated Soil Slope Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 🌳 Compression Behavior of Cross-Laminated Timber Wall Panels with Different Reinforcement Mechanisms Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 🚧 Novel Curve-Shape Sandwich Composites with Flexible Cores for Rehabilitation of Buried Infrastructure: Experimental and Analytical Studies Considering Geometric Nonlinearity Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice 🌉 Streamlined Framework to Select Corrosion-Resistant Reinforcement to Balance Life-Cycle Costs and Ductility of Concrete Bridge Decks Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 🏢 A Novel Model for Shear Strength Prediction of a Steel–UHPC Composite Structure Considering Interface Friction Journal of Structural Engineering 🌐 Geodesic Intersections Journal of Surveying Engineering 💦 Effects of Postprocessing Decisions on Flow-Weighted Event Mean Concentrations Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 🚗 Unsupervised Approach to Investigate Urban Traffic Crashes Based on Crash Unit, Crash Severity, and Manner of Collision Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems Dive into these insightful papers and more in the Editor’s Choice collection now: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gtzjZHns #CivilEngineering #ASCE #Construction #EnergyEngineering #GeotechnicalEngineering #HydrologicEngineering #MaterialsEngineering #PipelineEngineering #StructuralEngineering #SurveyingEngineering #SustainableWaterManagement #TransportationEngineering

🌍📢 We're Seeking Your Expertise: Special Collections on Climate Change, Plastics, and Aerosols 📢🌍 We’re thrilled to announce three #CallForPapers for Special Collections in the ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste. Each collection focuses on a unique aspect of environmental science and engineering, offering a platform for researchers to share their latest findings. 1️⃣ Special Collection on Accelerating Sustainable Development through Technological Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation 🖊️ Guest Editor: Dr. Rajyalakshmi Garaga 📅 Submission Deadline: December 31, 2024 🔗 More details and submission guidelines: https://lnkd.in/eQjg9tBw 2️⃣ Special Collection on Occurrence, Transport and Mitigation of Macro and Microplastics in the Environment 🖊️ Guest Editor: Dr Khalid Muzamil Gani 📅 Submission Deadline: January 30, 2025 🔗 More details and submission guidelines: https://lnkd.in/em9RFR66 3️⃣ Special Collection on Aerosols: Sources, Fate, Transport, and Their Health Impacts 🖊️ Guest Editor: Dr. Deepika Bhattu 📅 Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025 🔗 More details and submission guidelines: https://lnkd.in/e4TBCie9 We invite all researchers working in these areas to contribute their original research articles and reviews. Let’s work together to advance our understanding and develop solutions for these pressing environmental issues. 🌍 ASCE Environmental Water Resources Institute, Prof. Dr. Rao Y. Surampalli, PhD, DSc, PE, Dist.F.IWA, F.AAAS, Dist.M.ASCE, NAC, #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateChangeMitigation #ClimateAdaptation #Microplastics #EnvironmentalImpact #Aerosols #ToxicWaste #ASCEJournals

After a decade of LEED v4 guiding projects and teams, and with LEED v5 opening for registration soon, this study (coauthored with Dr. Islam H. El-adaway) evaluates where LEED projects stand in terms of circularity. We analyzed the point achievement frequency of the Materials and Resources credits in 971 LEED BD+C NC v4 projects in the US. From the 971 projects, we found the following: Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction – MR.C1: 588 out of 971 projects received zero points, while only 63 projects were awarded the full 5 points. Environmental Product Declarations – MR.C2: 786 out of 971 projects received 1 point, and only 62 projects received the full credit of 2 points. Sourcing of Raw Materials – MR.C3: 601 out of 971 projects received zero points, while only 63 projects received the full credit of 2 points. Material Ingredients – MR.C4: 548 out of 971 projects received 1 point, and 193 received the full credit of 2 points. Construction and Demolition Waste Management – MR.C5: 696 out of 971 projects received the full credit of 2 points. We shared our findings with a distinguished group of LEED Fellows and Accredited Professionals, and in the article, we include a discussion of the main challenges they raised and their recommendations for enhanced achievement. We hope these findings will spark discussions on enhancing the circularity of materials and resources through policies and practices within the upcoming LEED updates, and serve as a benchmark to assess where the industry currently stands and where it should be heading. The paper is published by ASCE Publishing ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering. A great thank you goes to the LEED subject matter experts for their time and shared insights, as well as to the editorial team and reviewers at JME for their support and feedback. Check out the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/dnbCiXxS #USGBC #LEED #CircularEconomy

I'm thrilled to announce that our recent paper, titled "Micro-Macro Assessment of The Pile Bearing Capacity Interaction with Single and Double Voids in Different Soil Densities Using The Discrete Element Method," has been published in ASCE Publishing prestigious International Journal of Geomechanics. In this study, our team explored the impact of soil variability, influenced by environmental changes, on geotechnical considerations. We focused on underground voids, which significantly affect subsoil structures such as piles. Using a two-dimensional Discrete Elements Method (DEM) model, we investigated voids in sandy soil and their effects on pile behavior, particularly bearing capacity and lateral pressure coefficients. Our results reveal that voids can reduce pile bearing capacity by up to 63% in critical zones, mainly due to decreased resistance at the pile's tip. This highlights the crucial importance of understanding void effects for safe subsoil structure design in geotechnical engineering. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the team members, Prof. Alireza Saeedi Azizkandi and Saman Ghaderi, for their exceptional efforts, contributions, and collaboration. Link: https://lnkd.in/d-QWjR-M #DEM #Pile #BearingCapacity #Void #Arching #LateralEarthPressureCoefficient #GeotechnicalEngineering #Geotechnical #Geotechnics #Research #Publication #ASCE

In our recently paper published in ASCE Publishing Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering we investigate the effect of #gradation on the #strength and #fabric evolution of coarse-grained #soils using discrete element modeling (#DEM) simulations. This work shows that for the same state parameter (i.e., distance to the critical state line), well-graded soils exhibit a greater dilative behavior which gives them a greater peak strength in drained conditions. In undrained conditions, this allows well-graded soils to generate more negative excess pore pressures. The micromechanical analysis shows the larger particles in any assembly carry significantly greater contact forces and have many more contacts than the small particles. The paper can be found in this link: DEM Investigation of the Effect of Gradation on the Strength, Dilatancy, and Fabric Evolution of Coarse-Grained Soils https://lnkd.in/gaPx447J It was a great pleasure working with Mandeep Singh on this - he led this research as part of his PhD. It was also great to collaborate with Jason DeJong on his continued work on well-graded soils. Thank you National Science Foundation (NSF) for the funding to carry out this work!

I am delighted to share our new article published in the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management titled “Turning a Blind Eye: Ignoring Modern Slavery in the Race to Construction Project Completion, co-authored with Professor Giorgio Locatelli and Dr Tristano Sainati. This article addresses a disconnection between the official anti-modern slavery statements made by construction companies and the actual conditions observed on construction sites. Using semi-structured interviews conducted with participants from OECD countries (the UK, Australia, and Switzerland), it investigates why modern slavery still exists on construction sites managed by companies that pledged to fight it. The research specifically seeks to answer the following question: What mechanisms explain the difference between the official anti-modern slavery statements of construction companies and the empirical observations on construction sites?   Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/eSmN8dZS ASCE Publishing American Society of Civil Engineers If you are interested in a copy but are unable to download it, please email me at [email protected], and I will provide you with a complimentary one! #darkside #modernslavery #constructionmanagement #projectmanagement #forcedlabor #humantrafficking #organisational_issues #OECD #ethics #wellbeing #socialsustainability #human_resource_management #health_and_safety 

I am delighted to highlight the ASCE Publishing Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Editor’s Choice paper for August 2022. Congratulations to Xenia Wirth and her colleagues. #geotechnicalengineering #wildfires https://lnkd.in/egb_tu8z

Circular Economy Integration in LEED: A Decade of Materials and Resources Credit Achievement Patterns | Journal of Management in Engineering | Vol 40, No 6 https://lnkd.in/e42JCC-q

I am delighted to say that the list of outstanding reviewers for the ASCE Publishing Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering is now published. Congratulations and thank you to Beena Ajmera,Yannis Chaloulos , Raphael Crowley , Russell Green , Amalesh Jana, Kaklamanos James , Tingfa Liu , Yifei Ma, Joseph Vantassel ,and Shiwei Zhao. https://lnkd.in/exK2S-mw

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