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Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
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June 2-4, 2005 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Volume 1 of 5
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Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
33rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 1
6th CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTY CONFERENCE L'INGÉNIERIE DES EXIGENCES EN CONSTRUCTION: UNPROCESSUS AXÉ SUR LA VALEUR.......................................................................................................................................... 1
D. Forgues, O. Gendreau, E. Lefebvre
A LOW COST PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING ENVELOPE FOR CANADIAN HOUSING ....................................................................................................................... 11
C. Campbell
MEASURING QUALITY IN BUILDING DESIGN ............................................................................... 18L.A. Newton, J. Christian
COST ESTIMATING FOR ACADEMIC BUILDINGS USING FUZZY CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ....................................................................................................................................... 25
M. Marzouk
CHALLENGES IN RECRUITING AND RETENTION OF CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS ............................................................................................................................. 33
Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Ronnie Rector, David Brown
A METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING TBM ADVANCE RATES IN SOFTGROUND SOILS IN SIMULATION MODELS..................................................................................................... 43
Ahmed A. Shaheen, Aminah Robinson Fayek, S. M. AbouRizk
A FRAMEWORK FOR INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION ININFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION USING LATTICE ALGEBRA................................. 53
Nora M. El-Gohary, Tamer E. El-Diraby
MOST IMPORTANT WORKER MOTIVATIONAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT PRODUCTIVITY OF ALBERTA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ...................................................... 64
K.N. Hewage, J.Y. Ruwanpura
MULTILEVEL INTEGRATED STOCHASTIC NETWORKS FOR COST AND TIME RISK ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................................................... 74
Mohamed Moussa, Janaka Y. Ruwanpura, George F. Jergeas
COMPARISON OF DELAY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE FORCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ......................................................................................................................................... 84
J. B. Yang
COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION .......................................................................................................... 93
M. N. Nazir, J. Y. Ruwanpura, R. L. Day
PRODUCTION-BASED LARGE SCALE SIMULATION MODELING FORCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ................................................................................................. 102
Ping Wang, Yasser Mohamed, S. M. AbouRizk
OPTIMIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION SCHEDULE USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS ................................................................................................................. 113
Hussien T. AL-Battaineh, S. M. AbouRizk
ENGINEERED DEMOLITION OF HIGHWAY STRUCTURES ........................................................ 120S. Brown
THE USAGE OF DYNAMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH PROCESS-BASED APPROACH IN CONSTRUCTION PROCESS MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRST PHASE OF SOUTH PARS PRODUCTION PLATFORM (SPP1) IN IRAN ..................................... 130
M. Hassani, H. Abbasi, B. Rahmanzadeh, A. Yaghoobi, K. Forouzan
IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING SECTOR IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES................................................................................. 138
S. Alrahomi, S. Alkass, A. Price
AUTOMATED PARAMETRIC COST ESTIMATING MODEL FOR BUILDING PROJECTS ....................................................................................................................................... 147
A. Jrade, S. Alkass
AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES .......................................... 155O. Moselhi, S. El-Omari
DETAILED EXECUTION PLANNING MODEL FOR LARGE OIL AND GAS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS......................................................................................................... 164
L.K. Rankin, J.P. Lozon, G.F. Jergeas
CONSTRUCTION OF BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORKS FOR DECISION .................................... 173Z. Tang, B. McCabe
THE ROLES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECT DELIVERY APPROACHES............................................................................................ 183
Patrick T.I. Lam, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, T.S.T. Ng
IMPACT OF EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................ 193
T. Froese
CROSS-COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TEAMS............................................................................................................................ 203
M. Motiar Rahman, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, Khalid Karim, George Ang, Mohammed Dulaimi
INTEGER OPTIMIZATION OF PROJECT INCENTIVES ................................................................ 213Ali Naji Almassi, Brenda McCabe
MOBILE MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONS FOR PROJECT CLOSEOUT ............................................. 221J. H. Rankin, G. Christie, I. Kondratova
E-BUSINESS AND E-PROCUREMENT IN THE AEC INDUSTRY ................................................. 231J. H. Rankin, Y. Chen
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ICT SUPPORT: A CASE STUDY OF A LEED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 241
A. Andrews, J. Rankin, L. Waugh, P. Bryden, P. Barteaux, R. Watson
VISUALIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION DATA ............................................................................... 251Tanaya Korde, Yugui Wang, Alan D. Russell
CONTRACTUAL AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINA: SOME SOCIETAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS AT PLAY........................................................................................... 262
Shaowen (Wendy) Ding, Paul S. H. Poh
SOFTWARE INTEGRATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ............................................. 267R. Elmaraghy, D. Bauer
CASE STUDY FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL COURSE ............................ 275A.D. Russell, A. Udaipurwala
DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ..................................................................................... 285Tarek Zayed, Ravi Kalavagunta
A NON-PARAMETRIC OUTLIER MINING ALGORITHM FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DATABASE ...................................................... 294
H. Fan, H. Kim, S. M. AbouRizk
MODELING THE TIME FACTOR IN SITE PLANNING ................................................................... 304F. Sadeghpour, O. Moselhi, S. Alkass
A WEB-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT GAME FOR COMPUTERASSISTED INSTRUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 312
H. Fan, T. Froese
RISK OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ...................................................................... 322Tarek Zayed, Jiayin Pan
INFASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESMENT IN WAR- TORN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES - THE CASE OF SIERRA LEONE ....................................... 331
John Bundu Fofanah, Mohamed Al-Hussein
EXPLAINING CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE USING CAUSAL MODELS............................ 341M. Li, T. Korde, A.D. Russell
A WEB-BASED COST ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................. 353
S. Yousefi, T. Hegazy, M. Attalla
AN EXAMPLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION FOR A MUNICIPALITY: THE FIRE HYDRANT INSPECTION PROCESS ................................................. 361
K.L. Skead, B.G. Wilson, L.M. Waugh, T. Brewer, S. Lee
THE MOBILITY OF EMPLOYMENT IN ONTARIO CONSTRUCTION............................................ 371R. Munteanu, J. Karahalios, B. McCabe, C. Loughlin, G. Robertson, D. Hyatt, S. Tighe
SUSTAINABILITY OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE TRAINING OF ASSISTANT PROFESSIONALS IN CONSTRUCTION---THE HONG KONG EXPERIENCE.............................. 381
Kwok-sang Law
INTEGRATION OF DATA AND PROCESSES OF AEC PROJECTS USING THE INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES............................................................................................. 391
Mahmoud Halfawy, Thomas Froese
SCHEDULING QUALITY ACTIVITIES............................................................................................. 401M. Battikha
A MULTI-TIER BARCODE BASED SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS......................................................................................................... 409
T. Shehab, O. Moselhi
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EDMS) IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS ............................................................................................................ 417
M. N. Jadid, M.M. Idrees
EVALUATING INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUPER HI-RISE BUILDINGS ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS ................................................... 426
Saad F. AboMoslim, Alan D. Russell
QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND IT .................................................................................................. 436K. Zhang, A.D. Russell
ISCAD: INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPROVAL PROCESS IN THE HOUSING INDUSTRY ...................................................................................... 446
M. AL-Hussein, J. Kumar, V. Sharma
9TH ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPECIALTY CONFERENCE IMPACT OF RATE - LIMITED MASS TRANSFER ON SOIL VAPOUR EXTRACTION................. 456
L. Zhao, Richard G. Zytner
THREE DIMENSIONAL SOIL VAPOUR EXTRACTION AND BIOVENTING MODEL................... 466Eyad A. Barakat, Richard G. Zytner
CONTROL OF STYRENE GASES USING VENTURI SCRUBBING .............................................. 476Alex Keen
MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS.................................................................................... 481
Betsy Agar, Bruce Wilson, Anne Winning, Brian Baetz
MODELING STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM OPEN WINDROW COMPOSTING SITES ................................................................................................................................................ 491
Ljubisa Kalaba, Bruce Wilson
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES: DEVELOPMENT OF THE WASTED MODEL .................................................................................................................... 501
R. Diaz, M. Warith
EFFECT OF LEACHATE RECIRCULATION RATE ON BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS PERFORMANCE .............................................................................................................................. 511
Mostafa Warith, Steven Liss
ACCELERATING THE BIODEGRADATION OF HIGH MOISTURE AND ORGANIC CONTENT SOLID WASTES IN BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS ......................................................... 520
H. Jin, M.A. Warith, M. Memon
TREATMENT OF LEACHATE GENERATED FROM BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS ....................... 530Maqsood A. Memon, Mostafa Warith, Hui Jin
THE USE OF PDA IN MEASURING AIR ENTRAINMENT IN AN................................................... 539Mahad S. Baawain, Mohamed Gamal El-Din, Daniel W. Smith
AN EVALUATION OF THREE FRESH WATER MOLLUSC SHELL SANDS AS SORPTIVE FILTER MEDIA FOR REMOVING PHOSPHORUS IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS ...................................................................................................................................... 548
M. Laska, B.C. Anderson
TOWARDS ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS VIA FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION ........................................................ 557
J.T. Kraemer, T. Lu, I. Shizas, D.M. Bagley
ANOXIC PHOSPHOROUS UPTAKE IN CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BIOREACTOR .................................................................................................................................. 565
A. Patel, G. Nakhla, J. Zhu
UASB-ANOXIC-OXIC SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH TOMATO PROCESSING WASTEWATER ...................................................................................... 574
Alpesh Gohil, George Nakhla
PERFORMANCE OF PLASMA MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT......................................................................................................... 582
Dagmara Tyszler, Richard G. Zytner, Anne Batsch, Andreas Brügger, Stefan Geissler, Hongde Zhou, Thomas Melin, Doris Klee
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF GENETIC ALGORITHM PARAMETERS FOR GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN.................................................................. 592
A. Abdeh-Kolahchi, Mysore Satish, Bithin Datta
FIELD ANALYSIS OF THE MACLEAN AVENUE DETENTION TANK, CITY OF TORONTO ........................................................................................................................................ 601
Lijing Xu, Barry J. Adams
IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF CREOSOTE USING PERMANGANTE: IS ENHANCED MASS REMOVAL POSSIBLE?.................................................................................. 611
L. Jones, N. Thomson, S. Forsey
PROTECTING ONTARIO'S SOURCE WATERS FROM DISTRIBUTED CONTAMINANT SOURCES............................................................................................................. 621
S. Watts, B. Gharabaghi, R.P. Rudra, S. Das, S. Guangul
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED GIS AND REMOTE SENSING GEODATABASE FOR WETLAND ASSESSMENT ALONG A PROPOSED HIGHWAY IN SOUTHERN LABRADOR, CANADA .......................................................................................... 629
W. F. Cheng, M. G. Satish, L. Liu, J. Pomeroy, M. Mahoney
APPLICATION OF BATCH PARTICLE COUNTERS FOR MONITORING MEMBRANE INTEGRITY ....................................................................................................................................... 638
Sana Akhtar, Mark Hurl, Sam Neilands, Khosrow Farahbakhsh
WASTE SAMPLING AND STRATEGIES IN DEVELOPING NATION CONDITIONS .................... 646L.N. Alvarez, E.K.L. Tam, T. Pepper
RHAMNOLIPID BIOSURFACTANT ASSISTED DISPERSION AND BIODEGRADATION ......................................................................................................................... 658
D. Martha, C.N. Mulligan
TREATMENT OF OILY FOOD INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE WITH A MAGNETIC COAGULATOR ................................................................................................................................ 668
G. K. Luk, Z. Liu
THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MALODORS GENERATED IN THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY AND ANAEROBIC PROCESSES ................................................................... 676
Fadi Dagher, Maria Elektorowicz
A TWO-STEP MODELING APPROACH FOR THE RECOVERY OF FREE PHASE LNAPL IN PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER SYSTEM ..................................... 689
Zhi Chen
PHASE SEPARATION OF OILY SLUDGE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE ELECTRICAL FIELD ........................................................................................................................ 699
Shiva Habibi, Maria Elektorowicz
A MODEL CORRELATING GAS EXTRACTION WITH GAS GENERATION IN LANDFILLS ...................................................................................................................................... 706
T. Chakraborty , A. Garg, G. Achari
CALGARY BIOCELL: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INNOVATIVE LANDFILL CELL IN COLD CLIMATES........................................................................................... 714
J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, M. Chandrakanthi, M.D. N. Perera, D. Davies, J. Hundal, D. Van Everdingen
THIN BIOCOVERS FOR CONTROLLING SHORT-TERM METHANE EMISSIONS...................... 723K. Perdikea, J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, D. Pokhrel, A. Mehrotra
SANITARY LANDFILL USING FUZZY COMPOSITION ................................................................. 732A. Garg, G. Achari, R. Joshi
MULTI-METAL POLLUTION ALONG HIGHWAY CORRIDORS .................................................... 739H. Preciado, L.Y. Li
SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION OF ACID ROCK DRAINAGE ALONG HIGHWAYS ................... 748Loretta Y. Li, Min Chen, John Grace
VANCOUVER'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE STREET ..................................... 758Otto Kauffman
SUSTAINABILITY OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM INVOLVING ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF MANURE................................................................................................................ 765
C.N. Mulligan
VOLUME 2
1ST SPECIALTY CONFERENCE ON INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES, MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES MINISTER CAPLAN SPEECH ......................................................................................................... 774
Hon. Minister David Caplan
MARK HOLLAND SPEECH ............................................................................................................. 785Mark Holland
OPENING REMARKS ...................................................................................................................... 791Mark Holland
CHALLENGES OF MANAGING THE BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................ 797Ralph Haas
INFRASTRUCTURE DURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY .......................................................... 872Saeed Mirza
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION ASSESSMENT....................... 953Kenneth Maser
THE ROLE OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION..................................................................... 1026Marie Carter
IDENTIFYING & SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICES USING A NETWORK APPROACH.................................................................................................................................... 1048
Nancy Schepers
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................... 1059Allan Perks
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IN THE UK ...................................................... 1089David Cleland
ETC: ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM .................................................................... 1132Eiki Aramaki
ASSET MANAGEMENT A VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER ............................................................. 1155Tony Porter
STRATEGIES TO FINANCE THE UPGRADING OF CANADA’S PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................................... 1177
Don Drummond
CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL: THE P3 SOLUTION....................................................... 1190Don Pierce
PLANNING FOR ONTARIO’S RENEWAL GROWTH PLANNING AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN ONTARIO ........................................................................ 1213
John McKendrick
RISK MANAGEMENT LINKED TO ASSET MANAGEMENT ....................................................... 1231Mike Price
IMPEDIMENTS TO DECISION-MAKING AND POLICIES FOR MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................ 1259
Leo Gohier
EDMONTON’S ASSET MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE ............................................................... 1287Konrad Siu
APPLICATION OF A COMBINED FRAMEWORK OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP POLICY STRATEGIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.............................................................. 1306
Kathri Devapriya
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGIES & POLICIES ....................................... 1316Don Osmond
CHALLENGES FACING ONTARIO’S INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................... 1329Paul Evans
KEEPING GREATER VANCOUVER MOVING ............................................................................. 1338Sheri Plewes
WHAT IS YOUR CAPACITY FOR SUCCESSFUL DECISION-MAKING FOR YOUR PROGRAM ASSET MANAGEMENT?........................................................................................... 1348
Sylvie Lemieux
PREDICTING BRIDGE DECK PERFORMANCE USING MARKOVIAN MODELS ...................... 1358G. Morcous
INTEROPERABLE DATA COLLECTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................... 1367
A. Abdel-Rahman, T.E. El-Diraby
DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL DEPTH IN CURTAIN GROUT OF FOUNDATION USING NUMERICAL MODELING TECHNIQUE IN AZADI ROCKFILL DAM .............................. 1375
H. Abbasi, D. Azizmohammadi
MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INTERLOCKING CONCRETE PAVEMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 1384
R.J. Burak
SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING IN ONTARIO: CASE STUDIES AND LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................... 1394
H. Osman, T. El-Diraby
ENGINEERING OF TRENCHLESS PIPE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL.................................................................................................... 1402
Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Wing Chan
INFRAGUIDE(r) - IDENTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE BEST PRACTICES USING A NETWORK APPROACH ............................................................... 1412
N. Schepers
A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSET VALUATION OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE.............................. 1421L. Cowe Falls, R. C. G. Haas, S. L. Tighe
PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL..................... 1431L. Cowe Falls, R. Jurgens
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND SCIENCE PARK DEVELOPMENT: TAIWAN'S HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK......................................................................................... 1442
Ching-chin Huang, Kun-Jung Hsu, Wu Cho Fu
REHABILITATION OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS IN STEEL BRIDGES: ANALYSIS OF BUILT-UP HYBRID MEMBERS ............................................................................................... 1452
K. Shek, F. M. Bartlett
MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS THROUGH RISK ANALYSIS .................................. 1462R. Frenette, B. Gérard, O. Bernard, B. Capra
EFFECT OF CORROSION ON DIFFERENT STEELS AND CONCRETE TYPES ....................... 1470Assem Hassan, Lamya Amleh
DETERMINATION OF REFRACTORY LINING THICKNESS AND QUALITY IN OPERATING INDUSTRIAL FURNACES, USING A STRESS WAVE REFLECTION TECHNIQUE ................................................................................................................................... 1480
Afshin Sadri, Mohamed Lachemi, Gary Walters
NETWORK-LEVEL BRIDGE MANAGEMENT USING A MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION DECISION MODEL.............................................................................................. 1490
Z. Lounis
CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS FOR THE TRANSFER OF PRESTRESSED CFRP SHEETS .......................................................................................................................................... 1499
Yail J. Kim, R. Gordon Wight, Mark F. Green
EXCITATION SOURCES FOR VIBRATION-BASED DAMAGE DETECTION ON THE RED DEER RIVER BRIDGE .......................................................................................................... 1507
M. Alwash, B. Sparling, L. Wegner
ANALYTICAL MODELING OF FRP-REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS FAILED IN SHEAR............................................................................................................................................ 1517
A. El-Sayed, E. El-Salakawy , B. Benmokrane
LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS PROTOCOL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS..................... 1527R. C. G. Haas,S. L. Tighe, L. Cowe Falls
AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTION MODEL FOR MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS............................................................................................................ 1539
A. Hammad, B. Khabeer, E. Mozaffari, P. Devarakonda, P. Bauchkar
VOLUME 3
LOCATION-BASED MOBILE BRIDGE INSPECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM................................ 1549
Y. Hu, A. Hammad
SPATIO-TEMPORAL ISSUES IN INFRASTRUCTURE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................................... 1559
C. Zhang, A. Hammad
VIRTUAL REALITY MODELS FOR LOCATION-BASED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................................... 1569
E. Mozaffari, A. Hammad, K. El-Ammari
UPGRADING NEED ASSESSMENT FOR RURAL ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN SASKATCHEWAN'S HEAVY OIL PRODUCING REGION ........................................................... 1579
Andrew Liu, George Stamatinos, Les Bell, Rod Harder
FAILURE CONDITIONS OF ASBESTOS CEMENT WATER MAINS IN REGINA ....................... 1588Y. Hu, D.W. Hubble
SYSTÈME INTERACTIF D'AIDE À LA DÉCISION POUR GÉRER LE RISQUE DANS LES PROJETS DE PARTENARIAT PUBLIC-PRIVÉ .................................................................... 1598
J. Comeau, E. Miresco
TRINITIY IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING: STRATEGIC PLANNING, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES ................................................................. 1608
D. Mizusawa, S. McNeil
DEVELOPMENT OF SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ............................................................................................................... 1616
F. Zhou, J. Mazurat, K.Chua
BRIDGE DECK REHABILTATION PRACTICES IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SURVEY .............................................................................. 1623
M. Lachemi, M. Ramcharitar, K.M.A. Hossain, M. Shehata
BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN ALBERTA...................................................................... 1633H. R. Soleymani, P. D.Carter, C. Wong
MODELING EXTERNALLY PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS ............................................ 1643Mohamad Abd El Aziz, Faouzi Ghrib, George Abdel Sayed, Nabil F.Grace
COMPARING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING VERSUS OPEN CUT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SANITARY SEWER .......................................................................... 1651
Peter Langan
FRP REHABILITATION OF FAÇADES IN A TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD FACILITY ........................................................................................................................................ 1657
L. McCuaig, L Reginato, M. Attalla, K. Soudki
EFFECT OF CFRP SHEETS ON CONCRETE-STEEL BOND STRENGTH................................. 1666A. Rteil, K. Soudki, T. Topper
3D NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF MORNING GLORY SPILLWAY IN PARIAN STORAGE DAM USING DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD .......................................................... 1672
H. Abbasi, S. Taghipoor
URBAN MORPHOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ............................................................................................................... 1682
C.A. Kennedy, E.J. Miller, B.W. Karney, K.D. Pressnail, B.Y. McCabe, H.L.MacLean, W.H. Vanderburg, B.J. Adams
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION .......................................................... 1690E.J. Miller, B. Abdulhai, A.S. Shalaby
DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WATER SYSTEMS FOR URBAN AREAS: A HUMAN HYDROLOGIC CYCLE APPROACH .............................................................................. 1698
David Bagley, Robert Andrews, Barry Adams, Bryan Karney
ENGINEERING AND URBAN DESIGN: WHO LEADS WHOM?.................................................. 1708Paul Gauvreau
TOWARDS A VISUAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................ 1718
A. Elhakeem, T. Hegazy
ALTERNATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................... 1726
H. Elbehairy, T. Hegazy, E. Elbeltagi, K. Soudki
THE FRPS UPGRADE THE MASONRY WALLS - AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ............................................................................................................................ 1735
D. Panichkov, F. Rangelova
BASIC INVESTIGATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE STRENGTHENING, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES................................................................................................................................ 1742
F. Rangelova, D. Panichkov
DURABILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE ITS EFFECT ON AGRICULTURAL BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................... 1748
Vivian Assaad Abdelmseeh, Jan Jofriet, Satish Negi, Gordon Hayward
SUMMARY OF RECENT STUDIES OF STEEL AND P/S BRIDGE BEHAVIOR DURING CONSTRUCTION IN PENNSYLVANIA .......................................................................... 1758
D.G. Linzell
Modeling the Effect of Corrosion on Bond Strength at Steel- Concrete Interface Using Finite Element Analysis..................................................................................................... 1768
Alaka Ghosh, Lamya Amleh
SIMPLE BLAST RESISTANCE EVALUATION OF STRUCTURES ............................................. 1778G. Razaqpur, S. Foo, E. Contestabile, B. Von Rosen
CANADIAN REGULATIONS RELATED TO EXPLOSIVES.......................................................... 1788Juri T. Kasemets, P. Eng.
THE BLAST MITIGATION WORKING GROUP............................................................................. 1795Ettore Contestabile, Simon Foo, Bert von Rosen, Abass Braimah, Juri Kasemets, Abd El Halim A.O. Abd El Halim, G. Razaqpur4
A SUMMARY OF BLAST MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS .................................................................................................................................... 1801
Abass Braimah, Simon Foo, Ettore Contestabile, Bert von Rosen
DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID SCREENING TOOL FOR THE DETERMINATION OF BUILDING VULNERABILITY TO EXTERNAL BOMBING............................................................ 1808
Bert von Rosen, Simon Foo, Ettore Contestabile, Abass Braimah
THE OPTIMIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET ALLOCATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS ............................................................................................................... 1815
Hussien T. AL-Battaineh, S.M. AbouRizk, K.L. Siu, Michel Allouche
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS: A NETWORK APPROACH ................................................................................................................ 1825
O. Moselhi, A. Hammad, S. Alkass, C. Assi, M. Debbabi, M. Haider
A BUILDING MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM................................................... 1833Robert Langevine, Michael Allouche, S.M. AbouRizk, John Nicoll
ANALYSE DE LA RUPTURE D'UN BARAGE PAR SUBMERSION ............................................ 1843I. Nistor, C.D. Rennie
MODULAR RISK MODELING AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE DISASTER INCIDENTS.................................................................................................................. 1851
G. Parker, R.L. Droste, R.M. Narbaitz
RESPONSE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS TO BLAST LOADING........................................................................................................................................ 1861
T. Ozbakkaloglu, N. Naumoski, M. Saatcioglu
EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS THROUGH SEISMIC RETROFITTING NONDUCTILE STRUCTURES ....................................................................................................... 1871
M. Saatcioglu
ASSET MANAGEMENT SCORECARD: A WIN, LOSE OR DRAW APPROACH TO INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................ 1881
P. Marsh
APPLICATION OF A COMBINED FRAMEWORK OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP POLICY STRATEGIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.............................................................. 1891
K.A.K. Devapriya
GENERAL CONFERENCE AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM FORGING PROFESSIONAL BODY AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL LINKS: A MODEL FOR ADOPTION/ADAPTION......................................................................................................... 1899
P Watson, T Howarth, D Gibson
COMPUTER TOOL TO ACHIEVE BETTER PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRATION OF BUILDING ENVELOPES WITH STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ................. 1907
A. Hammad, P. Fazio, H. S. He
DÉFORMATIONS ET CONTRAINTES DANS LES BARRAGES EN ENROCHEMENT AVEC MASQUE AMONT EN BÉTON DE CIMENT REPOSANT SUR UN MORT-TERRAIN ........................................................................................................................................ 1917
Michel Massiéra, Janelle Vautour, Yousef Hammamjiet, Anna Szostak-Chrzanowski
STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS FOR SHEAR LAG PHENOMENON IN FRAMED TUBE STRUCTURES WITH INTERNAL TUBE(S) ....................................................................... 1927
K. K. Lee, K. J. Lee
AN ANT COLONY OPTIMISATION APPROACH TO THE AUTOMATIC OPTIMAL DESIGN OF STRUCTURES........................................................................................................... 1937
J. A. Bland
COMPARISON OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS TO MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE OPTIMAL DESIGN AND OPERATION OF PUMPING STATIONS.............................. 1946
Mahdi Moradi-Jalal, Bryan W. Karney
DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION TOOLS FOR INTERLOCKING CONCRETE PAVEMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 1956
W. Chung, S. Tighe, Rob Burak
Cm FACTOR FOR COMPOSITE COLUMNS BENDING ABOUT THE MINOR AXIS OF THE STEEL CORE ................................................................................................................... 1964
Timo K. Tikka, S. Ali Mirza
TOOLS AND TOYS FOR TEACHING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS METHODOLOGY .............. 1974L. M. Lye
EI OF SLENDER COMPOSITE STEEL-CONCRETE COLUMNS BENDING ABOUT THE MAJOR AXIS.......................................................................................................................... 1983
Timo K. Tikka, S. Ali Mirza
FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF GUSSET PLATE-TO-TUBE SLOTTED CONNECTIONS.............................................................................................................................. 1992
Gilberto Martinez Saucedo, Jeffrey A. Packer, Silke Willibald, Xiao-Ling Zhao
PRELIMINARY GEOTECHNICAL TASK SEQUENCE & TIME LINE ANALYSIS FOR THE CANADIAN ARCTIC RAILROAD PROJECT ........................................................................ 2002
Ginnever, L.
PERMANENT FERROCEMENT FORMS FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION .......................... 2009Ezzat H. Fahmy, Yousry B. Shaheen, Alaa Abdel Tawab
WIND-INDUCED PRESSURES ON PARAPETS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................. 2018
R. Bedair, T. Stathopoulos
SERVICEABILITY OF CONCRETE MEMBERS BASED ON UTILITY THEORY......................... 2028Y.H. Lee, A. Scanlon
DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN TOOLS FOR PRACTICAL CAD APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 2036
R. A. Sabouni, A. R. Sabouni, K. M. El-Sawy
NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SWAY FRAMES ............................... 2046Timo K. Tikka
STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION OF THE HEART LAKE TUNNEL.......................................... 2055B. Bennett, P. Branco, H. McColm, J. Ostrowski, P. Ojala, D. Wong
A STUDY OF STATISTICAL MODELS FOR EXTREME WIND SPEED ESTIMATION ............... 2065Ying An, M.D. Pandey
A NEW DISPLACEMENT- BASED DESIGN METHOD FOR BUILDING ..................................... 2075J. Humar, M. Ghorbanie-Asl
EFFECTS OF SILICA FUME AND FLY ASH ON THE PROPERTIES OF HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE....................................................................................................... 2085
Md. Safiuddin, M.F.M. Zain
NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC MODELLING OF CREEP OF POLYETHYLENE......................... 2095H. Liu, M.A. Polak
BOND SPLITTING STRENGTH OF LAP SPLICING OF GFRP BARS IN CONCRETE .............. 2105Ragi Aly, Brahim Benmokrane
STEEL ROOFS DESIGNED TO RETAIN RAINWATER ............................................................... 2113D. Praught, F.M. Bartlett
FULL-SCALE TESTS ON COLLARED REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS UNDER CYCLIC SHEAR-DOMINANT LOADING ......................................................................... 2123
J. Liu, R.G. Driver
ANALYTICAL MODEL OF A GROUP OF STONE COLUMNS .................................................... 2133M. Etezad, A. M. Hanna, T. Ayadat
A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE COURSEWARE FOR THE LEARNING OF STRUCTURAL FRAMING SYSTEM DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS.......................................... 2143
R.Chan, J. Kong
THE TIME-COST RELATIONSHIP OF HI-TECH STANDARD FAB CONSTRUCTION AT THE HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK ............................................................................................. 2152
Kun-Jung Hsu, Ching-chin Huang
BEHAVIOR OF FERROCEMENT PANELS UNDER AXIAL AND FLEXURAL LOADINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 2162
Ezzat H. Fahmy, Mohamed N. Abou Zeid, Yousry B. Shaheen, Hassan Gaafar
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN THE NETHERLANDS: REVIEW AND COMPARISONS ....................................................................... 2172
E. Lobbes, S. Al-Jibouri, S. AlKass
MODELLING AND SIMULATING EARTHWORKS CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES ................. 2182S. Al-Jibouri, M. Mawdesley
AN APPROACH TO TEACHING A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE................ 2189L. M. Lye
IMPACT RESISTANCE OF LONG FIBER CONCRETE ............................................................... 2199A.J. Schokker, E.J. Moser
GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE BRIDGE DECK PANEL DESIGN, FABRICATION AND LOAD TESTING........................................................................................... 2206
R.J. Roy, A.S. Debaiky, H. Borazghi, B. Benmokrane
PROPERITES OF CONCRETE MIXTURES INCORPORATING MAGNITIZED WATER ............ 2215Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid, Ezzat H. Fahmy, Mohamed Abdel-Raouf
SHEAR REINFORCEMENT IN WIDE CONCRETE BEAMS......................................................... 2225A.S. Lubell, E.C. Bentz, M.P. Collins
THE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE, LIGHTLY REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS AND ONE-WAY SLABS.......................................................................................................................... 2234
E.G. Sherwood, E.C. Bentz, M.P. Collins
PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: PROJECT OVERVIEW.............................................................................. 2244
T. White, C.E. Ventura, G. Taylor, K. Elwood
PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: ANALYTICAL METHODS ......................................................................... 2253
T. White, C.E. Ventura, G. Taylor, K. Elwood
ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CONCRETES FOR INSULATED CONCRETE FORM CONSTRUCTION .......................................................................................... 2263
M. N. Nazir, R. L. Day, L. Moore
CLASSIFICATION OF RIVER WATER QUALITY USING FUZZY SYNTHETIC EVALUATION TECHNIQUE .......................................................................................................... 2273
J. Pokhrel, R. Sadiq
PERFORMANCE OF A NOVEL FASTENER IN LAMINATED STRAND LUMBER AND SPRUCE ......................................................................................................................................... 2283
B. Murty, A. Asiz, I. Smith
NUMERICAL MODELING OF MULTIPLE-BOLT CONNECTIONS IN ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS ....................................................................................................................... 2291
M. Snow, A. Asiz, I. Smith
PERFORMANCE BASED SEISMIC DESIGN OF STRUCTURES EQUIPPED WITH HYSTERETIC DAMPERS .............................................................................................................. 2299
Nabil Mansour, Constantin Christopoulos
ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION ON FRP REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK SLABS ............................................................................................................................................ 2309
A. El Ragaby, E. El-Salakawy, B. Benmokrane
ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL STRESSES DURING HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OF PREFABRICATED HOUSING UNITS................................................... 2319
A. Asiz, M. Iranpour, I. Smith
VOLUME 4
MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING MODULES TO SIMPLIFY FLOOD MAP REVISIONS............................................................................................................................ 2327
M.H. Woo
METHANE OXIDATION IN LANDFILL SOIL COVERS ................................................................ 2331M. AlBanna, L. Fernandes, M. Warith
RISK ASSESSMENT IN PIPELINE PROJECTS USING BELIEF NETWORKS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION ............................................................................................................ 2341
M. Marzouk, A. Eldieb
DAMAGE MODELLING OF POLYETHYLENE ............................................................................. 2349J.A. Alvarado-Contreras, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis
RAPID CHLORIDE PENETRABILITY TEST: A NEW LOOK ....................................................... 2359M. T. Bassuoni, T. R. Greenough, M. L. Nehdi
EFFECTS OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STIFFENERS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MOMENT RESISTING STEEL BEAM-LATTICED COLUMN CONNECTIONS ................... 2369
Iraj H.P. Mamaghani, Ashkan Vosooghi
IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIONICS IN A SECOND GENERATION STEEL-FREE BRIDGE DECK ............................................................................................................................... 2379
Chad Klowak, Aftab Mufti
INELASTIC CYCLIC ANALYSIS OF STEEL BRACES ................................................................ 2389Iraj H.P. Mamaghani
DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION DYNAMIC CONTROL AND MONITOR PORTAL INTEGRATED ERP SYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 2399
Yu-Cheng Lin, P. H. Lin
MULTIMEDIA-INTEGRATED APPLICATION FOR COMPUTERASSISTED TEACHING SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................... 2407
Yu-Cheng Lin, Lung-Chuang Wang
MODELING SHEAR CAPACITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS ............................................................................................................... 2414
T. Greenough, M. Nehdi
DEVELOPING PASTE BACKFILL FROM HEATH STEELE MINE SULPHIDIC TAILINGS USING INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS ........................................................................ 2424
Amjad Tariq, Moncef Nehdi
EFFECT OF CHEMCAL ADMIXTURES AND HIGH TEMPERATUES ON YIELD STRESS AND PLASTIC VISCOSITY OF CEMENT PASTES ...................................................... 2434
S. Al-Martini, M. L. Nehdi
FIELD PERFORMANCE OF A CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT INSTALLED USING STANDARD INSTALLATIONS ...................................................................................................... 2442
P.D. Smeltze, L. Daigle
COMPARISONS OF SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE SQUARE COLUMNS CONFINED BY FRP CASINGS AND CONVENTIONAL STEEL REINFORCEMENT......................................................................................................................... 2452
T. Ozbakkaloglu, M. Saatcioglu
STRENGTHENING OF ONE WAY REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS WITH MECHANICALLY-ANCHORED UNBONDED FRP STRIPS ......................................................... 2462
T. El Maaddawy, J. Hamelin, T. Hrynyk, L. Schaus, K. Soudki
MULTIPLE BOLTED CONNECTIONS IN PULTRUDED FRP COMPONENTS ........................... 2469M.A. Erki, C.R. Shyu, R.G. Wight
A SPATIAL GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF LAND USE DEVELOPMENT ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN THE SANGONG OASIS REGION USING REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY AND DATA ...................................................... 2476
Xi Chen, Jinfeng Yan, Zhi Chen, Geping Luo, Qing Song, Wenqiang Xu
FRACTURE TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENT IN BRITTLE ROCKS ............................................ 2486M. J. Iqbal, B. Mohanty
A NEW ENERGY PRICING MODEL: THE ESCALATING FAILURE OF NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMIC MODELS AND SOME POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DOLLAR AND THE EURO ................................... 2493
M.R. Islam, G.M. Zatzman
AN ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION TO THE MODIFIED BRINKMAN MODEL (MBM) FOR A 2-DIMENSIONAL, 1-PHASE FLOW OF PETROLEUM FLUIDS ...................................... 2502
S. Mustafiz, J. Biazar, M.R. Islam
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING OF OIL DISCHARGES FROM PRODUCED WATER IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................. 2510
M. I. Khan, M.R. Islam
A NOVEL PETROLEUM WELL COMPLETION TECHNIQUE...................................................... 2520F. Taheri, D. Prior, H. Vaziri, M.R. Islam
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A NOVEL PERFORATION TECHNIQUE IN PETROLEUM WELLS - PERFORATION BY DRILLING ................................... 2532
M.A. Rahman, J. Biazar, M. Koksal, M.R. Islam
FORMULATION OF TWO PHASE, TWO DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR PDE's AS APPLIED IN WELL-TESTING ........................................................................................................ 2541
S. Mustafiz, M.R. Islam
DIRECT-USAGE SOLAR REFRIGERATION: FROM IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING .......................................................... 2549
M.M. Khan, D. Prior, M.R. Islam
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF A HYPER UMBRELLA SHELL ROOF .................................. 2557A. Mousa
SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ................................................................... 2567D. Hayward, S. Gaskin
USE OF TEAR-OFF ROOF SHINGLES IN STONE MASTIC ASPHALT MIXTURES.................. 2577M. H. Shehata, M.N. Panhwer
STEEL-CONCRETE INTERACTION IN DOUBLE SKIN PROFILED COMPOSITE WALLS: DEVELOPMENT OF FINITE ELEMENT MODEL........................................................... 2586
K.M.A. Hossain, M. Lachemi, H.D. Wright
PERFORMANCE OF VOLCANIC PUMICE BASED BLENDED CEMENT MORTARS IN SULFATE AND SULFATE-CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENTS ...................................................... 2595
K.M.A. Hossain, M. Lachemi
DEVELOPING A STRUCTURAL INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................................... 2605
G. Jin, P. Lester, D. Power, R. Matthews, G. Au
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH OF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE RED RIVER IN THE SOUTHERN MANITOBA....................................................................................... 2615
Y. A. Elawad, Z. Chen, G. H. Huang, C.V. Tao, R. Abdalla
PETITES INCOHÉRENCES EN INGÉNIERIE DES STRUCTURES ............................................. 2625R. Takácset D. Bauer
SHEAR LAG IN TENSION MEMBER WELDED CONNECTIONS................................................ 2632G. Abi-Saad, A. Benaddi, D. Bauer
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONLINE GPS PROCESSING SERVICES ........................................ 2642R. Ghoddousi-Fard, P.Dare
REMEDIAL STRATEGY FOR GEODETIC NETWORKS .............................................................. 2652M. Berber, P. Dare, P. Vaníèek
ANALYSIS OF STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALLS USING CONVENTIONAL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE ......................................................................................................... 2659
J.J. Shishkin, R.G. Driver, G.Y. Grondin
EFFECT OF DE-ICER AND ANTI-ICER CHEMICALS ON THE DURABILITY, MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CEMENTBASED MATERIALS............................ 2669
G.A. Julio-Betancourt, R.D. Hooton
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION AND FIELD MONITORING OF KARUN BRIDGE ABUTMENT .................................................................................................................................... 2677
A. Bayat, M. H. Sadaghiani
REINFORCEMENT OF LATTICE COMMUNICATION TOWERS WITH RODS AND ANGLES ......................................................................................................................................... 2685
C. Kumalasari, M.K.S. Madugula, F. Ghrib
CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASMA CUT-WELDED H-SHAPED STEEL COLUMNS .................. 2695A.Pramalathan, K.S. Sivakumaran
INNOVATIVE PREFABRICATED CONCRETE BRIDGE SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 2705
Bijal N. Shah, Khaled Sennah, M. Reza Kianoush, Siyin Tu
FLOW AROUND 90. OPEN-CHANNEL BENDS ........................................................................... 2715Sangsoo Han, Pascale M. Biron, Amruthur S. Ramamurthy
DESIGN OF CONCRETE SLAB-COLUMN JOINTS FOR LATERAL DRIFT............................... 2722R.B. Gayed, A. Ghali
ANALYSIS OF THICK COMPOSITE PLATES USING A SPLINE FINITE STRIP APPROACH.................................................................................................................................... 2732
G. Akhras, W. Li
DETECTION OF UNDERGROUND CAVITIES USING MASW TEST .......................................... 2739A. Nasseri-Moghaddam, C. Phillips, G. Cascante , D. J. Hutchinson
INTERFACIAL BEHAVIOUR OF FRP-CONCRETE JOINTS SUBJECTED TO DIRECT SHEAR............................................................................................................................................ 2750
U.A. Ebead, K.W. Neale
NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF WIND FLOW OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN USING AN OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH.......................................................................................... 2760
G.T. Bitsuamlak, C. Bédard, T. Stathopoulos
TENSILE-FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR OF CARBON-FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER (CFRP) TENDONS SUBJECTED TO HARPED PROFILES ......................................................... 2770
T.G. Quayle, J.S. West, K.A. Soudki
SELF-CONSOLIDATING HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE INCORPORATING RICE HUSK ASH............................................................................................................................ 2780
Md. Safiuddin, J.S. West, K.A. Soudki
MODULARIZATION TECHNIQUES AND STRUCTURAL STEEL PROCUREMENT ON OPTI-NEXEN'S LONG LAKE UPGRADER PROJECT .......................................................... 2790
S.H. Ainslie, P.O. Burns, R.J. Clark
COUNTER FLOWING WALL JETS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL ............................................. 2800A.S. Ramamurthy, Diep Vo, Magdalena Tudor
COMPARISONS BETWEEN RESULTS OF FIELD AND LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS FOR EVALUATION OF SHEAR RESISTANCE AND DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SANDY SOIL............................................................. 2804
A.M. Eid, M.M. El-Assaly
EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY CONTENT OF GROUND MOTION ON SEISMIC RESPONSE OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS................................................................................. 2815
M.M. El-Assaly
BEHAVIOUR OF SLOTTED HOLE ANGLE CONNECTIONS ...................................................... 2825Jack C.Y. Man, Robert G. Driver, Gilbert Y. Grondin
THE USE OF CFRP IN PRECAST PRESTRESSED HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE .................................................................................................................................... 2835
Adel R. Zaki, Kenneth W. Neale, Gamil Tadros, Marc Demers
A RATIONAL PROPOSAL FOR PREDICTING BEAM DEFLECTION ......................................... 2844P. Bischoff
BACKWATER EFFECT DUE TO A SINGLE SPUR DIKE ............................................................ 2854H. Azinfar, J.A. Kells
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF COMBINED SYSTEM, 3D WALL PANELS AND BENDING FRAME SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC LOADING......................... 2864
M. Z. Kabir, Y.Nassira
ROBUST ESTIMATION OF LIMIT LOADS OF PLATES .............................................................. 2874Aman A. Bolar, Seshu M. R. Adluri
INELASTIC STRAIN ESTIMATION USING DIRECT SECANT METHODS ................................. 2884Dulal C. Laha, Seshu M. R. Adluri
A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE TWO-WAY SLABS REINFORCED WITH GFRP BARS................................................................................................ 2894
Q. Zhang, H. Marzouk, A. Hussein
TREATABILITY OF HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH OIL & GREASE PET FOOD INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER USING MESOPHILIC UASB REACTOR..................................... 2904
J. Jeganathan, G. Nakhla, A. Bassi
POLLUTION PREVENTION PAYS IN FOOD INDUSTRY ............................................................ 2912Alex Keen
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIPOLE FLOW IN SITU REACTOR ..................................................... 2918N.R. Thomson, B. Reiha, D. McKnight, A.L. Smalley, S.A. Banwart
WATER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS ANALYSIS OF THE GREATER MONCTON AREA .............. 2928Julie Thériault, Anne-Marie Larocheet, Richard Landry
EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL GUIDELINES - AN EDMONTON EXPERIENCE ................................................................................................................................. 2938
J. Smart, J. Tan, K. Chua, M. Kan, D. Vanderwel
A SURVEY OF THE JORDANIAN PUBLIC PERCEPTION TOWARD THE CONSUMPTION OF CROPS IRRIGATED BY TREATED WASTEWATER ................................. 2946
Jamal Abu-Ashour
URBAN DESIGN AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION: AN EXPLORATION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT ................................................................................................................................. 2950
J.M.M. Cuddihy, C.A. Kennedy, P.H. Byer
SIMULATING BIOLOGICAL CLOGGING IN UNSATURATED SOILS ........................................ 2960M. Mostafa, P. J. Van Geel
RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY TECHNOLOGIES IN DIGITAL QINGJIANG VALLEY..................................................................................................................... 2970
RuiChen Zheng, Zhaoxia Dong, Chen Wang, Xiaojun Tan, Chengjun LI
APPLICATION RESEARCH OF REAL-TIME HYDROGRAPHIC SCHEDULING AND JOINT COMPUTING IN DIGITAL QINGJIANG SYSTEM ............................................................. 2977
Zhaoxia Dong, Jian Li, Wang Chen
LOW-ENERGY HOMES: EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC NEED TO BUILD BETTER NOW................................................................................................................................................ 2983
S. Gray, R.C. Richman, K.D. Pressnail, B. Dong
DRAINAGE AREA AND FLOW FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF SMALL ONTARIO STREAMS ..................................................................................................................... 2992
A. Quader, Y. Guo
NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD SUSTAINABILITY........................... 3002J.B. Engel-Yan, C.A. Kennedy, K.D. Pressnail
A LIABILITY ALLOCATION RISK FRAMEWORK FOR HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER WELLS HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED BY ORGANIC CHEMICALS..................... 3012
M. Kang, J. F. Sykes, N. R. Thomson
ON THE FACE STABILITY OF TUNNELS IN WEAK ROCKS ..................................................... 3022M. A. Meguid
ANALYTICAL MODELING OF THE SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF RC EXTERIOR BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS .......................................................................................................................... 3031
R. Sadjadi, M. R. Kianoush
ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF FRP REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK SLABS UNDER WHEEL LOAD ............................ 3041
S.E. El-Gamal, E.F. El-Salakawy, B. Benmokrane
ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF SEMI-RIGID FLOOR BEAMS CONNECTION IN MODULAR STEEL STRUCTURES ............................................................................................... 3051
C.D. Annan, M.A. Youssef , M.H. El-Naggar
REMEDIAL APPROACH FOR PETROLEUM HYDROCABON CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER AT A TTC BUS GARAGE IN TORONTO, ONTARIO ..................................... 3060
A. Drevininkas , P. Laurin, S. Harris , T. Guoth , R. Pasqualoni
SIMPLIFIED MODELLING OF THE FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR OF RC STRUCTURES .............. 3070M. Rahman, M. A. Youssef, A.A. El Damatty
STUDY OF THE PROGRESSIVE FAILURE OF AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE DUE TO A DOWNBURST EVENT........................................................................................ 3078
A.Y. Shehata, A.A. El Damatty
FABRIC AIDED SLOW SAND FILTER APPLICATION FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT .................................................................................................................................. 3088
P.K. Mondal, R. Seth, N. Biswas
FLEXURAL TESTING OF COLD-FORMED STEEL MEMBERS WITH REINFORCED WEB OPENINGS............................................................................................................................ 3097
M. Y. Ng , K.S. Sivakumaran, S. R. Fox
VOLUME 5
IMPACT NOISE ISSUES IN MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS.......................................................... 3107
Ramani Ramakrishnan
THERMAL EFFECT ON BOND PROPERTIES OF FRP BARS EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE .................................................................................................................................... 3115
R. Masmoudi, A. Alvarez, J.F. Dubois
INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SYPMPOSIUM WOODEN BRIDGES IN VENETO: 1750 - 1850 ............................................................................ 3125
F. Lanza, A. Mattarucco
NORTH AMERICAS FIRST CIVIL ENGINEERS CONSTRUCT SEVENTH CENTURY SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT YAXCHILAN...................................................................................... 3138
James A O'Kon
THE MEN WHO DEVELOPED THE FIRST STEAM SHOVELS ................................................... 3148Cliff J. Schexnayder, Kraig Knutson
BRIDGES OF VENICE ................................................................................................................... 3157F. Lanza, A. Mattarucco
BRITISH CIVIL ENGINEERS IN CANADA 1830-1890.................................................................. 3169M. M. Chrimes
EIC WORKING PAPERS................................................................................................................ 3182P.R. Hart, A.H. Wilson
THE ERIE CANAL .......................................................................................................................... 3190By M.D. Morris
THE TORONTO SUBWAY ............................................................................................................. 3193Thomas G. Middlebrook
2ND SPECIAL CONFERENCE ON COASTAL, ESTUARY AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING EROSIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE PETITCODIAC RIVER SEDIMENTS ................................ 3206
A. Rodriguez, K. Haralampides
SALMONID PASSAGE THROUGH STREAM CULVERT ENTRANCES ..................................... 3216P. Wedge, K. Haralampides
AN ECOHYDRAULICS APPROACH TO INCREASING PRODUCTION OF JUVENILE WILD ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR) ............................................................................. 3224
M.J. Gallant, K. Haralampides
THE DIRECT JOINT PROBABILITY METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EXTREME SEA LEVELS .......................................................................................................................................... 3233
J. Liu, B. J. Lence, M. Isaacson
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF EXCHANGE AND MIXING OVER A SILL AT THE MOUTH OF THE SAINT JOHN RIVER ESTUARY ....................................................................... 3245
S.P. Haigh, J.E. Hughes Clarke
OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF MIXING AND EXCHANGE OVER A SILL AT THE MOUTH OF THE SAINT JOHN RIVER ESTUARY................................................. 3255
J.E. Hughes Clarke, S.P. Haigh
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF NUTRIENT-SEDIMENT LOADING AND ALGAL BLOOM RISK ASSESSMENT IN A SHALLOW ESTUARINE LAKE ........................................... 3265
I. Georgiou, J.A. McCorquodale, C. Chilmakuri
FORCES ON ARMOUR UNITS IN A LOW-CRESTED BREAKWATER ...................................... 3274J. A. McCorquodale, W. Pramono, S. Carnelos
THE FATE OF STORMWATER RUNOFF IN AN ESTUARINE LAKE ......................................... 3283C. Chilmakuri, J.A. McCorquodale, I. Georgiou, J. Leal
ACCURATE DETECTION OF WIND WAVE PROFILES .............................................................. 3293M.A. Mukto, M.A. Atmane, M.R. Loewen
FRP COMPOSITE SHEET PILE WALLS FOR SHORELINE PROTECTION............................... 3303Yixin Shao, Anthony Peterson
COASTAL PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE GREAT LAKES .................................................... 3313Yerubandi R. Rao
NONLINEAR BUOYANCY AND MIXING OF PLANE THERMOHALINE JETS........................... 3323R.E. Baddour, H. Zhang
LONG-TERM MODELING OF SHORELINE EVOLUTION USING A PROCESS-BASED HYBRID APPROACH ....................................................................................................... 3330
M. Dibajnia, R.B. Nairn
6TH TRANSPORTATION SPECIALTY CONFERENCE PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF SIGHT DISTANCE FOR SIGNALIZED AND STOP-CONTROL INTERSECTIONS ........................................................................................................ 3340
S. Easa, A. Hussain
FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN FOR NEW LARGE AIRCRAFT (NLA) BASED ON THE ACN EQUIVALENCY CONCEPT .......................................................................................... 3351
M. Livneh
EVALUATING USER DELAY COSTS FOR TYPICAL ONTARIO WORK ZONES ...................... 3362K. Huen, S. Tighe, B. McCabe
USER PERCEPTIONS OF MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES .............................................................................................. 3372
J. Smith, S. Tighe
DEVELOPMENT OF SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS USING CANADIAN LONG TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE DATA................................................................................. 3382
P. Leong, S. Tighe, G. Doré
ACCELERATING HIGHWAY BRIDGE DEMOLITION - AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH ............. 3392Cynthia Martin, P.Eng., John P. Does
PREDICTING SEVERITIES OF RURAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES USING ORDERED PROBIT MODELING ................................................................................................... 3402
Sunanda Dissanayake, Indike Ratnayake
ROAD WEATHER FORECAST QUALITY ANALYSIS FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE PURPOSES .................................................................................................................................... 3412
Sunanda Dissanayake, Dean Landman, Wei He
STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE: MINOR ROAD ON TANGENT OF HORIZONTAL CURVE .......................................................................................... 3421
Muhammad Z. A. Ali, S. Easa, Dr. Mohammad Hamed
INCORPORATING VARIABILITY INTO LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS AND PAY FACTORS FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED SPECIFICATIONS.................................................... 3431
L. Whiteley, S. Tighe
COMPARISON OF NORTH AMERICAN AND NEW ZEALAND CHIP SEAL DESIGN METHODS ...................................................................................................................................... 3441
D. Gransberg, B. Pidwerbesky, D. James
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF ROUNDABOUTS IN KANSAS ............................................... 3448Eugene R. Russell, Srinivas Mandavilli, Margaret J. Rys
VERIFICATION OF A SIMPLIFIED CAR-FOLLOWING THEORY USING VEHICLE TRAJECTORY DATA..................................................................................................................... 3458
C. Wang, B. Coifman
DEVELOPMENT OF TRAFFIC MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE YORK REGION, ONTARIO........................................................................................................................................ 3467
O. Tonkonojenkov, A. Hadayeghi, G. Junnor, C. Mollett
RELIABILITY-BASED CALIBRATION OF THE DESIGN MANUAL FOR TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION STRUCTURES ...................................................................................... 3479
J. Jay Climenhaga, A. S. Nowak, P. C. Ojala, S. Reed Tanaka
REHABILITATION OF PRECAST TUNNEL LINERS TORONTO SUBWAY ............................... 3490Sameh Ghaly, M.Eng
QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF URBAN FREEWAYS .................................................................................................................................... 3499
A. Tsyganov, R. Machemehl, A. Qatan
AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCIDENTS AND URBAN FREEWAYS INFORMATION LOAD .............................................................................................. 3510
A. Qatan, A. Tsyganov, R. Machemehl
ASSESSING TRANSPORTATION POLICY USING AN ACTIVITY-BASED MICROSIMULATION MODEL OF TRAVEL DEMAND ................................................................. 3518
M.J. Roorda, E.J. Miller
AN EVALUATION OF COARSE AGGREGATE TESTS AT THE NCAT TEST TRACK .............. 3528A. Carter, M. Stroup Gardiner
SIMULATING CITIES ..................................................................................................................... 3538E.J. Miller
A MODEL OF TRANSIT PASS OWNERSHIP............................................................................... 3548M. Weldon, M.J. Roorda, E.J. Miller
STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TRAFFIC FLOW VARIATIONS DURING STATUTORY HOLIDAY PERIODS................................................................................................ 3556
Zhaobin Liu, Satish Sharma, Kelly Wyatt
REDUCING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS TO MOISTURE INDUCED DAMAGE THROUGH SUPERIOR COMPACTION TECHNOLOGY ........................... 3569
A. Mostafa, Amir Abd El Halim, W. Bekheet, A.O. Abd El Halim, S. Easa
GEOTECHNICAL DATA MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES ................................................................................................................................ 3579
S. Caronna
ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF TRUCK TIRE PRESSURE ON FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS ............ 3589F. Wang, R. B. Machemehl
RATIONALIZING RELIABLE IMPUTATION DURATIONS OF GENETICALLY DESIGNED MODELS BASED ON ALBERTA ROADS ................................................................ 3599
M. Zhong, S.C. Sharma, P.J. Lingras
TRAFFIC DATA IMPUTATION: PRACTICE, STANDARDS, INNOVATION AND PERSPECTIVE ............................................................................................................................... 3609
M. Zhong, S.C. Sharma
PRIVATIZING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES IN JORDAN ................................................... 3616Mohammad M. Hamed, Said Easa
UNION SUBWAY STATION SECOND PLATFORM PROJECT ................................................... 3625Silvano Florindi, Thomas G. Middlebrook, Mario Nalli
HIGHWAY WORK ZONE STRATEGIES FOR SAFETY ............................................................... 3635X. Ren, B.McCabe, S. Tighe
GOOD, FAST AND CHEAP - THE PAVEMENT FRICTION DATA COLLECTION CONUNDRUM ................................................................................................................................ 3645
S. Goodman, Y. Hassan, D. King, A.O. Abd El Halim
AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF INTRA-HOUSEHOLD JOINT ACTIVITY-TRAVEL TOURS IN THE JAKARTA METROPOLITAN AREA ................................................................... 3655
S. Yagi, A. Mohammadian
ROLE OF UNEVEN VEHICLE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN CURVE DRIVING........................... 3665L. Syed, Y. Hassan
SAFETY EXPLICIT DESIGN OF FREEWAY SPEED CHANGE LANES ..................................... 3674M. Sarhan, Y. Hassan, A.O. Abd El Halim
DEVELOPMENT OF A BACK-CALCULATION SCHEME FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS USING MULTI-LAYER ELASTIC SYSTEMS ......................................................... 3684
D. Said, E. Sharaf, O. Osman
INTEGRATING DRIVING SIMULATION AND TRAFFIC SIMULATION: A CASE STUDY ............................................................................................................................................ 3694
J. M. Jenkins, L. R. Rilett
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN APPROACH TO PAVEMENT RESPONSE EVALUATION .............. 3703K. Kandil, L. Lye
EXISTING PRACTICES FOR MITIGATING ASPHALT PAVEMENT RUTTING AT INTERSECTIONS IN ALBERTA .................................................................................................... 3712
H. R. Soleymani, D. Palsat
PEDESTRIAN SIMULATION-ASSIGNMENT MODEL FOR A HONG KONG MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION - CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION.......................................... 3722
J.Y.S. Lee, W.H.K. Lam
COMPARISON OF TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN EMERGING SUBURBAN ACTIVITY CENTERS AND DOWNTOWN TORONTO ............................................ 3732
F. Tsang, A.S. Shalaby
MODELLING BUSINESS LOCATION IN TORONTO: ACCESSIBILITY AS THE DETERMINANT .............................................................................................................................. 3742
Flavia W.K. Tsang, Christopher A. Kennedy, Eric J. Miller, Murtaza Haider
MODELING DRIVERS' CHOICE BEHAVIOR: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE NEEDS .............. 3752H. Talaat, B. Abdulhai
LARGE-SCALE MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION MODEL DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING MACROSCOPIC TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL DATA ................................................................... 3761
Jaesup Lee, Michael Hunter, Joonho Ko, Randall Guensler, Hoe Kyoung Kim
A MODEL TO ESTIMATE RIGHT ANGLE ACCIDENTS AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ........................................................................................................................... 3771
D. M. Karim
TRAFFIC NETWORK CONDITION MONITORING VIA MOBILE PHONE LOCATION REFERENCING - AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY...................................................................... 3780
B. Hellinga, L. Fu, H. Takada
NON-AASHTO BASED PAVEMENT DESIGN TOOL USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ........................................................................... 3790
H. Talaat, E. Sharaf, O. Osman
THIN SURFACINGS IN ONTARIO: MAKING SCARCE ROAD MAINTENANCE BUDGETS STRETCH FURTHER .................................................................................................. 3798
L. Uzarowski, M. Maher, D. Waechter
EFFECTIVENESS OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR ESTIMATING ASPHALT CONCRETE COMPLEX MODULUS.............................................................................................. 3806
M. Zeghal, Y.E. Adam, H.H. Mohamed
A GUIDE TO ASSESS THE DURABILITY OF 'PLASTIC' MATERIALS USED IN CIVIL ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................................... 3816
D. Kay, E. Blond
THE USE OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO SUPPLEMENT THE FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER FOR PAVEMENT EVALUATION .................................................. 3828
Ludomir Uzarowski, Michael Maher, Andrew Balasundaram
INVESTIGATION OF DRIVER BEHAVIOUR AND REACTIONS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY RESEARCH .................................................................................................................................... 3836
A. Tsyganov, R. Machemehl, S. Easa
MACRO-LEVEL COLLISION PREDICTION MODELS FOR EVALUATING NEIGHBOURHOOD TRAFFIC SAFETY........................................................................................ 3846
G.R. Lovegrove, T. Sayed
ANALYSIS OF TRUCK OVERWEIGHTS IN EGYPT .................................................................... 3856Hozayen Hozayen
STRATEGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN TRAFFIC DEMAND ............................... 3866A.M. Khan
ASPHALT PAVEMENTS WITH INNOVATIVE POLYMER MODIFICATIONS FOR LONG LIFE TIME AND LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS................................................................ 3876
P. Sivapatham, H. J. Beckedahl
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