Urban Infrastructure Construction and Management

Dear Colleagues,

Urban infrastructure construction and management, as the backbone of urban economic and social development, have significant impacts on green economic development. However, with the growing demands of urbanisation, population growth, and climate change, urban infrastructure will undoubtedly face more serious challenges. In order to solve these challenges, new construction materials and technologies are needed to enhance and improve urban infrastructure construction, such as roads, bridges, and so on. For example, urban road infrastructure is currently encountering severe obstacles, such as higher and lower temperatures, flooding, and an increased number of freezing and thawing cycles due to climate change. To avoid more frequent pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction, researchers and transportation agencies have recently started to focus on the resilience of pavement structures and materials. In addition, there is significant potential for improvement through the digitalisation of processes and the application of the building information modelling (BIM) approach, a methodology used to improve efficiency in urban infrastructure construction. Meanwhile, utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning for urban infrastructure construction and management is conducive to enhancing the integration of roadside infrastructure and intelligent transportation systems. This approach shows promise in improving traffic safety and system management efficiency. The construction and management of infrastructure pose various environmental risks that jeopardize the well-being of urban inhabitants and construction workers. It is imperative to employ scientific modelling techniques to accurately assess these environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle.

This Special Issue “Urban Infrastructure Construction and Management” will provide an overview of existing knowledge on new materials, processes, and technologies for urban infrastructure construction. Original research, theoretical and experimental work, case studies, and comprehensive review papers are invited for possible publication.

Relevant topics to this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following subjects:

• New materials for urban infrastructure construction;
• Advanced technologies for infrastructure construction;
• Sustainable infrastructure construction management;
• Infrastructure construction structural health monitoring;
• Machine-learning-powered management;
• Urban infrastructure construction under climate change;
• Smart and sustainable infrastructural construction;
• Building information modelling (BIM) for infrastructural construction;
• Environmental impact modelling for infrastructure in the life cycle.

Dr. Dongyu Niu
Prof. Dr. Zhengxian Yang
Dr. Yangming Gao
Dr. Dan Chong
Guest Editors

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