Buildings

Advanced Materials, Structural Systems and Construction for Green Buildings

edited by

Han Fang

,

Ornella Iuorio

and

Yu Bai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12741 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and green materials; building materials made from wastes; bio-based construction systems; functional materials and structures with life-cycle sustainability; low-carbon structures; structural optimisation; life-cycle assessments; new construction technology for energy efficiency; design and re-manufacturing for reuse; design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA); damage detection and maintenance planning for life preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Sustainable Architecture Regards to Global Challenges: Implementation and Evaluation

edited by

Łukasz Mazur

and

Anna Bać

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9957 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable architecture; circular economy; building materials; energy efficiency; decarbonization; timber engineering; indoor and urban comfort; post occupancy evaluation; education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Research on Structural Analysis and Design of Civil Structures

edited by

Ping Zhu

and

Zhe Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8961 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural analysis; structural design; performance evaluation; structural optimization; theoretical analysis of civil engineering; numerical analysis of civil engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Life Cycle Management of Buildings

edited by

Junwu Wang

, Han Wu and Zhangsheng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7894 | Submission Open

Keywords: cost and duration analysis in LCM; durable design in LCM; construction enterprise management; digital twins and BIM; smart devices and sensor technologies; soft computing in civil engineering; uncertainty analysis in LCM of civil engineering; risk management in LCM of civil engineering; decision support in LCM of civil engineering; green construction and sustainable management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advancing Urban Resilience Through Enhanced Disaster Response and Recovery

edited by

Da Hu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7495 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage assessment; disaster reconnaissance; building resilience; emerging technologies; response and recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in AI, Digitization, Robotics, IoT, BIM, and Spatial Modeling in Building Sciences

edited by

Fuan Tsai

and Tee-Ann Teo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6827 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital building models; multi-LOD building models; high-definition 3D models; building information modelling; construction management; automation in construction; building spatial information; indoor location services; CAD/CAE; artifical intelligence/machine learning/deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Research on Emerging Technologies for Structural Design, Inspection, and Maintenance

edited by

Junyong Zhou

and Zeren Jin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6620 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence intelligent design and optimization smart sensing material; intelligent inspection equipment; advanced testing technique; multi-sensor and multi-source data fusion; digital twins for management; inspection and monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Structural Modelling, Identification and Monitoring of Existing Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Egidio Lofrano

and Paolo Di Re

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6095 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; dynamic identification; damage detection; inverse problem; machine learning in SHM; sensor network; optimal sensor placement; sensor technologies; remote monitoring; model updating

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Damage and Fracture Analysis in Rocks and Concretes

edited by

Xiang Li

and

Kewei Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4093 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; damage; fracture; mining engineering; geotechnical engineering; numerical model; time-dependent fracturing; stress corrosion; high temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic Performance and Durability of Engineering Structures

edited by Jieqiong Wu, Renbo Zhang and Shenggang Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4083 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; seismic performance; durability design; durability assessment; environmental action; load effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Solid Mechanics as Applied to Civil Engineering

edited by Zhengwei Li and Chuantan Hou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3073 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid mechanics; structural design; mechanical behavior; material performance; computational model; civil engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Technologies in Foundations Engineering and Construction Materials—2nd Edition

edited by

Marian Drusa

,

Jaroslaw Rybak

and

Andrea Segalini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2689 | Submission Open

Keywords: piles and injection technology; the design and issues of energy piles; the testing and design of piles; foundation reconstruction; sustainable pavement materials; reinforced foamed concrete; foamed concrete subbase structures; foamed concrete applications; water retention layers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Carbon-Neutral Infrastructure: 2nd Edition

edited by Wentong Wang,

Dongdong Yuan

,

Augusto Cannone Falchetto

and

Fucheng Guo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2327 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-neutralized cement or asphalt-based materials; material technologies to improve the utilization of infrastructure waste resources; alternative materials for carbon neutral infrastructure; recycled materials in infrastructure; cold mix asphalt materials; green and sustainable infrastructure materials; energy harvesting and green conversion technologies for road infrastructure; smart infrastructure materials and structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advanced Studies on Housing Energy Efficiency, Net Zero Developments and Real Estate Values

edited by

Maria Macchiaroli

,

Masoud Sajjadian

and

Junxue Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2277 | Submission Open

Keywords: housing energy efficiency; real estate market; building energy performance; climate-sensitive architecture; healthy and ecological urban planning and design; sustainable city assessment; green and low-carbon building; healing urban landscape design; energy and ecological urban

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Modern Trends in the Revitalization of Buildings and Post-Industrial Facilities

edited by

Jerzy Rosłon

,

Paweł Nowak

, Janusz Sobieraj and

Dominik Metelski

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2169 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban revitalization; post-industrial facilities; sustainable construction; land reclamation; building information modeling (BIM); innovative construction technologies; sustainable urban development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Data-Driven Project Planning and Control: Advancing Cost, Schedule, and Risk Management

edited by

Giulio Mangano

,

Alberto De Marco

and

Filippo Maria Ottaviani

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1871 | Submission Open

Keywords: regression analysis; Bayesian inference; fuzzy logic; Monte Carlo simulation; time series analysis; artificial intelligence; probabilistic and network models; natural language processing and text mining; building information modeling; blockchain; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Smart Asset Management for Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Raj Shah and

Mohan Siriwardena

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1757 | Submission Open

Keywords: asset management; digital twin (DT); BIM (building information modelling) and AI (artificial intelligence); sustainable materials; climate impact on physical assets; application of AI in assets; law and policy in digital assets; cyber security and IP of digital assets; resilience of existing infrastructure; energy performance and sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Trends and Prospects in Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by

David Coley

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1568 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-energy buildings; net zero; energy modeling; society; architecture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advanced Characteristics and Long-Term Durability of Cementitious Materials and Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Vanissorn Vimonsatit

and

Benchaa Benabed

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable building materials; cementitious systems; low-carbon concrete; strength; durability; reinforced concrete; concrete structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Universal and Age-Friendly Design in Urban and Rural Built Environment Creation

edited by

Fei Chen

,

Masa Noguchi

and

Fangning Wu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1106 | Submission Open

Keywords: universal design; age-friendly design; urban and rural built environment; urban; architectural; and interior renewal and design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Building Safety Assessment and Structural Analysis

edited by

Weibin Yuan

, Nanting Yu,

Xiaofeng Gao

and Xinkai Hao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1076 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; high-rise building; wind loading effect; seismic resilience; machine learning; fatigue; buckling; fluid– structure interaction; finite element analysis; case study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Urban Renewal: Protection and Restoration of Existing Buildings

edited by Jizhuo Huang,

Jun Wang

and Gang Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1024 | Submission Open

Keywords: existing buildings; protection techniques; restoration techniques; low-carbon transformation; new reinforcement material

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advances in Building Foundation Engineering

edited by Rui Chen,

Ankit Garg

,

Svetlana N. Sushkova

,

Neelima Satyam

and Zhaofeng Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 862 | Submission Open

Keywords: pile foundation; soil– structure interaction; special soils; geotechnical challenge; sustainability; climate change; excavation; geo-environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Seismic Prevention, Structural Analysis and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

George Kalogeropoulos

, Alexandros-Dimitrios Tsonos and

Constantin Chalioris

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: experimental tests; analytical and numerical modeling; retrofit; seismic isolation; structural analysis; innovative materials; steel fiber concrete; FRP; steel fiber concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

New Challenges of Underground Structures in Earthquake Engineering

edited by Yusheng Shen and Zhengzheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel engineering; earthquake engineering; seismic design; seismic vulnerability; model test; seismic warning; complex geology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Application of Nanotechnology in Building Materials

edited by Xiaoying Zhang, Ning Li,

Ang Liu

, Yu Yong and Chuansheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; cement-based composite materials; conductive polymers; reinforced concrete; FRP bars; corrosion inhibitors; corrosion resistance; coatings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Building Foundation Analysis: Soil–Structure Interaction—2nd Edition

edited by Qiang Xie,

Yuxin Ban

, Xiang Fu and Rini Asnida Binti Abdullah

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: building foundations; geotechnical engineering; soil– structure interaction; building behaviour; pile foundations; machine learning; numerical modelling; geophysical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Experiments, Design and Practice Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Space

edited by

Shuqian Duan

, Jiayan Nie,

Zhongkai Huang

and Jiecheng Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamics; safety and reliability; environmental geotechnics; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; risk assessment and management in infrastructure; uncertainty quantification in infrastructure systems; internal erosion; high mobility of rock avalanche; special soil properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Geopolymers and Low-Carbon Cementitious Materials for High-Performance Concrete

edited by

Xiang Tian

, Zhenzhen Jiao and Yu Yan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building materials; low-carbon construction; mechanical properties; durability performance; structural fire resistance; seismic performance; impact and explosion resistance; composite materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Research on Seismic Performance of Steel Structures

edited by

Silvia Costanzo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design; earthquake; buildings; seismic performance; numerical simulation; experimental investigation; seismic hazard; seismic loss; energy dissipation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Technology-Empowered Innovation and Application for Building Engineering Education

edited by

Qingzhao Kong

and Lin Chen

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9225 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital education; engineering education; teaching innovation; visualization technology; education for wisdom; intelligent tutoring system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advance in BIM-Based Technologies for Sustainable Building Performance Predictions

edited by

Woon Seong Jeong

and

Sang-Guk Yum

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5719 | Submission Open

Keywords: building design; construction processes; construction management; building information modeling (BIM); off-site construction; modular construction; design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA); sustainable construction methods and technologies; digital twins in the construction industry; artificial intelligence in scheduling; simulation-based methods for construction scheduling and virtual construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Functional Improvement, Characterization and Simulation of Cement-Based Materials

edited by

Dongyi Lei

, Ying Li,

Yang Li

,

Penggang Wang

and Yupeng Tian

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 862 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based materials; severe service environment; microstructure design; mechanical properties; durability; electromagnetic protection; finite element simulation; fiber modification; service life prediction; manufactured aggregate; environmentally friendly binder

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Computational Mechanics Analysis of Composite Structures

edited by Linxin Peng, Jiahua Yang, Peng Tang and

Xiaodan Teng

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; computational mechanics; high-performance computing; multi-scale modeling; artificial intelligence and machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Application of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials in Building and Bridge Applications

edited by Raafat El-Hacha

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: material behavior; including bond; durability; fatigue; and long-term performance; fabrication; processing; and testing methods; analysis and design; applications in structural concrete with or without prestressing; applications in wood; masonry; and steel structures; strengthening and rehabilitation of structures; seismic performance and retrofit; structural health monitoring and intelligent sensing; fire resistance; extreme condition performance; hybrid structural members; structural shapes and fully composite systems; anchorage systems and connections; innovative structural systems; full-scale testing; field applications and case studies; codes and standards; sustainability and life-cycle cost

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advances in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)

edited by

Giovanni Semprini

,

Aminhossein Jahanbin

and

Simone Secchi

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17992 | Submission Open

Keywords: building physics; indoor air quality; thermal comfort; acoustic and visual comfort; ventilation; HVAC systems; pollutant dispersion in a built environment; control of airborne infectious disease; CFD application in a built environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodologies in Building and Construction Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah

and

Jurgita Antucheviciene

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1173 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-criteria decision-making; measurement of performance in construction; computational intelligence; optimization in construction management; multi-attribute decision-making; digital twins and smart cities; sustainable construction; risk and safety management; building information modeling; building management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

UHPC Materials: Structural and Mechanical Analysis in Buildings

edited by Shu Fang, Yang Zou,

Xiaoqing Xu

and Zhuangcheng Fang

submission deadline 16 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2525 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); structural and mechanical analysis; innovative UHPC materials; UHPC modular structures; novel modular structures; strengthening of existing infrastructures; static and dynamic performance; design; performance; and construction techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Inclusion, Safety, and Resilience in the Construction Industry

edited by Sainan Lyu,

Jingyu Yu

, Beibei Zhang,

Xiaoyan Jiang

and

Peng Cui

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 32535 | Submission Open

Keywords: multicultural safety management; multicultural workforces; training and upskilling; construction safety and health; mental health and well-being; risk management; urban resilience; sustainable construction; resilient investment strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Research on Performance of Buildings Structures and Materials

edited by

Alireza Bahrami

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21415 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber structures; reinforced concrete structures; steel-concrete composite structures; steel structures; masonry structures; green concrete; building materials; performance and behavior of structures and building materials; experimental investigation; numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies on Strength and Cracking of Prestressed and Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Marco Bonopera

and

Kuo-Chun Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14444 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; cracking; durability; limit-state behavior; mechanical strength; nondestructive testing; numerical modeling; prestressed structure; reinforced structure; service conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Recent Studies in Static and Dynamic Behaviour of Engineering Structures

edited by

Xinzhi Dang

, Zhihao Wang, Junfeng Jia,

Xinxin Wei

and Murat Dicleli

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11783 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; dynamic behaviour; static behaviour; new investigations; new insights; new structures; new loads

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures

edited by Yu Tian, Ran Yuan and Wei Sun

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8055 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-structure interaction; deformation compatibility condition; contact surface; soil constitutive theory; substructure method; multiscale numerical simulation; computational method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Numerical and Experimental Research on Steel-Concrete Composite Structural Systems

edited by Jizhi Zhao,

Muxuan Tao

and Liangdong Zhuang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7263 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite structures seismic performance; structural analysis; numerical simulation; machine learning; mechanical behavior; composite structural systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on the Structural Mechanics of Steel–Concrete Composite Structures

edited by

Han Su

and Qikai Sun

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6295 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; steel– concrete structure; risk analysis; structural safety; construction material; structural dynamics; structural design method; structural durability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Mechanical Properties of Advanced Metal Structures in Civil Infrastructure

edited by Xiaowei Liao, Haohui Xin, Fangxin Hu,

Zhe Xing

and Nanting Yu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4237 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel materials; aluminium alloy; additive manufacturing; seismic resilience; buckling; fire; fatigue; welding stress; numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Safety Evaluation and Health Monitoring

edited by Lizhao Dai, Wei Zhang, Sun-Jin Han and

Dichuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3989 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning techniques; durability of constructed facilities; performance evaluation; digital twins; finite element modelling; nondestructive testing; smart construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Healthy, Low-Carbon and Resilient Built Environments

edited by

Yingdong He

and

Ninaping Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2466 | Submission Open

Keywords: human health; carbon neutralization; thermal comfort; indoor air quality; emission reduction; building energy system; intelligent building technologies; resilient buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Safety Assessment in Civil Engineering

edited by

Bin Huang

,

Zhifeng Wu

and Hui Chen

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1802 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; model updating; machine learning; intelligent techniques; finite element modeling; resilience against disasters; risk assessment; disaster prevention and reduction; building life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Masonry Structures

edited by

Dorina Nicolina Isopescu

,

Sebastian George Maxineasa

,

Dragoș Ungureanu

and Cătălin Onuțu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1720 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry structures; experimental study; seismic assessment; historical masonry; masonry-strengthening techniques; life cycle assessment; carbon footprint

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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