Buildings

edited by

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16537 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage; repair and conservation; NDT; decay and durability; case studies; diagnostic tools; digital technologies

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

Advanced Research on Improvement of the Indoor Acoustic Environment

edited by

Ángel Fermín Ramos Ridao

and

Diego Pablo Ruiz Padillo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13565 | Submission Open

Keywords: room and indoor acoustics ; architectural design for noise control ; acoustic conditioning and materials; acoustic modelling and simulation ; emerging technologies for building insulation; acoustic sustainability ; urban acoustics; soundscapes; psycho-acoustic; virtual reality technology

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

Research on Industrialization and Intelligence in Building Structures

edited by

Pengcheng Li

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11030 | Submission Open

Keywords: building structures; prefabricated strucutures; novel structural systems; novel structural materials; intelligent method; intelligent construction; structural optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on the Performance of Traditional, New and Potential Building Materials: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yue-Ling Long

,

Zhenhao Zhang

, Ying Qin, Zhiliang Zuo and

JinJing Liao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10345 | Submission Open

Keywords: traditional building materials (steel; concrete; masonry; timber; bamboo; etc.); composite materials and fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs); potential building materials (graphene; bio-inspired materials; etc.); ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); 3D printing materials; concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs); static and dynamic performance; structural reliability; cross-section instability; numerical simulation

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

Advanced Research on Intelligent Building Construction and Management

edited by Lin Liu, Taotao Shui and Chun Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9607 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; project management; decision-making method; intelligent buildings; building information modeling; smart cities; intelligent management; low-carbon strategy; intelligent power technology; intelligence algorithm

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

Advanced Concrete Structures: Structural Behaviors and Design Methods—2nd Edition

edited by Haibo Jiang, Renda Zhao,

Yunchao Tang

, Xiaohong Zheng and Fangwen Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9257 | Submission Open

Keywords: UHPC structures; shear behavior of concrete structures; precast concrete structures; connections of prefabricated concrete elements; rehabilitations of concrete structures; novel concrete composite structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings and Infrastructures

edited by

Minshui Huang

and

Jianfeng Gu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9092 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage identification; inverse problems in structural engineering; deep learning in SHM; smartphone sensing; sensor network; optimal sensor placement and instrumentation design; environmental and operational factors in SHM; static load testing and vibration testing of structure; swarm intelligence algorithms; sustainable developments in SHM; other related topics in SHM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Vibration Prediction and Noise Assessment of Building Structures

edited by

Chao Zou

and Ziyu Tao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9015 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration and noise prediction; propagation and mitigation; technological advances in testing; vibration comfort; noise disturbance; long-term performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Big Data and Machine/Deep Learning in Construction

edited by

Fan Lei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8997 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection of objects; hazards and defects at construction sites; semantic segmentation of construction scenes; building information modeling (BIM); sustainable construction practices; energy efficiency in construction; data-driven decision making in construction; monitoring and quality control of construction processes; predictive construction-related maintenance; construction project management and resource optimization; construction risk management; AI-enabled wearable technology in construction

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

Advances in Building Foundation Engineering and Underground Structures

edited by

Yi Shan

, Junsheng Chen, Waleed El-Sekelly and

Marco Donà

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 7647 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative foundation design; soil-structure interaction; tunneling and underground construction; ground improvement; resilient foundation systems; sustainable materials and smart technologies; case studies of significant projects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Performance-Based Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures

edited by Runhua Guo and Yun Hou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7536 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt binder; hot-mix asphalt; warm-mix asphalt; cold-mix asphalt; recycled asphalt pavement; performance-based properties; asphalt mix design; asphalt paving construction

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

Seismic Analysis and Design of Building Structures

edited by

Bo Fu

,

Bo Wang

,

Xinxin Wei

and Qing Lv

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7485 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic analysis; seismic design; seismic performance; structural control; building structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Towards More Practical BIM/GIS Integration

edited by

Junxiang Zhu

, Ran Wei,

Yi Tan

and Mengtian Yin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7457 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM/GIS integration; semantic web; graph theory; labelled property graph; infrastructure management; building permit; smart city; digital twin

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

Physiological Mechanisms of Comfort, Health, and Cognitive Performance in Built Environment

edited by Zhibin Wu and

Romina Rissetto

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7399 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiological responses; biosignals; human building interaction; indoor environment quality; human perception; cognitive performance; health and well-being

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

Advances in Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures

edited by

Liqiang Jiang

, Fengqi Guo, Linli Duan and

Yi Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7309 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; natural hazard; testing technique; computation technique; AI-aimed simulation; construction material; structural design method; retrofit and repair; vulnerability and risk; damage assessment; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Existing Environment, Equipment, Materials and Technical Means for Buildings

edited by

Xin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7122 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environment; buildings materials; buildings renovations; auxiliary equipment

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

Numerical Modeling in Mechanical Behavior and Structural Analysis

edited by Chenyang Zhao, Huihuan Ma and Arash A. Lavasan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6363 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical modeling; mechanical behavior; structural analysis; life cycle evaluation; artificial intelligence; applications

Health Monitoring of Building Structures: Emerging Technologies and Approaches

edited by

Xingyu Wang

,

Ying Huang

and

Chengcheng Tao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6051 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); sensor technologies; data analytics and processing; machine learning and artificial intelligence; monitoring systems; damage detection and localization; non-destructive evaluation (NDE); predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies in Structure Materials—2nd Edition

edited by

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,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5719 | Submission Open

Keywords: structures concrete; durability; repair materials; sustainable materials; structures mortar; freeze– thaw; sulfate attack; mechanical property; geo-materials; environmental factor

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

The Latest Research on Building Materials and Structures

edited by

Duc-Kien Thai

, Yiyi Zhou and

Zhengyi Kong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5610 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; high-performance concrete structures; steel structures; composite structures; numerical simulation; high-strength steel; structural optimization; smart structures; bio-inspired structures; experimental investigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Building Thermal and Energy Management: Novel Materials and Advanced Cooling Strategies

edited by

Chi Yan Tso

and

Jianheng Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5196 | Submission Open

Keywords: building sustainability; building materials; cooling strategies; thermal management; energy efficiency; thermal insulation; passive cooling; renewable energy; indoor thermal comfort; environmental impact

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

Intelligent Design, Green Construction, and Innovation

edited by Yongping Yu, Zhonghai Xu and Shaopeng Zheng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4313 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent design; green construction; novel materials; 3D printing; building structures; sustainable development

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

Intelligent Technologies in Concrete Engineering

edited by

Fuyuan Gong

, Xinxin Li, Hui Lin, Jingbin Zhang and Ding Nie

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3673 | Submission Open

Keywords: experimental techniques; modeling methods; computational simulation; machine learning; intelligent construction; intelligent maintenance; concrete engineering

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

Research on Sustainable Materials in Building and Construction

edited by

Yijiang Wang

,

Yukun Ji

and

Chengyang Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3405 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; low-carbon materials; composite geomaterials; geopolymer; phase-change building materials; grouting materials; thermal insulaiton materials; building integrated photovoltaic

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

Seismic Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

edited by

Omar AlShawa

, Stefania Degli Abbati and

Giacomo Destro Bisol

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3126 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry; seismic assessment; monumental buildings; aggregate buildings; modelling strategies; out-of-plane and/or in-plane response; nonlinear analyses; strengthening and retrofitting solutions; case studies; experimental tests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Application of Experiment and Simulation Techniques in Engineering

edited by

Bing Xu

, Skirmante Mozuriunaite, Zhenyu Zhao and

Bo Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3078 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulation; mechanical behavior; optimization; digital twins; structural analysis; engineering problem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

New Concrete Materials: Performance Analysis and Research—2nd Edition

edited by Zhe Xiong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3056 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled concrete; modified concrete; ultra-high performance concrete; mechanical properties; durability; low carbon; microstructure

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

Flexible Interaction between Buildings and Power Grid

edited by

Jide Niu

, Yakai Lu and Chuyao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3044 | Submission Open

Keywords: building– grid interaction; building flexibility definition; flexibility potential modeling and quantification; flexible operation and control method of building; building demand response mechanism; flexible building system design; renewable energy; building efficiency and indoor environment

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

Innovations in Integrated Renewable Energy and Adaptive Building Envelopes

edited by Yelin Zhang and Haoshan Ren

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2078 | Submission Open

Keywords: building integrated photovoltaics; solar thermal; smart glazing; radiative sky cooling; phase change materials; dynamic insulation; demand response; techno-economic analysis

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

Building Energy Performance and Simulations

edited by

Domenico Palladino

and

Iole Nardi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1768 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy performance; smart retrofit solutions; predictive and building modeling; advanced building simulation tools; digital twin simulations; renewable energy integration; zero-emission buildings; historical building retrofitting; sustainable material integration

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

Advances in Methods for Performance Characterization and Prediction of Reinforced Concrete—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiandong Huang

and

Jiaolong Ren

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1677 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete; durability; mechanical property; performance characterization; performance prediction; multiscale analysis; thermal analysis; data-driven method; special loading condition

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

Modern Digital Technologies for Enhancing Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain Practices in the Construction Industry

edited by

Srinath Perera

,

Samudaya Nanayakkara

,

Marini Samaratunga

, Vidyasagar Potdar and

Rajeev Ruparathna

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies; sustainable procurement; supply chain; construction industry; carbon footprint; building information modelling (BIM); artificial intelligence (AI); blockchain; Internet of Things (IoT); policies; environmental labelling for construction products

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

Impact of Different Unbound Material Layers on Pavement Performance and Sustainability

edited by Syed Waqar Haider

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1371 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient modulus; dynamic modulus; FWD testing; drainage and fatigue; rutting performance

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

High Utilization of Geopolymer Concrete for Sustainable Building Solutions

edited by

Bai Zhang

, Yanbing Zhao, Dunwen Huang,

Xu Yang

and

Yao-Rong Dong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1351 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymer concrete; alkali-activated materials; mechanical performance; solid waste utilization microstructures; mix optimization; durability

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

New Trends in Innovative Building Materials and Structures

edited by

Yifeng Zhong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1184 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; carbon fiber; self-healing concrete; smart technologies; sensors; modular construction; prefabrication methods; energy efficiency; metamaterials; cellular structures

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

The Digital Transformation of the Construction Industry: Current Practices, Challenges and Future Directions

edited by

Hala Nassereddine

and Hyun Koo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1070 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; organizational change; technology integration; people; processes and technologies; data integration; challenges and opportunities

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

Challenges of Intelligent Management Approaches in Construction Engineering

edited by Guofeng Ma and

Zhijiang Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent collaborative management; construction process simulation; multi-objective optimization algorithms; construction data integration and processing; smart construction platform; knowledge and communication management

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

Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Learning Dynamics in Capital Projects

edited by

Patrick S.W. Fong

and Qianwen Zhou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open

Keywords: capital projects; knowledge management; innovation; learning dynamics; project success; organizational learning; dynamic capabilities

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

Advances and Applications of Recycled Concrete in Green Building

edited by

Christian Paglia

and

Cassandra Trottier

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling; concrete; buildings; performance

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

Performance Evaluation and Durability Assessment of Concrete Materials in Civil Engineering

edited by

Zhao Chen

,

Shuaicheng Guo

and

Ruizhe Si

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 489 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete durability; performance evaluation; multi-scale testing and analysis methods; structural applications; complex environmental conditions; predictive modeling; sustainable practices

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

Machine Learning in Infrastructure Monitoring and Disaster Management

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; infrastructure; structural health monitoring; smart materials and structures; disaster management; optimization; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Construction 4.0 Era: The Application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Construction

edited by

Frank Ghansah

, Jinfeng Lou,

Amos Darko

and

David J. Edwards

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction 4.0 era; building information modelling; digital construction; digital technologies; smart construction; smart buildings

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

Cutting-Edge Research on Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient Buildings and Cities

edited by Guoqiang Shen,

Qiuxiao Chen

, Jie Wang, Tian Chen, Bing Xia and Yiqiao Sun

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability and resillience; buildings and cities; construction and management; codes and standars; modeling and simulation; systems and technologies

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

Seismic Design and Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete, Masonry and Steel Structures with Innovative Materials and Devices

edited by

Piero Colajanni

and

Jennifer D'Anna

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic strengthening; seismic response control; dissipative devices; local strengthening; composite materials; numerical model; experimental investigation; FEM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancing Construction and Design Practices Using BIM

edited by Pierpaolo D'Agostino and

Erika Elefante

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction management; physical– digital interaction; digital twins; BIM integration; data sharing; sustainability in digital modeling; automation in parametric design; reverse engineering; AI application in BIM workflows; smart construction

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

Urban Wellbeing: The Impact of Spatial Parameters—2nd Edition

edited by Dafna Fisher-Gewirtzman and Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban wellbeing; impact of spatial parameters; neuro-architecture; urban density and densification; perceived density; urban morphology; building morphology; faç ade geometry and design; street section; urban greenery; impact of culture and geography; experiments in VR; walkability

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

Application and Characterization of Innovative Cementitious Materials in the Construction Industry

edited by

Gerlinde Lefever

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: (ultra-)high-performance concrete; durability; self-healing concrete; nanomaterials; fibers; hydrogels; non-destructive testing; ultrasound; acoustic emission

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

Renewal and Retrofit in Buildings: Toward a Sustainable and Low-Carbon Future

edited by

Weiguang Cai

, Kairui You, Ruopeng Huang and Xinyue Fu

submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1367 | Submission Open

Keywords: building repair; building energy retrofit; circular economy; low-carbon building structure; neighborhood renewal; sustainable building environment

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

Sustainable Construction Management and Engineering: Residential Construction with Focus on Life Cycle of Buildings and Costs

edited by

Eduard Hromada

,

Bozena Kaderabkova

,

Klara Cermakova

and Lucie Kurekova

submission deadline 8 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22678 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering; buildings; real estate market; sustainability of housing; affordable housing; life cycle costing; project management; cost management; facility management; energy management; BIM; multicriterial modelling; risk analysis

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

Dynamic Response of Structures

edited by

Xiaomeng Hou

,

Wenzhong Zheng

,

Honglu Fei

and Shaojun Cao

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 21 articles | Viewed by 51045 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic response of structures; measurement; spectral analysis; and energy distribution of ground vibration; attenuation law of blasting-induced vibration and seismic wave; artificial intelligence for predicting ground vibration and blast; vibration absorption measures designing; seismic vulnerability analysis of structures; damage of structures evaluating

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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