Construction and Building Materials
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
The Section “Construction and Building Materials” covers the areas of construction and building materials science and engineering, including construction chemistry, building physics, modelling and testing, as well as related crossover fields in relation to their mechanical, physical, chemical, durability and sustainability properties. Some topics of interest are:
- Scientific developments in construction and building materials;
- Fundamental, theoretical, modelling and experimental studies of materials;
- Energy, environmental, biomaterials, recycling, lifecycle, raw materials;
- Testing of materials using advanced methods and techniques;
- Nanotechnology and applications;
- Hybrid materials and novel materials for circularity;
- Sustainability approaches for materials;
- High- and ultra-high-performance materials;
- Alkali-activated and supplementary materials;
- Monitoring materials behaviour;
- Smart and self-healing materials;
- Digital-fabricated and 3D-printed materials
- Asphalt, pavements and polymer materials;
- Energy storage and phase change materials;
- Surface materials and restoration materials;
- Non-destructive techniques and monitoring;
- Novel materials for air cleaning and health in buildings.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Concrete and Binders for Sustainable Engineering (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advanced Methods for Estimating Mechanical Properties, Constructional and Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Materials (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Driven Full Lifecycle Management of Infrastructures: From Advanced Cementitious Materials to Durable Structures (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Development and Application of High-Performance Support Structures and Functional Materials for Extreme Environment (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Sustainable Materials and Structures Used in Pavement Engineering (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Mechanical Behavior, Leaching and Environmental Evaluation of Recycled Aggregates (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Construction Materials and Other Related Materials: Basic Theory, Applied Technology and Advanced Research Methods (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Microstructural, Mechanical, and Durability Characteristics of Cementitious Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advanced and Sustainable Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Materials (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Mechanics of Thin-Walled Structures and Other Lightweight Constructions (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Repair and Strengthening of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Green and Sustainable Materials in the Construction Industry (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Recycled Materials in Concrete: Towards a Circular Economy in Construction (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Mechanics and Behavior of Saturated Coal and Sandstone in Underground Engineering (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Multifunctional/Smart Concrete Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Industrial Solid Wastes for Construction and Building Materials—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Construction Materials: Innovations in Recyclable, Low-Carbon, and Durable Solutions (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advanced Experimental Technology, Theory and Numerical Methods in Geomaterials and Concrete Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Eco-Friendly Intelligent Infrastructures Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advanced Materials for Pavement and Road Infrastructure (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Rock and Mineral Materials—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Mechanical Property Research of Advanced Asphalt-Based Materials—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advances in Modern Structural Engineering: From Materials to Building Structures (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Alkali-Activated Binders: Properties and Applications in Construction (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials, Third Edition (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Life-Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Concrete (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Materials Innovation and Waste Utilization for Sustainable Pavement Solutions: Advancements in Construction, Performance, and Maintenance (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- The Development of Sustainable Concrete with Solid Waste and By-Products (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Geopolymers and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Composites (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Performance and Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Sustainable Mortars and Concrete Produced with Recycled Binders, Aggregates or Water (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Geopolymers and Alkali-Activated Materials: Preparation and Properties (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Reaction Mechanism and Properties of Cement-Based Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Concrete: Progress and Prospects (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Research on Alkali-Activated Materials (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Concrete in Structural Engineering: Fabrication and Mechanical Behavior (Third Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Resilient Building Materials and Structural Systems for Extreme Environments (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Low-Carbon Cementitious Composites (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Dynamic Mechanical Behavior and Damage and Fracture Mechanisms of Geotechnical Engineering Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Smart/Multifunctional Cementitious Composites and Structures (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Experimental Study, Numerical Simulation & Structural Applications of Construction Materials—3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Recycling and the Development of New Building Materials and Products—Third Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Advanced Road Materials and Pavement: Design, Characterization, Structural and Mechanical Performance (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Influence of Micro- and Macrostructures on the Behavior and Properties of Geomaterials (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Sustainable and Advanced Cementitious Materials (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- The Future of Road Pavement Materials: Towards the Improvement of Performances and Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Corrosion Mechanism and Protection of Reinforced Concrete (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Pavement Asphalt Recycling (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Cementitious Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Applications (Deadline: 10 October 2025)
- Concrete Structures with Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious and Composite Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Low-Carbon Construction and Building Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Preparation and Properties of New Cementitious Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Sustainable Use of Recycled, Anthropogenic and Alternative Materials in Construction (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advanced Road Materials and Pavement Engineering: Design, Structure, Performance and Characterization (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Materials Informatics and Machine Learning in Pavement Engineering (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Performance-Related Material Properties of Asphalt Mixture Components (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Advances in Microstructure and Sustainability of Geopolymers and Alkali Activated Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Innovative Construction Materials for Sustainable and Greener Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Concretes and Cement-Based Composites: Additives/Admixtures, Hydration Process and Durability Research (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Recent Progress in Sustainable Construction Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Material Characterization, Design and Modeling of Asphalt Pavements (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Effects of Adding Cement Admixtures on the Microstructure and Properties of Cement Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Modeling and Mechanical Analysis of Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Advances in Ultra-High Performance Concretes and Cementitious Composites (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Innovative Materials and Technologies for Road Pavements (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- State-of-the-Art Construction Materials and Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring of Infrastructures (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Chemical Additives and Alternative Admixtures for Sustainable Construction Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Innovative Granular Materials in Civil Infrastructure: Characterization and Modeling (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Building a Sustainable Future: Latest Research on the Recovery of Solid Waste for Construction and Building Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Characterization and Optimization of Cement-Based Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Sustainable Construction and Building Materials (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Integrating Sustainable Innovations in Pavement Materials and Engineering (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Road and Rail Construction Materials: Development and Prospects (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Hydration, Microstructure, and Properties of Modern Cement and Concrete Composites (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advanced Asphalt Materials and Characterization/Simulation Technologies (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Recent Advances in Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Sustainable Cement Materials: Preparation, Experimental Analysis and Engineering Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Modern Cement-Based Materials for Composite Structures (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Concrete: Innovations in Green Binders and Recycled Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- High-Performance Concrete: Synergies Between Material Innovation and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Effect of Additives/Admixtures on the Properties of Concretes and Cementitious Composites—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Advances in Function Geopolymer Materials—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Latest Advances in Asphalt Materials in Modification and Performance Evaluation (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Recovered or Recycled Materials for Composites and Other Materials (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sustainable Cementitious Materials for Civil and Transportation Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in the Design and Properties of New Ecoconcrete Formulations (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Functional Cement-Based Composites for Civil Engineering (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Emerging Technologies and Materials for Smart, Durable and Sustainable Construction (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Novel Materials in Highway Engineering (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Testing of Materials and Elements in Civil Engineering (4th Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Sustainability in Asphalt, Concrete and Pavement Materials: Design, Performance, and Characterization (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Phase Change Materials and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advanced Characterization of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advanced Cement-Based Composite Materials and Composite Intelligent Design (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advanced Green Building Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Sustainable Development Technologies (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Rapid Inspection, Evaluation, and Repair Materials on Transportation Infrastructures (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Innovative Approaches in Asphalt Binder Modification and Performance (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Modeling and Analysis of Composite Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advances in Material Characterization and Pavement Modeling (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Structural, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete, Novel Cementitious Composites and Other Brittle Construction Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Cement-Based Materials and Construction Materials: Modeling, Characterization, and Mechanical Behavior (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Eco-Friendly Materials for Sustainable Buildings (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Advances in Resilient, Sustainable, and Functional Materials for Road Infrastructure (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Cement-Based/Non-Cement-Based Constructional Materials: Multiscale Mechanics under Diverse Loadings (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Machine Learning, Health Monitoring, and Numerical Simulation of Civil Engineering Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Early-Age Cracking Risks in Blended Cement-Based Concrete: Mechanisms, Evaluation, and Control (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Sustainability and Performance of Cement-Based Materials (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Advances in Road Materials and Pavement Design (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advances in Experimental Investigation and Computational Modeling of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and Composites—Second Edition (Deadline: 10 January 2026)
- Asphalt Binders and Mixture: Current and Future Trends Towards Carbon Neutral Technology (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advances in Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Sustainable Construction and Building Materials: Microstructure, Mechanical Performance, and Long-Term Durability (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Mechanical and Durability Performances of Concrete Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advances in Asphalt Materials (Third Volume) (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advanced Cement and Concrete Composite Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- New Geopolymeric Binders and Foams: Additive Manufacturing, Spectroscopic Analysis, and Sustainable Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Resource Recovery in Building Materials: Developing Eco-Friendly Driven Sustainable Binders or Aggregates from Solid Waste (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- New Thermal Insulation Materials in Green Buildings (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Low-Carbon and Functional Cementitious Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Advances in Repair Materials for Sustainable Building (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Green and Sustainable Infrastructure Construction Materials (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 10 February 2026)
- Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies of Cement-Based Materials (Deadline: 10 February 2026)
- From Materials to Applications: High-Performance Steel Structures (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- 3D Printing Materials in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Advanced Low-Carbon and Green Materials in Transportation Infrastructure (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Incorporating Advanced New or Recycled Materials in Reinforced Concrete Structures (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Waste-to-Resource Paradigm: Creating Value-Added Eco-Efficient Building Products from Solid Waste Feedstocks (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Towards Sustainable Low-Carbon Concrete—Second Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Nano-Engineered High-Performance Cement Composites: Microstructure Design for Enhanced Durability (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Advanced Geomaterials and Reinforced Structures (Second Edition) (Deadline: 10 March 2026)
- The Advanced Development in Concrete Materials: Properties and Construction Techniques (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Recent Advances in Sustainability, Characterization, and Performance of Cementitious Composites (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Masonry and Concrete Members Strengthened With Fibre-Reinforced Composite Materials: Research Advances (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Sustainable Pavement Materials: Design, Application and Performance Evaluation (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Compressive Behaviour and Micro-Structures of Low-Carbon/Recycled Concrete (Deadline: 20 April 2026)
- Development of Sustainable Asphalt Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2026)
- New Materials and Methods for Reinforcement and Thermal Improvement of Existing Structures (Deadline: 10 December 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
