Advances in Construction Materials and Management: Select Proceedings of ACMM 2022: 346 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 346) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9819925517 ISBN 13: 9789819925513

Publisher: Springer, 2023

Synopsis

This book presents the select papers from the proceedings of the National Conference on Advanced Construction Materials and Management (ACMM 2022). The book discusses the ongoing research and advanced practices in building materials and construction project management. Various topics covered in the book include new/alternate/supplementary construction materials, deterioration mechanisms in construction materials, microstructure characteristics of concrete, special and recycled aggregate concretes, advanced construction techniques, contracts and arbitration, building information modeling (BIM), prefabricated and modular construction, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in construction management, and artificial intelligence and machine learning in construction. The book is a useful reference for researchers and professionals working in the fields of construction materials and management.

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About the Author

Dr. Aneetha V is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology Warangal. She obtained her Ph.D. in Building Technology and Construction Management from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. She has experience in academia and construction industry. She has worked in Qatar as Planning Engineer. Her major area of research includes construction project management such as n-dimensional planning, underground utility relocation, building information modeling, construction contracts and lean construction. She has completed an Early Career Research Award project funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (Department of science and Technology), namely “Development of Road Information Modelling based coordination method for utility relocations.” She has published in reputed journals, conferences and books.

 

Dr. Shamsher Bahadur Singh is P.E. (Civil) License Holder from thestate of Michigan, USA, and Post-doctorate (LTU), USA, Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (F.ASCE), and currently Senior Professor of Civil Engineering Department at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. He obtained his Ph.D. in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and completed his PDF in Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan. His current areas of research are development of design guidelines for functionally graded composite materials and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)-reinforced prestressed concrete structures in particular and composite materials and structures in general including nonlinear finite element modeling. He has published in reputed journals, conferences and books.

 

Dr. Venkata Santosh Kumar is Anantrao Jagtap Chair Associate Professor of Construction Management in Civil Engineering Department at IIT Bombay. He has obtained his Ph.D. in Construction Management from Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras. His research interests include information management on large engineering projects. Particularly, he works on building information modeling (BIM), AI/ML applications in construction management, construction contract management, AR/VR/MR applications in construction safety and planning. He is also actively involved in a number of projects that aim at providing policy and strategy guidance to various governmental agencies and private companies. He has published in reputed journals, conferences, book chapters and technical reports.

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This book presents the select papers from the proceedings of the National Conference on Advanced Construction Materials and Management (ACMM 2022). The book discusses the ongoing research and advanced practices in building materials and construction project management. Various topics covered in the book include new/alternate/supplementary construction materials, deterioration mechanisms in construction materials, microstructure characteristics of concrete, special and recycled aggregate concretes, advanced construction techniques, contracts and arbitration, building information modeling (BIM), prefabricated and modular construction, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in construction management, and artificial intelligence and machine learning in construction. The book is a useful reference for researchers and professionals working in the fields of construction materials and management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9819925517
• ISBN 13: 9789819925513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 549
• Editor: Vilventhan Aneetha, Singh Shamsher Bahadur, Delhi Venkata Santosh Kumar