Green Infrastructure: Materials and Applications

This book presents the meaning of green infrastructure and its concerns to the contribution of materials and applications. It explores the evolving contested material under “green infrastructure” covering timber, concrete, soil, and pavement. It discusses the resistance to the ambiguity of managing the construction of green infrastructure and drawing on wider debates around applications and processes on construction.  These contributions are by no means definitive, but rather an attempt to provide a detached and holistic perspective on the engineering “green infrastructure” concept.

Dr Rohana Hassan is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). She also the founder of Engineered Wood Products Research Group (EWPro) at UiTM. Her research focuses primarily on structural engineering and timber engineering products for sustainable green technologies targeting the development of timber as alternatives and green material. She has authored more than 70 publications including peer-reviewed journals and 10 book chapters. She has supervised and produced numbers of postgraduate students in the specific field of interest. Internationally, she has led and organized more than 10 international conferences and has technically reviewed more than 100 technical papers.

Prof Dr Nor Hayati Abdul Hamid has been working as a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, for 27 years.  She completed her PhD (Earthquake Engineering) from University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand in 2006. She received her Master of Science in Construction Management and Structural Engineering from University of NewCastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1993 and obtained her BSc (Civil Engineering) from University of Pittsburgh, United States of America in 1989. Her research interests’ fields are based-isolation system, seismic performance of precast buildings and tunnel form building under earthquake excitation, seismic performance of beam-column joints with corbel designed using BS8110 and Eurocode 8. She had published more than 200 articles in journals and conferences.

Ahmad Kamil Arshad graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, MSc (Highway & Transportation Engineering) from Universiti Putra Malaysia and PhD in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi MARA. He has about 20 years’ experience in the civil engineering industry with various organizations in Malaysia. He is currently a Professor (Highway and Transportation) in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Deputy Director of the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IESM). He is a Professional Engineer registered with the Boards of Engineers, Malaysia and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (FIEM). His current research interests include Sustainable Pavement Materials, Highway and Transportation Engineering.

Ir. Ts. Dr. Anizahyati Alisibramulisi is now working as a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM. Before this, she worked as Geotechnical Engineer at Jurutera Perunding Zaaba Sdn Bhd and Bridge Engineer at Jurutera Perunding ZAR Sdn Bhd. She holds a First-Class Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from UiTM, Master in Structural Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and PhD in Structural Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. She is also a member of UACSE United States, IABSE Switzerland, GEOMATE Japan, SLO IStructE UK, CSM treasurer, IEM, MSSA & REAM Committee.

Dr. Muhd Norhasri Muhd Sidek is a Principal Investigator (Researcher) and Senior Lecturer of Civil Engineering at the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia. His research interest are concrete, sustainable materials, Nano materials, Ultra High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) and non-destructive test (NDT) for building materials. Currently, he is a Graduated Member with IEM and reviewer for Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier since 2016 until present.

Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Universiti Teknologi MARA. Currently, she is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She is also a principal researcher at the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM). She has published a numberof articles in impact factor scientific journals and proceedings. Her main research interests are in the field of timber engineering and engineered timber products.