Springer InCIEC 2015: Proceedings of the International Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Conference

The special focus of these proceedings is on the areas of infrastructure engineering and sustainability management. They provide detailed information on innovative research developments in construction materials and structures, in addition to a compilation of interdisciplinary findings combining nano-materials and engineering. The coverage of cutting-edge infrastructure and sustainability issues in engineering includes earthquakes, bioremediation, synergistic management, timber engineering, flood management and intelligent transport systems. From the Back Cover The special focus of these proceedings is on the areas of infrastructure engineering and sustainability management. They provide detailed information on innovative research developments in construction materials and structures, in addition to a compilation of interdisciplinary findings combining nano-materials and engineering. The coverage of cutting-edge infrastructure and sustainability issues in engineering includes earthquakes, bioremediation, synergistic management, timber engineering, flood management and intelligent transport systems. About the Author Dr Nor Hayati Abdul Hamid has been working as a lecturer at University Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam, Selangor for 16 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 are seismic performance of precast buildings under earthquake excitation, dynamic response of thin/slender wall, design of rocking precast hollow core walls under earthquake, design precast buildings using Industrialized Building System (IBS), seismic behaviour of precast hollow core slabs-supporting beam interfaces, interaction of beam-column connections under ground shaking, fragility curves and Incremental Dynamic Analysis. Dr Marina Yusoff is the fellow researcher and coordinator of Quality and Standard of Institute for Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainability Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Senior Lecturer of Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She holds a PhD in Information Technology and Quantitative Sciences (Intelligent System) from Universiti Teknologi MARA. She previously worked as a senior executive of Information Technology in SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia. She also holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of Science Malaysia, and Master of Science in Information Technology from Universiti Teknologi MARA. She is currently an active researcher in floods management, graphology, image processing, and developed many intelligent systems. She has published journals and presented her research in many conferences locally and internationally. Dr. Ahmad Ruslan Mohd Riduan is presently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Universiti Sains Malaysia and Master of Engineering (Structural and Materials) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1985. He has hold many position which include as Director of Institute of Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management at Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia. He also represented at various technical committee and professional body at national level such as at Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, Standard Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), Malaysian Productivity Corporation and Institution of Engineers Malaysia. He is currently the President of Concrete Society of Malaysia. His special