Construction Engineering and Management (Vol. 1)

Welcome to the first issue of UMP Research Series: Construction Engineering and Management (Volume 1). We cover a wide range of research areas in the construction industry, geotechnics and infrastructure, and structure and materials in this issue.

Chapter 1 includes six papers that introduce various recent matters concerning construction management in Malaysia. This chapter describes some of the vital aspects in the construction industry, such as regulations, standards, productivity, competencies, and augmented reality application. Chapter 2 presented presents seven papers that discuss the current situation in the field of geotechnics and infrastructure. This chapter describes the technical aspects of geotechnics and infrastructures such as RQLASSIC, remote sensing data, digital slope mapping, and traffic and pedestrian facilities assessment. The final section, chapter 3, consists of seven papers that highlights the recent findings in structure and material. This chapter describes several essential elements in the structure and material fields, such as concrete, coal waste bricks and precast wall panels. It is hoped that the readers of this book will benefit from the variety of the themes presented and may provide a current overview of the research area in the construction industry, geotechnics and infrastructure, and structure and materials in Malaysia.