CALL FOR PAPERS: Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations

International Conference on Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations. 9 – 11 September, 2015. Bristol, UK Conference Topics BIM in design coordination BIM in construction operations BIM in building operation and maintenance BIM and sustainability BIM and collaborative working and practices BIM-Facilities management integration BIM-Soft landing BIM-GIS integration BIM and automation in construction BIM-Cloud […]

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TRB’s Publications

TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2444: consists of 17 papers that examine a laboratory mix design procedure for foamed bitumen mixtures; a vacuum sealing–based volumetric density measurement approach for cold in-place recycling; impact of freeze–thaw cycles on mechanical properties of asphalt mixes; an investigation of tack coat failure […]

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TRB Publications

TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2421 consists of 17 papers that evaluate the accuracy of network-wide traffic states; network partitioning and incident detection using a macroscopic fundamental diagram; the influence of road layout on a network fundamental diagrams; areawide dynamics of pedestrian crowds; and pedestrian walking characteristics through […]

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TRB Publications

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2428 consists of 9 papers that summarize diesel and hybrid bus models; evaluations of energy and emissions performance for electric rail transit options; predictions from the CAL3QHCR and AERMOD models for highway applications; life-cycle greenhouse gases and energy consumption for material and construction phases […]

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Research and Education

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2414 consists of 8 papers that document crowdsourcing and transportation data collection and management; evolution of data creation, management, publication, and curation in the research process; evaluation of a library e-book lending platform for Department of Transportation employees with personal reading devices; and development […]

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TRB Publications

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2408 consists of 12 papers that cover performance bonds; alternative technical concepts; indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracting; geotechnical requirements in the design-build selection process; visualization technology; and air content stability in the slipform paving process. This issue also explores the construction of roller-compacted concrete pavement […]

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TRB Publications

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2406 consists of 10 papers that analyze imposed bridge load stresses for development of a European bridge formula; design of ultrahigh-performance concrete waffle deck for Accelerated Bridge Construction; anchor bolt steel strength in annular stand-off base plate connections; thermal analysis of highway overhead support […]

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TRB Publications

  TRB’s Transportation Research Record:  Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2403 consists of eight papers that explore valuation and crediting approaches for planning agencies; habitat conservation plans; short-term effect of pavement surface aging on tire–pavement noise; wayside traffic noise levels; expert systems archeological predictive model; decision methodology for temperature control of pavements; multicriterion sustainability […]

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TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter

The TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter is a free weekly electronic service designed to keep individuals up-to-date on TRB activities and to highlight selected transportation research related activities taking place at the federal and state levels, and within the academic and international transportation communities. More than 55,000 people from around the world receive the E-Newsletter.

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CSIR calls for more transport sector R&D

A consolidated foresight study for South Africa’s transport sector was urgently needed, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research transport systems and operations manager Mathetha Mokonyama asserted on Monday, stating that the sector could do much more to embrace research and development (R&D). Speaking at a Southern African – Netherlands Chamber of Commerce seminar under the […]

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