This book includes a collection of research and practical papers from international research and technology activities on recent developments in infrastructure engineering. Sustainability is increasingly a key priority in engineering practices. With the aging transportation infrastructure and renewed emphasis on infrastructure renovation by transportation agencies, innovations are urgently needed to develop materials, designs, and practices to ensure the sustainability of transportation infrastructure.

Discusses sustainable infrastructure engineering which is a critically important topic States that important improvements in sustainability can be achieved through careful and sometimes innovative selection of materials Provides some ideas for improving infrastructure sustainability

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Shehata is the founder and CEO of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt "SSIGE." He is a partner and vice-president of EHE-Consulting Group in the Middle East, and managing editor of the "Innovative Infrastructure Solutions" journal, published by Springer. He worked in the field of civil engineering early, while studying, with Bechtel Egypt Contracting & PM Company, LLC. His professional experience includes working in culverts, small tunnels, pipe installation, earth reinforcement, soil stabilization, and small bridges. He also has been involved in teaching, research, and consulting. His areas of specialization include static and dynamic soil-structure interactions involving buildings, roads, water structures, retaining walls, earth reinforcement, and bridges, as well as, different disciplines of project management and contract administration. He is the author of an Arabic practical book titled "Practical Solutions for Different Geotechnical Works: The Practical Engineers' Guidelines." He is currently working on a new book titled "Soil-Foundation-Superstructure Interaction: Structural Integration". He is the contributor of more than 50 publications in national and international conferences and journals. He served as a co-chair of the GeoChina 2016 International Conference in Shandong, China. He serves also as a co-chair and secretary general of the GeoMEast 2017 International Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 2016 Outstanding reviewer of the ASCE as selected by the Editorial Board of International Journal of Geomechanics.

Sherif El-Badawy is professor at Mansoura University, Egypt. He serves as the director of Highway and Airport Engineering Laboratory,Director of the Center of Scientific, Experimental, and Technical Services, Mansoura University. He received a BSc degree with honor in Civil Engineering and MSc from Mansoura University, Egypt. Dr. El-Badawy pursued hisPhD Degree at Arizona State University (ASU), USA in 2006. He worked asa Postdoctoral Research Associate at ASU from June 2006 until July 2007 and as aResearch Fellow at University of Idaho from December 2009 until January 2012. He has more than 20 years of experience in pavement structural analysis, design and characterization.Dr. El-Badawy has participated in several state and national projects during his employment in the US. He was one of the team members under Professor Witczak in the NCHRP 1-37A and 1-40D Projects which focused on the development of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). He serves as a TRB Committee Member on Flexible Pavement Design (AFD60) sinceApril, 2012. He is an elected board member of the Middle East Society of Asphalt Technologists (MESAT), a member of the International GeosyntheticSociety(IGS), Transportation and Traffic Society (TTS), International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), and Chi-Epsilon Honor Society. He developed and taught many undergraduate and postgraduate course in USA and Egypt. His research interest focuses on pavement material characterization and modeling,Mechanistic-Empiricalpavement design methods, and traffic characteristics. Dr. EL-Badawy was the Chief Editor of the ASCE GPS "Innovative Technologies for Severe Weathers and Climate Changes".Through research and graduate advising, he published more than 70 technical publications and reports.

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FE Modeling of RC Beams Reinforced in Flexure with BFRP Bars Exposed to Harsh Conditions.- Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of Casuarina Glauca Blackboards.- Shear Strength of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Bridge Girders.- Evaluation of the Performance of Gravel Road with Base Course Reinforced with Do-nou.- Updated Seismic Input for Next Generation of the Egyptian Building Code.- Effect of Using Different Installation Positions for Stirrups in Enhancing the Shear Capacity of RC Beams.- Behavior of SCC Reinforced Concrete Short Columns Subjected to Weathering Effects.- Implications of Different Foamed Bitumen Stabilization Production and Curing Processes on Airport Pavement Thickness and Life.- Using Recycled Concrete Aggregates as a Replacement for Coarse Aggregate in the Production of Green Concrete.- A Study to Evaluate the Energy Performance for the Brownfield Building at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat.- Data Mining and Performance Prediction of Flexible Road Pavement Using Fuzzy Logic Theory: A case of Nigeria.- Design and Detailing of Bridge Approach Slabs: Cast-in-Place and Precast Concrete Options.- Exploring the Durability Specification of Coarse Aggregate Used in Airport Asphalt Mixtures.