Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

33rd Annual Conference

of the Canadian Society
for Civil Engineering
2005

“Gateway To Excellence”

June 2-4, 2005

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

33rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1

6th CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTY CONFERENCE

L'INGÉNIERIE DES EXIGENCES EN CONSTRUCTION: UNPROCESSUS AXÉ SUR
LA VALEUR.......................................................................................................................................... 1
D. Forgues, O. Gendreau, E. Lefebvre

A LOW COST PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING ENVELOPE FOR

CANADIAN HOUSING ....................................................................................................................... 11
C. Campbell

MEASURING QUALITY IN BUILDING DESIGN ............................................................................... 18

L.A. Newton, J. Christian

COST ESTIMATING FOR ACADEMIC BUILDINGS USING FUZZY CLUSTERING

TECHNIQUE ....................................................................................................................................... 25
M. Marzouk

CHALLENGES IN RECRUITING AND RETENTION OF CONSTRUCTION

PROFESSIONALS ............................................................................................................................. 33
Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Ronnie Rector, David Brown

A METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING TBM ADVANCE RATES IN SOFTGROUND

SOILS IN SIMULATION MODELS..................................................................................................... 43
Ahmed A. Shaheen, Aminah Robinson Fayek, S. M. AbouRizk

A FRAMEWORK FOR INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION

ININFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION USING LATTICE ALGEBRA................................. 53
Nora M. El-Gohary, Tamer E. El-Diraby

MOST IMPORTANT WORKER MOTIVATIONAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT

PRODUCTIVITY OF ALBERTA CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ...................................................... 64
K.N. Hewage, J.Y. Ruwanpura

MULTILEVEL INTEGRATED STOCHASTIC NETWORKS FOR COST AND TIME

RISK ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................................................... 74
Mohamed Moussa, Janaka Y. Ruwanpura, George F. Jergeas

COMPARISON OF DELAY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE FORCONSTRUCTION

PROJECTS......................................................................................................................................... 84
J. B. Yang

COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION .......................................................................................................... 93
M. N. Nazir, J. Y. Ruwanpura, R. L. Day

PRODUCTION-BASED LARGE SCALE SIMULATION MODELING

FORCONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ................................................................................................. 102
Ping Wang, Yasser Mohamed, S. M. AbouRizk

OPTIMIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION SCHEDULE USING

GENETIC ALGORITHMS ................................................................................................................. 113
Hussien T. AL-Battaineh, S. M. AbouRizk

ENGINEERED DEMOLITION OF HIGHWAY STRUCTURES ........................................................ 120

S. Brown
THE USAGE OF DYNAMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH PROCESS-BASED
APPROACH IN CONSTRUCTION PROCESS MANAGEMENT OF THE FIRST
PHASE OF SOUTH PARS PRODUCTION PLATFORM (SPP1) IN IRAN ..................................... 130
M. Hassani, H. Abbasi, B. Rahmanzadeh, A. Yaghoobi, K. Forouzan

IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING

SECTOR IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES................................................................................. 138
S. Alrahomi, S. Alkass, A. Price

AUTOMATED PARAMETRIC COST ESTIMATING MODEL FOR BUILDING

PROJECTS....................................................................................................................................... 147
A. Jrade, S. Alkass

AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES .......................................... 155

O. Moselhi, S. El-Omari

DETAILED EXECUTION PLANNING MODEL FOR LARGE OIL AND GAS

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS......................................................................................................... 164
L.K. Rankin, J.P. Lozon, G.F. Jergeas

CONSTRUCTION OF BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORKS FOR DECISION .................................... 173

Z. Tang, B. McCabe

THE ROLES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENT

PROJECT DELIVERY APPROACHES............................................................................................ 183
Patrick T.I. Lam, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, T.S.T. Ng

IMPACT OF EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON PROJECT

MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................ 193
T. Froese

CROSS-COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATING CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT TEAMS............................................................................................................................ 203
M. Motiar Rahman, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, Khalid Karim, George Ang, Mohammed
Dulaimi

INTEGER OPTIMIZATION OF PROJECT INCENTIVES ................................................................ 213

Ali Naji Almassi, Brenda McCabe

MOBILE MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONS FOR PROJECT CLOSEOUT ............................................. 221

J. H. Rankin, G. Christie, I. Kondratova

E-BUSINESS AND E-PROCUREMENT IN THE AEC INDUSTRY ................................................. 231

J. H. Rankin, Y. Chen

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ICT SUPPORT: A CASE STUDY OF A LEED

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 241
A. Andrews, J. Rankin, L. Waugh, P. Bryden, P. Barteaux, R. Watson

VISUALIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION DATA ............................................................................... 251

Tanaya Korde, Yugui Wang, Alan D. Russell

CONTRACTUAL AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS IN CHINA: SOME SOCIETAL

AND CULTURAL FACTORS AT PLAY........................................................................................... 262
Shaowen (Wendy) Ding, Paul S. H. Poh

SOFTWARE INTEGRATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ............................................. 267

R. Elmaraghy, D. Bauer

CASE STUDY FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL COURSE ............................ 275
A.D. Russell, A. Udaipurwala

DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ..................................................................................... 285

Tarek Zayed, Ravi Kalavagunta

A NON-PARAMETRIC OUTLIER MINING ALGORITHM FOR DETECTING

ANOMALIES IN CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DATABASE ...................................................... 294
H. Fan, H. Kim, S. M. AbouRizk
MODELING THE TIME FACTOR IN SITE PLANNING ................................................................... 304
F. Sadeghpour, O. Moselhi, S. Alkass

A WEB-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT GAME FOR COMPUTERASSISTED

INSTRUCTION.................................................................................................................................. 312
H. Fan, T. Froese

RISK OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ...................................................................... 322

Tarek Zayed, Jiayin Pan

INFASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESMENT IN WAR-

TORN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES - THE CASE OF SIERRA LEONE ....................................... 331
John Bundu Fofanah, Mohamed Al-Hussein

EXPLAINING CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE USING CAUSAL MODELS............................ 341

M. Li, T. Korde, A.D. Russell

A WEB-BASED COST ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR

AND IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................. 353
S. Yousefi, T. Hegazy, M. Attalla

AN EXAMPLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION FOR A

MUNICIPALITY: THE FIRE HYDRANT INSPECTION PROCESS ................................................. 361
K.L. Skead, B.G. Wilson, L.M. Waugh, T. Brewer, S. Lee

THE MOBILITY OF EMPLOYMENT IN ONTARIO CONSTRUCTION............................................ 371

R. Munteanu, J. Karahalios, B. McCabe, C. Loughlin, G. Robertson, D. Hyatt, S. Tighe

SUSTAINABILITY OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE TRAINING OF ASSISTANT

PROFESSIONALS IN CONSTRUCTION---THE HONG KONG EXPERIENCE.............................. 381
Kwok-sang Law

INTEGRATION OF DATA AND PROCESSES OF AEC PROJECTS USING THE

INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES............................................................................................. 391
Mahmoud Halfawy, Thomas Froese

SCHEDULING QUALITY ACTIVITIES............................................................................................. 401

M. Battikha

A MULTI-TIER BARCODE BASED SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS......................................................................................................... 409
T. Shehab, O. Moselhi

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EDMS) IN CIVIL

ENGINEERING PROJECTS ............................................................................................................ 417
M. N. Jadid, M.M. Idrees

EVALUATING INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR

SUPER HI-RISE BUILDINGS ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS ................................................... 426
Saad F. AboMoslim, Alan D. Russell

QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND IT .................................................................................................. 436

K. Zhang, A.D. Russell

ISCAD: INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPROVAL

PROCESS IN THE HOUSING INDUSTRY ...................................................................................... 446
M. AL-Hussein, J. Kumar, V. Sharma

9TH ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPECIALTY CONFERENCE

IMPACT OF RATE - LIMITED MASS TRANSFER ON SOIL VAPOUR EXTRACTION................. 456
L. Zhao, Richard G. Zytner

THREE DIMENSIONAL SOIL VAPOUR EXTRACTION AND BIOVENTING MODEL................... 466

Eyad A. Barakat, Richard G. Zytner
CONTROL OF STYRENE GASES USING VENTURI SCRUBBING .............................................. 476
Alex Keen

MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES

USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS.................................................................................... 481
Betsy Agar, Bruce Wilson, Anne Winning, Brian Baetz

MODELING STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM OPEN WINDROW COMPOSTING

SITES ................................................................................................................................................ 491
Ljubisa Kalaba, Bruce Wilson

LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES: DEVELOPMENT OF

THE WASTED MODEL .................................................................................................................... 501
R. Diaz, M. Warith

EFFECT OF LEACHATE RECIRCULATION RATE ON BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS

PERFORMANCE .............................................................................................................................. 511
Mostafa Warith, Steven Liss

ACCELERATING THE BIODEGRADATION OF HIGH MOISTURE AND ORGANIC

CONTENT SOLID WASTES IN BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS ......................................................... 520
H. Jin, M.A. Warith, M. Memon

TREATMENT OF LEACHATE GENERATED FROM BIOREACTOR LANDFILLS ....................... 530

Maqsood A. Memon, Mostafa Warith, Hui Jin

THE USE OF PDA IN MEASURING AIR ENTRAINMENT IN AN................................................... 539

Mahad S. Baawain, Mohamed Gamal El-Din, Daniel W. Smith

AN EVALUATION OF THREE FRESH WATER MOLLUSC SHELL SANDS AS

SORPTIVE FILTER MEDIA FOR REMOVING PHOSPHORUS IN CONSTRUCTED
WETLANDS...................................................................................................................................... 548
M. Laska, B.C. Anderson

TOWARDS ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AT WASTEWATER TREATMENT

PLANTS VIA FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION ........................................................ 557
J.T. Kraemer, T. Lu, I. Shizas, D.M. Bagley

ANOXIC PHOSPHOROUS UPTAKE IN CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED

BIOREACTOR .................................................................................................................................. 565
A. Patel, G. Nakhla, J. Zhu

UASB-ANOXIC-OXIC SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH

TOMATO PROCESSING WASTEWATER ...................................................................................... 574
Alpesh Gohil, George Nakhla

PERFORMANCE OF PLASMA MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES IN

WASTEWATER TREATMENT......................................................................................................... 582
Dagmara Tyszler, Richard G. Zytner, Anne Batsch, Andreas Brügger, Stefan Geissler,
Hongde Zhou, Thomas Melin, Doris Klee

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF GENETIC ALGORITHM PARAMETERS FOR

GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN.................................................................. 592
A. Abdeh-Kolahchi, Mysore Satish, Bithin Datta

FIELD ANALYSIS OF THE MACLEAN AVENUE DETENTION TANK, CITY OF

TORONTO ........................................................................................................................................ 601
Lijing Xu, Barry J. Adams

IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF CREOSOTE USING PERMANGANTE: IS

ENHANCED MASS REMOVAL POSSIBLE?.................................................................................. 611
L. Jones, N. Thomson, S. Forsey

PROTECTING ONTARIO'S SOURCE WATERS FROM DISTRIBUTED

CONTAMINANT SOURCES............................................................................................................. 621
S. Watts, B. Gharabaghi, R.P. Rudra, S. Das, S. Guangul
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
GEODATABASE FOR WETLAND ASSESSMENT ALONG A PROPOSED HIGHWAY
IN SOUTHERN LABRADOR, CANADA .......................................................................................... 629
W. F. Cheng, M. G. Satish, L. Liu, J. Pomeroy, M. Mahoney

APPLICATION OF BATCH PARTICLE COUNTERS FOR MONITORING MEMBRANE

INTEGRITY ....................................................................................................................................... 638
Sana Akhtar, Mark Hurl, Sam Neilands, Khosrow Farahbakhsh

WASTE SAMPLING AND STRATEGIES IN DEVELOPING NATION CONDITIONS .................... 646

L.N. Alvarez, E.K.L. Tam, T. Pepper

RHAMNOLIPID BIOSURFACTANT ASSISTED DISPERSION AND

BIODEGRADATION ......................................................................................................................... 658
D. Martha, C.N. Mulligan

TREATMENT OF OILY FOOD INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE WITH A MAGNETIC

COAGULATOR ................................................................................................................................ 668
G. K. Luk, Z. Liu

THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MALODORS GENERATED IN THE PULP AND

PAPER INDUSTRY AND ANAEROBIC PROCESSES ................................................................... 676
Fadi Dagher, Maria Elektorowicz

A TWO-STEP MODELING APPROACH FOR THE RECOVERY OF FREE PHASE

LNAPL IN PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER SYSTEM ..................................... 689
Zhi Chen

PHASE SEPARATION OF OILY SLUDGE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE

ELECTRICAL FIELD ........................................................................................................................ 699
Shiva Habibi, Maria Elektorowicz

A MODEL CORRELATING GAS EXTRACTION WITH GAS GENERATION IN

LANDFILLS ...................................................................................................................................... 706
T. Chakraborty , A. Garg, G. Achari

CALGARY BIOCELL: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN INNOVATIVE

LANDFILL CELL IN COLD CLIMATES........................................................................................... 714
J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, M. Chandrakanthi, M.D. N. Perera, D. Davies, J. Hundal, D. Van
Everdingen

THIN BIOCOVERS FOR CONTROLLING SHORT-TERM METHANE EMISSIONS...................... 723

K. Perdikea, J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, D. Pokhrel, A. Mehrotra

SANITARY LANDFILL USING FUZZY COMPOSITION ................................................................. 732

A. Garg, G. Achari, R. Joshi

MULTI-METAL POLLUTION ALONG HIGHWAY CORRIDORS .................................................... 739

H. Preciado, L.Y. Li

SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION OF ACID ROCK DRAINAGE ALONG HIGHWAYS ................... 748

Loretta Y. Li, Min Chen, John Grace

VANCOUVER'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE STREET ..................................... 758

Otto Kauffman

SUSTAINABILITY OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM INVOLVING ANAEROBIC

DIGESTION OF MANURE................................................................................................................ 765
C.N. Mulligan
 VOLUME 2

1ST SPECIALTY CONFERENCE ON INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES,

MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES
MINISTER CAPLAN SPEECH ......................................................................................................... 774
Hon. Minister David Caplan

MARK HOLLAND SPEECH ............................................................................................................. 785

Mark Holland

OPENING REMARKS ...................................................................................................................... 791

Mark Holland

CHALLENGES OF MANAGING THE BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................ 797

Ralph Haas

INFRASTRUCTURE DURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY .......................................................... 872

Saeed Mirza

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION ASSESSMENT....................... 953

Kenneth Maser

THE ROLE OF THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION..................................................................... 1026

Marie Carter

IDENTIFYING & SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICES USING A NETWORK

APPROACH.................................................................................................................................... 1048
Nancy Schepers

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE........................................... 1059

Allan Perks

HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IN THE UK ...................................................... 1089

David Cleland

ETC: ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM .................................................................... 1132

Eiki Aramaki

ASSET MANAGEMENT A VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER ............................................................. 1155

Tony Porter

STRATEGIES TO FINANCE THE UPGRADING OF CANADA’S PUBLIC

INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................................... 1177
Don Drummond

CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL: THE P3 SOLUTION....................................................... 1190

Don Pierce

PLANNING FOR ONTARIO’S RENEWAL GROWTH PLANNING AND PUBLIC

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN ONTARIO ........................................................................ 1213
John McKendrick

RISK MANAGEMENT LINKED TO ASSET MANAGEMENT ....................................................... 1231

Mike Price

IMPEDIMENTS TO DECISION-MAKING AND POLICIES FOR MUNICIPAL

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................ 1259
Leo Gohier

EDMONTON’S ASSET MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE ............................................................... 1287

Konrad Siu
APPLICATION OF A COMBINED FRAMEWORK OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION
AND FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP POLICY
STRATEGIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.............................................................. 1306
Kathri Devapriya

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGIES & POLICIES ....................................... 1316

Don Osmond

CHALLENGES FACING ONTARIO’S INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................... 1329

Paul Evans

KEEPING GREATER VANCOUVER MOVING ............................................................................. 1338

Sheri Plewes

WHAT IS YOUR CAPACITY FOR SUCCESSFUL DECISION-MAKING FOR YOUR

PROGRAM ASSET MANAGEMENT?........................................................................................... 1348
Sylvie Lemieux

PREDICTING BRIDGE DECK PERFORMANCE USING MARKOVIAN MODELS ...................... 1358

G. Morcous

INTEROPERABLE DATA COLLECTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE

ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................... 1367
A. Abdel-Rahman, T.E. El-Diraby

DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL DEPTH IN CURTAIN GROUT OF FOUNDATION

USING NUMERICAL MODELING TECHNIQUE IN AZADI ROCKFILL DAM .............................. 1375
H. Abbasi, D. Azizmohammadi

MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INTERLOCKING CONCRETE

PAVEMENTS.................................................................................................................................. 1384
R.J. Burak

SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING IN ONTARIO: CASE STUDIES AND

LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................... 1394
H. Osman, T. El-Diraby

ENGINEERING OF TRENCHLESS PIPE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS FOR

INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL.................................................................................................... 1402
Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Wing Chan

INFRAGUIDE(r) - IDENTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE

BEST PRACTICES USING A NETWORK APPROACH ............................................................... 1412
N. Schepers

A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSET VALUATION OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE.............................. 1421

L. Cowe Falls, R. C. G. Haas, S. L. Tighe

PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL..................... 1431

L. Cowe Falls, R. Jurgens

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND SCIENCE PARK DEVELOPMENT:

TAIWAN'S HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK......................................................................................... 1442
Ching-chin Huang, Kun-Jung Hsu, Wu Cho Fu

REHABILITATION OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS IN STEEL BRIDGES: ANALYSIS

OF BUILT-UP HYBRID MEMBERS ............................................................................................... 1452
K. Shek, F. M. Bartlett

MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS THROUGH RISK ANALYSIS .................................. 1462

R. Frenette, B. Gérard, O. Bernard, B. Capra

EFFECT OF CORROSION ON DIFFERENT STEELS AND CONCRETE TYPES ....................... 1470

Assem Hassan, Lamya Amleh

DETERMINATION OF REFRACTORY LINING THICKNESS AND QUALITY IN

OPERATING INDUSTRIAL FURNACES, USING A STRESS WAVE REFLECTION
TECHNIQUE ................................................................................................................................... 1480
Afshin Sadri, Mohamed Lachemi, Gary Walters
NETWORK-LEVEL BRIDGE MANAGEMENT USING A MULTIOBJECTIVE
OPTIMIZATION DECISION MODEL.............................................................................................. 1490
Z. Lounis

CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS FOR THE TRANSFER OF PRESTRESSED CFRP

SHEETS.......................................................................................................................................... 1499
Yail J. Kim, R. Gordon Wight, Mark F. Green

EXCITATION SOURCES FOR VIBRATION-BASED DAMAGE DETECTION ON THE

RED DEER RIVER BRIDGE .......................................................................................................... 1507
M. Alwash, B. Sparling, L. Wegner

ANALYTICAL MODELING OF FRP-REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS FAILED IN

SHEAR............................................................................................................................................ 1517
A. El-Sayed, E. El-Salakawy , B. Benmokrane

LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS PROTOCOL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS..................... 1527

R. C. G. Haas,S. L. Tighe, L. Cowe Falls

AUGMENTED REALITY INTERACTION MODEL FOR MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS............................................................................................................ 1539
A. Hammad, B. Khabeer, E. Mozaffari, P. Devarakonda, P. Bauchkar

VOLUME 3

LOCATION-BASED MOBILE BRIDGE INSPECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM................................ 1549

Y. Hu, A. Hammad

SPATIO-TEMPORAL ISSUES IN INFRASTRUCTURE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................................... 1559
C. Zhang, A. Hammad

VIRTUAL REALITY MODELS FOR LOCATION-BASED FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................................... 1569
E. Mozaffari, A. Hammad, K. El-Ammari

UPGRADING NEED ASSESSMENT FOR RURAL ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN

SASKATCHEWAN'S HEAVY OIL PRODUCING REGION ........................................................... 1579
Andrew Liu, George Stamatinos, Les Bell, Rod Harder

FAILURE CONDITIONS OF ASBESTOS CEMENT WATER MAINS IN REGINA ....................... 1588

Y. Hu, D.W. Hubble

SYSTÈME INTERACTIF D'AIDE À LA DÉCISION POUR GÉRER LE RISQUE DANS

LES PROJETS DE PARTENARIAT PUBLIC-PRIVÉ.................................................................... 1598
J. Comeau, E. Miresco

TRINITIY IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING: STRATEGIC PLANNING, ASSET

MANAGEMENT, AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES ................................................................. 1608
D. Mizusawa, S. McNeil

DEVELOPMENT OF SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION SYSTEM ............................................................................................................... 1616
F. Zhou, J. Mazurat, K.Chua

BRIDGE DECK REHABILTATION PRACTICES IN NORTH AMERICA: A

COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SURVEY .............................................................................. 1623
M. Lachemi, M. Ramcharitar, K.M.A. Hossain, M. Shehata

BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN ALBERTA...................................................................... 1633

H. R. Soleymani, P. D.Carter, C. Wong

MODELING EXTERNALLY PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS ............................................ 1643

Mohamad Abd El Aziz, Faouzi Ghrib, George Abdel Sayed, Nabil F.Grace
COMPARING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING VERSUS OPEN CUT FOR
THE INSTALLATION OF A SANITARY SEWER .......................................................................... 1651
Peter Langan

FRP REHABILITATION OF FAÇADES IN A TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

FACILITY ........................................................................................................................................ 1657
L. McCuaig, L Reginato, M. Attalla, K. Soudki

EFFECT OF CFRP SHEETS ON CONCRETE-STEEL BOND STRENGTH................................. 1666

A. Rteil, K. Soudki, T. Topper

3D NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF MORNING GLORY SPILLWAY IN PARIAN

STORAGE DAM USING DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD .......................................................... 1672
H. Abbasi, S. Taghipoor

URBAN MORPHOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR A

SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ............................................................................................................... 1682
C.A. Kennedy, E.J. Miller, B.W. Karney, K.D. Pressnail, B.Y. McCabe, H.L.MacLean, W.H.
Vanderburg, B.J. Adams

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION .......................................................... 1690

E.J. Miller, B. Abdulhai, A.S. Shalaby

DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE WATER SYSTEMS FOR URBAN AREAS: A

HUMAN HYDROLOGIC CYCLE APPROACH .............................................................................. 1698
David Bagley, Robert Andrews, Barry Adams, Bryan Karney

ENGINEERING AND URBAN DESIGN: WHO LEADS WHOM?.................................................. 1708

Paul Gauvreau

TOWARDS A VISUAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF

THE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................ 1718
A. Elhakeem, T. Hegazy

ALTERNATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION OF

INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................... 1726
H. Elbehairy, T. Hegazy, E. Elbeltagi, K. Soudki

THE FRPS UPGRADE THE MASONRY WALLS - AN EXPERIMENTAL

INVESTIGATION ............................................................................................................................ 1735
D. Panichkov, F. Rangelova

BASIC INVESTIGATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE STRENGTHENING,

REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING
STRUCTURES................................................................................................................................ 1742
F. Rangelova, D. Panichkov

DURABILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE ITS EFFECT ON AGRICULTURAL

BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................... 1748
Vivian Assaad Abdelmseeh, Jan Jofriet, Satish Negi, Gordon Hayward

SUMMARY OF RECENT STUDIES OF STEEL AND P/S BRIDGE BEHAVIOR

DURING CONSTRUCTION IN PENNSYLVANIA.......................................................................... 1758
D.G. Linzell

Modeling the Effect of Corrosion on Bond Strength at Steel- Concrete Interface

Using Finite Element Analysis..................................................................................................... 1768
Alaka Ghosh, Lamya Amleh

SIMPLE BLAST RESISTANCE EVALUATION OF STRUCTURES ............................................. 1778

G. Razaqpur, S. Foo, E. Contestabile, B. Von Rosen

CANADIAN REGULATIONS RELATED TO EXPLOSIVES.......................................................... 1788

Juri T. Kasemets, P. Eng.

THE BLAST MITIGATION WORKING GROUP............................................................................. 1795

Ettore Contestabile, Simon Foo, Bert von Rosen, Abass Braimah, Juri Kasemets, Abd El
Halim A.O. Abd El Halim, G. Razaqpur4
A SUMMARY OF BLAST MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF
BUILDINGS .................................................................................................................................... 1801
Abass Braimah, Simon Foo, Ettore Contestabile, Bert von Rosen

DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID SCREENING TOOL FOR THE DETERMINATION OF

BUILDING VULNERABILITY TO EXTERNAL BOMBING............................................................ 1808
Bert von Rosen, Simon Foo, Ettore Contestabile, Abass Braimah

THE OPTIMIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET ALLOCATION USING

GENETIC ALGORITHMS ............................................................................................................... 1815
Hussien T. AL-Battaineh, S.M. AbouRizk, K.L. Siu, Michel Allouche

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS: A

NETWORK APPROACH ................................................................................................................ 1825
O. Moselhi, A. Hammad, S. Alkass, C. Assi, M. Debbabi, M. Haider

A BUILDING MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM................................................... 1833

Robert Langevine, Michael Allouche, S.M. AbouRizk, John Nicoll

ANALYSE DE LA RUPTURE D'UN BARAGE PAR SUBMERSION ............................................ 1843

I. Nistor, C.D. Rennie

MODULAR RISK MODELING AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

DISASTER INCIDENTS.................................................................................................................. 1851
G. Parker, R.L. Droste, R.M. Narbaitz

RESPONSE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS TO BLAST

LOADING........................................................................................................................................ 1861
T. Ozbakkaloglu, N. Naumoski, M. Saatcioglu

EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS THROUGH SEISMIC RETROFITTING

NONDUCTILE STRUCTURES....................................................................................................... 1871
M. Saatcioglu

ASSET MANAGEMENT SCORECARD: A WIN, LOSE OR DRAW APPROACH TO

INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................ 1881
P. Marsh

APPLICATION OF A COMBINED FRAMEWORK OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION

AND FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP POLICY
STRATEGIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.............................................................. 1891
K.A.K. Devapriya

GENERAL CONFERENCE AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM

FORGING PROFESSIONAL BODY AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL LINKS: A MODEL
FOR ADOPTION/ADAPTION......................................................................................................... 1899
P Watson, T Howarth, D Gibson

COMPUTER TOOL TO ACHIEVE BETTER PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRATION

OF BUILDING ENVELOPES WITH STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ................. 1907
A. Hammad, P. Fazio, H. S. He

DÉFORMATIONS ET CONTRAINTES DANS LES BARRAGES EN ENROCHEMENT

AVEC MASQUE AMONT EN BÉTON DE CIMENT REPOSANT SUR UN MORT-
TERRAIN ........................................................................................................................................ 1917
Michel Massiéra, Janelle Vautour, Yousef Hammamjiet, Anna Szostak-Chrzanowski

STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS FOR SHEAR LAG PHENOMENON IN FRAMED

TUBE STRUCTURES WITH INTERNAL TUBE(S) ....................................................................... 1927
K. K. Lee, K. J. Lee

AN ANT COLONY OPTIMISATION APPROACH TO THE AUTOMATIC OPTIMAL

DESIGN OF STRUCTURES........................................................................................................... 1937
J. A. Bland
COMPARISON OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS TO MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
FOR THE OPTIMAL DESIGN AND OPERATION OF PUMPING STATIONS.............................. 1946
Mahdi Moradi-Jalal, Bryan W. Karney

DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION TOOLS FOR INTERLOCKING CONCRETE

PAVEMENTS.................................................................................................................................. 1956
W. Chung, S. Tighe, Rob Burak

Cm FACTOR FOR COMPOSITE COLUMNS BENDING ABOUT THE MINOR AXIS

OF THE STEEL CORE ................................................................................................................... 1964
Timo K. Tikka, S. Ali Mirza

TOOLS AND TOYS FOR TEACHING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS METHODOLOGY.............. 1974

L. M. Lye

EI OF SLENDER COMPOSITE STEEL-CONCRETE COLUMNS BENDING ABOUT

THE MAJOR AXIS.......................................................................................................................... 1983
Timo K. Tikka, S. Ali Mirza

FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF GUSSET PLATE-TO-TUBE SLOTTED

CONNECTIONS.............................................................................................................................. 1992
Gilberto Martinez Saucedo, Jeffrey A. Packer, Silke Willibald, Xiao-Ling Zhao

PRELIMINARY GEOTECHNICAL TASK SEQUENCE & TIME LINE ANALYSIS FOR

THE CANADIAN ARCTIC RAILROAD PROJECT........................................................................ 2002
Ginnever, L.

PERMANENT FERROCEMENT FORMS FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION .......................... 2009

Ezzat H. Fahmy, Yousry B. Shaheen, Alaa Abdel Tawab

WIND-INDUCED PRESSURES ON PARAPETS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL

EVALUATION................................................................................................................................. 2018
R. Bedair, T. Stathopoulos

SERVICEABILITY OF CONCRETE MEMBERS BASED ON UTILITY THEORY......................... 2028

Y.H. Lee, A. Scanlon

DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN TOOLS FOR PRACTICAL CAD

APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 2036
R. A. Sabouni, A. R. Sabouni, K. M. El-Sawy

NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SWAY FRAMES ............................... 2046

Timo K. Tikka

STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION OF THE HEART LAKE TUNNEL.......................................... 2055

B. Bennett, P. Branco, H. McColm, J. Ostrowski, P. Ojala, D. Wong

A STUDY OF STATISTICAL MODELS FOR EXTREME WIND SPEED ESTIMATION ............... 2065
Ying An, M.D. Pandey

A NEW DISPLACEMENT- BASED DESIGN METHOD FOR BUILDING ..................................... 2075

J. Humar, M. Ghorbanie-Asl

EFFECTS OF SILICA FUME AND FLY ASH ON THE PROPERTIES OF HIGH

PERFORMANCE CONCRETE....................................................................................................... 2085
Md. Safiuddin, M.F.M. Zain

NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC MODELLING OF CREEP OF POLYETHYLENE......................... 2095

H. Liu, M.A. Polak

BOND SPLITTING STRENGTH OF LAP SPLICING OF GFRP BARS IN CONCRETE .............. 2105
Ragi Aly, Brahim Benmokrane

STEEL ROOFS DESIGNED TO RETAIN RAINWATER ............................................................... 2113

D. Praught, F.M. Bartlett

FULL-SCALE TESTS ON COLLARED REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS

UNDER CYCLIC SHEAR-DOMINANT LOADING ......................................................................... 2123
J. Liu, R.G. Driver
ANALYTICAL MODEL OF A GROUP OF STONE COLUMNS .................................................... 2133
M. Etezad, A. M. Hanna, T. Ayadat

A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE COURSEWARE FOR THE LEARNING OF

STRUCTURAL FRAMING SYSTEM DESIGN OF TALL BUILDINGS.......................................... 2143
R.Chan, J. Kong

THE TIME-COST RELATIONSHIP OF HI-TECH STANDARD FAB CONSTRUCTION

AT THE HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK ............................................................................................. 2152
Kun-Jung Hsu, Ching-chin Huang

BEHAVIOR OF FERROCEMENT PANELS UNDER AXIAL AND FLEXURAL

LOADINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 2162
Ezzat H. Fahmy, Mohamed N. Abou Zeid, Yousry B. Shaheen, Hassan Gaafar

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN THE

NETHERLANDS: REVIEW AND COMPARISONS ....................................................................... 2172
E. Lobbes, S. Al-Jibouri, S. AlKass

MODELLING AND SIMULATING EARTHWORKS CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES ................. 2182

S. Al-Jibouri, M. Mawdesley

AN APPROACH TO TEACHING A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE................ 2189

L. M. Lye

IMPACT RESISTANCE OF LONG FIBER CONCRETE ............................................................... 2199

A.J. Schokker, E.J. Moser

GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE BRIDGE DECK PANEL DESIGN,

FABRICATION AND LOAD TESTING........................................................................................... 2206
R.J. Roy, A.S. Debaiky, H. Borazghi, B. Benmokrane

PROPERITES OF CONCRETE MIXTURES INCORPORATING MAGNITIZED WATER ............ 2215

Mohamed N. Abou-Zeid, Ezzat H. Fahmy, Mohamed Abdel-Raouf

SHEAR REINFORCEMENT IN WIDE CONCRETE BEAMS......................................................... 2225

A.S. Lubell, E.C. Bentz, M.P. Collins

THE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE, LIGHTLY REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS AND

ONE-WAY SLABS.......................................................................................................................... 2234
E.G. Sherwood, E.C. Bentz, M.P. Collins

PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS IN

BRITISH COLUMBIA: PROJECT OVERVIEW.............................................................................. 2244
T. White, C.E. Ventura, G. Taylor, K. Elwood

PERFORMANCE-BASED SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS IN

BRITISH COLUMBIA: ANALYTICAL METHODS......................................................................... 2253
T. White, C.E. Ventura, G. Taylor, K. Elwood

ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CONCRETES FOR INSULATED

CONCRETE FORM CONSTRUCTION .......................................................................................... 2263
M. N. Nazir, R. L. Day, L. Moore

CLASSIFICATION OF RIVER WATER QUALITY USING FUZZY SYNTHETIC

EVALUATION TECHNIQUE .......................................................................................................... 2273
J. Pokhrel, R. Sadiq

PERFORMANCE OF A NOVEL FASTENER IN LAMINATED STRAND LUMBER AND

SPRUCE ......................................................................................................................................... 2283
B. Murty, A. Asiz, I. Smith

NUMERICAL MODELING OF MULTIPLE-BOLT CONNECTIONS IN ENGINEERED

WOOD PRODUCTS ....................................................................................................................... 2291
M. Snow, A. Asiz, I. Smith

PERFORMANCE BASED SEISMIC DESIGN OF STRUCTURES EQUIPPED WITH

HYSTERETIC DAMPERS .............................................................................................................. 2299
Nabil Mansour, Constantin Christopoulos
ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION ON FRP REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK
SLABS ............................................................................................................................................ 2309
A. El Ragaby, E. El-Salakawy, B. Benmokrane

ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL STRESSES DURING HANDLING AND

TRANSPORTATION OF PREFABRICATED HOUSING UNITS................................................... 2319
A. Asiz, M. Iranpour, I. Smith

VOLUME 4
MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING MODULES TO SIMPLIFY FLOOD
MAP REVISIONS............................................................................................................................ 2327
M.H. Woo

METHANE OXIDATION IN LANDFILL SOIL COVERS ................................................................ 2331

M. AlBanna, L. Fernandes, M. Warith

RISK ASSESSMENT IN PIPELINE PROJECTS USING BELIEF NETWORKS AND

COMPUTER SIMULATION ............................................................................................................ 2341
M. Marzouk, A. Eldieb

DAMAGE MODELLING OF POLYETHYLENE ............................................................................. 2349

J.A. Alvarado-Contreras, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis

RAPID CHLORIDE PENETRABILITY TEST: A NEW LOOK ....................................................... 2359

M. T. Bassuoni, T. R. Greenough, M. L. Nehdi

EFFECTS OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STIFFENERS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF

THE MOMENT RESISTING STEEL BEAM-LATTICED COLUMN CONNECTIONS ................... 2369
Iraj H.P. Mamaghani, Ashkan Vosooghi

IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIONICS IN A SECOND GENERATION STEEL-FREE

BRIDGE DECK ............................................................................................................................... 2379
Chad Klowak, Aftab Mufti

INELASTIC CYCLIC ANALYSIS OF STEEL BRACES ................................................................ 2389

Iraj H.P. Mamaghani

DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION DYNAMIC CONTROL AND MONITOR PORTAL

INTEGRATED ERP SYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 2399
Yu-Cheng Lin, P. H. Lin

MULTIMEDIA-INTEGRATED APPLICATION FOR COMPUTERASSISTED

TEACHING SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................... 2407
Yu-Cheng Lin, Lung-Chuang Wang

MODELING SHEAR CAPACITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS USING

GENETIC ALGORITHMS ............................................................................................................... 2414
T. Greenough, M. Nehdi

DEVELOPING PASTE BACKFILL FROM HEATH STEELE MINE SULPHIDIC

TAILINGS USING INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS ........................................................................ 2424
Amjad Tariq, Moncef Nehdi

EFFECT OF CHEMCAL ADMIXTURES AND HIGH TEMPERATUES ON YIELD

STRESS AND PLASTIC VISCOSITY OF CEMENT PASTES ...................................................... 2434
S. Al-Martini, M. L. Nehdi

FIELD PERFORMANCE OF A CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT INSTALLED USING

STANDARD INSTALLATIONS ...................................................................................................... 2442
P.D. Smeltze, L. Daigle

COMPARISONS OF SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE

SQUARE COLUMNS CONFINED BY FRP CASINGS AND CONVENTIONAL STEEL
REINFORCEMENT......................................................................................................................... 2452
T. Ozbakkaloglu, M. Saatcioglu
STRENGTHENING OF ONE WAY REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS WITH
MECHANICALLY-ANCHORED UNBONDED FRP STRIPS ......................................................... 2462
T. El Maaddawy, J. Hamelin, T. Hrynyk, L. Schaus, K. Soudki

MULTIPLE BOLTED CONNECTIONS IN PULTRUDED FRP COMPONENTS ........................... 2469

M.A. Erki, C.R. Shyu, R.G. Wight

A SPATIAL GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF LAND USE

DEVELOPMENT ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN THE SANGONG OASIS
REGION USING REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY AND DATA ...................................................... 2476
Xi Chen, Jinfeng Yan, Zhi Chen, Geping Luo, Qing Song, Wenqiang Xu

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENT IN BRITTLE ROCKS ............................................ 2486

M. J. Iqbal, B. Mohanty

A NEW ENERGY PRICING MODEL: THE ESCALATING FAILURE OF

NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMIC MODELS AND SOME POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS
FOR FUTURE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DOLLAR AND THE EURO ................................... 2493
M.R. Islam, G.M. Zatzman

AN ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION TO THE MODIFIED BRINKMAN MODEL (MBM)

FOR A 2-DIMENSIONAL, 1-PHASE FLOW OF PETROLEUM FLUIDS ...................................... 2502
S. Mustafiz, J. Biazar, M.R. Islam

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING OF OIL DISCHARGES FROM PRODUCED WATER

IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................. 2510
M. I. Khan, M.R. Islam

A NOVEL PETROLEUM WELL COMPLETION TECHNIQUE...................................................... 2520

F. Taheri, D. Prior, H. Vaziri, M.R. Islam

NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A NOVEL PERFORATION

TECHNIQUE IN PETROLEUM WELLS - PERFORATION BY DRILLING ................................... 2532
M.A. Rahman, J. Biazar, M. Koksal, M.R. Islam

FORMULATION OF TWO PHASE, TWO DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR PDE's AS

APPLIED IN WELL-TESTING........................................................................................................ 2541
S. Mustafiz, M.R. Islam

DIRECT-USAGE SOLAR REFRIGERATION: FROM IRREVERSIBLE

THERMODYNAMICS TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING .......................................................... 2549
M.M. Khan, D. Prior, M.R. Islam

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF A HYPER UMBRELLA SHELL ROOF .................................. 2557

A. Mousa

SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS................................................................... 2567

D. Hayward, S. Gaskin

USE OF TEAR-OFF ROOF SHINGLES IN STONE MASTIC ASPHALT MIXTURES.................. 2577

M. H. Shehata, M.N. Panhwer

STEEL-CONCRETE INTERACTION IN DOUBLE SKIN PROFILED COMPOSITE

WALLS: DEVELOPMENT OF FINITE ELEMENT MODEL........................................................... 2586
K.M.A. Hossain, M. Lachemi, H.D. Wright

PERFORMANCE OF VOLCANIC PUMICE BASED BLENDED CEMENT MORTARS

IN SULFATE AND SULFATE-CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENTS ...................................................... 2595
K.M.A. Hossain, M. Lachemi

DEVELOPING A STRUCTURAL INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION

INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................................... 2605
G. Jin, P. Lester, D. Power, R. Matthews, G. Au

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH OF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE RED

RIVER IN THE SOUTHERN MANITOBA....................................................................................... 2615
Y. A. Elawad, Z. Chen, G. H. Huang, C.V. Tao, R. Abdalla
PETITES INCOHÉRENCES EN INGÉNIERIE DES STRUCTURES............................................. 2625
R. Takácset D. Bauer

SHEAR LAG IN TENSION MEMBER WELDED CONNECTIONS................................................ 2632

G. Abi-Saad, A. Benaddi, D. Bauer

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONLINE GPS PROCESSING SERVICES ........................................ 2642

R. Ghoddousi-Fard, P.Dare

REMEDIAL STRATEGY FOR GEODETIC NETWORKS .............................................................. 2652

M. Berber, P. Dare, P. Vaníèek

ANALYSIS OF STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALLS USING CONVENTIONAL

ENGINEERING SOFTWARE ......................................................................................................... 2659
J.J. Shishkin, R.G. Driver, G.Y. Grondin

EFFECT OF DE-ICER AND ANTI-ICER CHEMICALS ON THE DURABILITY,

MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CEMENTBASED MATERIALS............................ 2669
G.A. Julio-Betancourt, R.D. Hooton

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION AND FIELD MONITORING OF KARUN BRIDGE

ABUTMENT .................................................................................................................................... 2677
A. Bayat, M. H. Sadaghiani

REINFORCEMENT OF LATTICE COMMUNICATION TOWERS WITH RODS AND

ANGLES ......................................................................................................................................... 2685
C. Kumalasari, M.K.S. Madugula, F. Ghrib

CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASMA CUT-WELDED H-SHAPED STEEL COLUMNS .................. 2695

A.Pramalathan, K.S. Sivakumaran

INNOVATIVE PREFABRICATED CONCRETE BRIDGE SYSTEM AND

CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 2705
Bijal N. Shah, Khaled Sennah, M. Reza Kianoush, Siyin Tu

FLOW AROUND 90. OPEN-CHANNEL BENDS ........................................................................... 2715

Sangsoo Han, Pascale M. Biron, Amruthur S. Ramamurthy

DESIGN OF CONCRETE SLAB-COLUMN JOINTS FOR LATERAL DRIFT............................... 2722

R.B. Gayed, A. Ghali

ANALYSIS OF THICK COMPOSITE PLATES USING A SPLINE FINITE STRIP

APPROACH.................................................................................................................................... 2732
G. Akhras, W. Li

DETECTION OF UNDERGROUND CAVITIES USING MASW TEST .......................................... 2739

A. Nasseri-Moghaddam, C. Phillips, G. Cascante , D. J. Hutchinson

INTERFACIAL BEHAVIOUR OF FRP-CONCRETE JOINTS SUBJECTED TO DIRECT

SHEAR............................................................................................................................................ 2750
U.A. Ebead, K.W. Neale

NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF WIND FLOW OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN USING

AN OBJECT-ORIENTED APPROACH.......................................................................................... 2760
G.T. Bitsuamlak, C. Bédard, T. Stathopoulos

TENSILE-FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR OF CARBON-FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER

(CFRP) TENDONS SUBJECTED TO HARPED PROFILES ......................................................... 2770
T.G. Quayle, J.S. West, K.A. Soudki

SELF-CONSOLIDATING HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE INCORPORATING

RICE HUSK ASH............................................................................................................................ 2780
Md. Safiuddin, J.S. West, K.A. Soudki

MODULARIZATION TECHNIQUES AND STRUCTURAL STEEL PROCUREMENT

ON OPTI-NEXEN'S LONG LAKE UPGRADER PROJECT .......................................................... 2790
S.H. Ainslie, P.O. Burns, R.J. Clark

COUNTER FLOWING WALL JETS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL ............................................. 2800

A.S. Ramamurthy, Diep Vo, Magdalena Tudor
COMPARISONS BETWEEN RESULTS OF FIELD AND LABORATORY
MEASUREMENTS FOR EVALUATION OF SHEAR RESISTANCE AND
DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SANDY SOIL............................................................. 2804
A.M. Eid, M.M. El-Assaly

EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY CONTENT OF GROUND MOTION ON SEISMIC

RESPONSE OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS................................................................................. 2815
M.M. El-Assaly

BEHAVIOUR OF SLOTTED HOLE ANGLE CONNECTIONS ...................................................... 2825

Jack C.Y. Man, Robert G. Driver, Gilbert Y. Grondin

THE USE OF CFRP IN PRECAST PRESTRESSED HIGH PERFORMANCE

CONCRETE .................................................................................................................................... 2835
Adel R. Zaki, Kenneth W. Neale, Gamil Tadros, Marc Demers

A RATIONAL PROPOSAL FOR PREDICTING BEAM DEFLECTION......................................... 2844

P. Bischoff

BACKWATER EFFECT DUE TO A SINGLE SPUR DIKE ............................................................ 2854

H. Azinfar, J.A. Kells

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF COMBINED SYSTEM, 3D

WALL PANELS AND BENDING FRAME SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC LOADING......................... 2864
M. Z. Kabir, Y.Nassira

ROBUST ESTIMATION OF LIMIT LOADS OF PLATES .............................................................. 2874

Aman A. Bolar, Seshu M. R. Adluri

INELASTIC STRAIN ESTIMATION USING DIRECT SECANT METHODS ................................. 2884

Dulal C. Laha, Seshu M. R. Adluri

A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE TWO-WAY SLABS

REINFORCED WITH GFRP BARS................................................................................................ 2894
Q. Zhang, H. Marzouk, A. Hussein

TREATABILITY OF HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH OIL & GREASE PET FOOD
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER USING MESOPHILIC UASB REACTOR..................................... 2904
J. Jeganathan, G. Nakhla, A. Bassi

POLLUTION PREVENTION PAYS IN FOOD INDUSTRY ............................................................ 2912

Alex Keen

AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIPOLE FLOW IN SITU REACTOR ..................................................... 2918

N.R. Thomson, B. Reiha, D. McKnight, A.L. Smalley, S.A. Banwart

WATER INPUTS AND OUTPUTS ANALYSIS OF THE GREATER MONCTON AREA .............. 2928
Julie Thériault, Anne-Marie Larocheet, Richard Landry

EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL GUIDELINES - AN EDMONTON

EXPERIENCE ................................................................................................................................. 2938
J. Smart, J. Tan, K. Chua, M. Kan, D. Vanderwel

A SURVEY OF THE JORDANIAN PUBLIC PERCEPTION TOWARD THE

CONSUMPTION OF CROPS IRRIGATED BY TREATED WASTEWATER................................. 2946
Jamal Abu-Ashour

URBAN DESIGN AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION: AN EXPLORATION OF CAUSE

AND EFFECT ................................................................................................................................. 2950
J.M.M. Cuddihy, C.A. Kennedy, P.H. Byer

SIMULATING BIOLOGICAL CLOGGING IN UNSATURATED SOILS ........................................ 2960

M. Mostafa, P. J. Van Geel

RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY TECHNOLOGIES IN DIGITAL

QINGJIANG VALLEY..................................................................................................................... 2970
RuiChen Zheng, Zhaoxia Dong, Chen Wang, Xiaojun Tan, Chengjun LI
APPLICATION RESEARCH OF REAL-TIME HYDROGRAPHIC SCHEDULING AND
JOINT COMPUTING IN DIGITAL QINGJIANG SYSTEM ............................................................. 2977
Zhaoxia Dong, Jian Li, Wang Chen

LOW-ENERGY HOMES: EVALUATING THE ECONOMIC NEED TO BUILD BETTER

NOW................................................................................................................................................ 2983
S. Gray, R.C. Richman, K.D. Pressnail, B. Dong

DRAINAGE AREA AND FLOW FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF SMALL

ONTARIO STREAMS ..................................................................................................................... 2992
A. Quader, Y. Guo

NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD SUSTAINABILITY........................... 3002

J.B. Engel-Yan, C.A. Kennedy, K.D. Pressnail

A LIABILITY ALLOCATION RISK FRAMEWORK FOR HOUSEHOLD DRINKING

WATER WELLS HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED BY ORGANIC CHEMICALS..................... 3012
M. Kang, J. F. Sykes, N. R. Thomson

ON THE FACE STABILITY OF TUNNELS IN WEAK ROCKS ..................................................... 3022

M. A. Meguid

ANALYTICAL MODELING OF THE SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF RC EXTERIOR BEAM-

COLUMN JOINTS .......................................................................................................................... 3031
R. Sadjadi, M. R. Kianoush

ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF FRP

REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK SLABS UNDER WHEEL LOAD ............................ 3041
S.E. El-Gamal, E.F. El-Salakawy, B. Benmokrane

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF SEMI-RIGID FLOOR BEAMS CONNECTION IN

MODULAR STEEL STRUCTURES ............................................................................................... 3051
C.D. Annan, M.A. Youssef , M.H. El-Naggar

REMEDIAL APPROACH FOR PETROLEUM HYDROCABON CONTAMINATED

GROUNDWATER AT A TTC BUS GARAGE IN TORONTO, ONTARIO ..................................... 3060
A. Drevininkas , P. Laurin, S. Harris , T. Guoth , R. Pasqualoni

SIMPLIFIED MODELLING OF THE FLEXURAL BEHAVIOUR OF RC STRUCTURES .............. 3070

M. Rahman, M. A. Youssef, A.A. El Damatty

STUDY OF THE PROGRESSIVE FAILURE OF AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION

LINE DUE TO A DOWNBURST EVENT........................................................................................ 3078
A.Y. Shehata, A.A. El Damatty

FABRIC AIDED SLOW SAND FILTER APPLICATION FOR DRINKING WATER

TREATMENT .................................................................................................................................. 3088
P.K. Mondal, R. Seth, N. Biswas

FLEXURAL TESTING OF COLD-FORMED STEEL MEMBERS WITH REINFORCED

WEB OPENINGS............................................................................................................................ 3097
M. Y. Ng , K.S. Sivakumaran, S. R. Fox

VOLUME 5
IMPACT NOISE ISSUES IN MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS.......................................................... 3107
Ramani Ramakrishnan

THERMAL EFFECT ON BOND PROPERTIES OF FRP BARS EMBEDDED IN

CONCRETE .................................................................................................................................... 3115
R. Masmoudi, A. Alvarez, J.F. Dubois

INTERNATIONAL HISTORY SYPMPOSIUM

WOODEN BRIDGES IN VENETO: 1750 - 1850 ............................................................................ 3125

F. Lanza, A. Mattarucco
NORTH AMERICAS FIRST CIVIL ENGINEERS CONSTRUCT SEVENTH CENTURY
SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT YAXCHILAN...................................................................................... 3138
James A O'Kon

THE MEN WHO DEVELOPED THE FIRST STEAM SHOVELS ................................................... 3148
Cliff J. Schexnayder, Kraig Knutson

BRIDGES OF VENICE ................................................................................................................... 3157

F. Lanza, A. Mattarucco

BRITISH CIVIL ENGINEERS IN CANADA 1830-1890.................................................................. 3169

M. M. Chrimes

EIC WORKING PAPERS................................................................................................................ 3182

P.R. Hart, A.H. Wilson

THE ERIE CANAL .......................................................................................................................... 3190

By M.D. Morris

THE TORONTO SUBWAY ............................................................................................................. 3193

Thomas G. Middlebrook

2ND SPECIAL CONFERENCE ON COASTAL, ESTUARY AND OFFSHORE

ENGINEERING
EROSIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE PETITCODIAC RIVER SEDIMENTS ................................ 3206
A. Rodriguez, K. Haralampides

SALMONID PASSAGE THROUGH STREAM CULVERT ENTRANCES ..................................... 3216

P. Wedge, K. Haralampides

AN ECOHYDRAULICS APPROACH TO INCREASING PRODUCTION OF JUVENILE

WILD ATLANTIC SALMON (SALMO SALAR) ............................................................................. 3224
M.J. Gallant, K. Haralampides

THE DIRECT JOINT PROBABILITY METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EXTREME SEA

LEVELS .......................................................................................................................................... 3233
J. Liu, B. J. Lence, M. Isaacson

A NUMERICAL STUDY OF EXCHANGE AND MIXING OVER A SILL AT THE

MOUTH OF THE SAINT JOHN RIVER ESTUARY ....................................................................... 3245
S.P. Haigh, J.E. Hughes Clarke

OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF MIXING AND EXCHANGE OVER A

SILL AT THE MOUTH OF THE SAINT JOHN RIVER ESTUARY................................................. 3255
J.E. Hughes Clarke, S.P. Haigh

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF NUTRIENT-SEDIMENT LOADING AND ALGAL

BLOOM RISK ASSESSMENT IN A SHALLOW ESTUARINE LAKE........................................... 3265
I. Georgiou, J.A. McCorquodale, C. Chilmakuri

FORCES ON ARMOUR UNITS IN A LOW-CRESTED BREAKWATER ...................................... 3274

J. A. McCorquodale, W. Pramono, S. Carnelos

THE FATE OF STORMWATER RUNOFF IN AN ESTUARINE LAKE ......................................... 3283

C. Chilmakuri, J.A. McCorquodale, I. Georgiou, J. Leal

ACCURATE DETECTION OF WIND WAVE PROFILES .............................................................. 3293

M.A. Mukto, M.A. Atmane, M.R. Loewen

FRP COMPOSITE SHEET PILE WALLS FOR SHORELINE PROTECTION............................... 3303

Yixin Shao, Anthony Peterson

COASTAL PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE GREAT LAKES .................................................... 3313

Yerubandi R. Rao
NONLINEAR BUOYANCY AND MIXING OF PLANE THERMOHALINE JETS........................... 3323
R.E. Baddour, H. Zhang

LONG-TERM MODELING OF SHORELINE EVOLUTION USING A PROCESS-

BASED HYBRID APPROACH ....................................................................................................... 3330
M. Dibajnia, R.B. Nairn

6TH TRANSPORTATION SPECIALTY CONFERENCE

PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF SIGHT DISTANCE FOR SIGNALIZED AND STOP-
CONTROL INTERSECTIONS ........................................................................................................ 3340
S. Easa, A. Hussain

FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT DESIGN FOR NEW LARGE AIRCRAFT (NLA) BASED ON

THE ACN EQUIVALENCY CONCEPT .......................................................................................... 3351
M. Livneh

EVALUATING USER DELAY COSTS FOR TYPICAL ONTARIO WORK ZONES ...................... 3362
K. Huen, S. Tighe, B. McCabe

USER PERCEPTIONS OF MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION AND

RECONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES .............................................................................................. 3372
J. Smith, S. Tighe

DEVELOPMENT OF SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS USING CANADIAN LONG

TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE DATA................................................................................. 3382
P. Leong, S. Tighe, G. Doré

ACCELERATING HIGHWAY BRIDGE DEMOLITION - AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH ............. 3392

Cynthia Martin, P.Eng., John P. Does

PREDICTING SEVERITIES OF RURAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES USING

ORDERED PROBIT MODELING ................................................................................................... 3402
Sunanda Dissanayake, Indike Ratnayake

ROAD WEATHER FORECAST QUALITY ANALYSIS FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE

PURPOSES .................................................................................................................................... 3412
Sunanda Dissanayake, Dean Landman, Wei He

STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE: MINOR ROAD ON

TANGENT OF HORIZONTAL CURVE .......................................................................................... 3421
Muhammad Z. A. Ali, S. Easa, Dr. Mohammad Hamed

INCORPORATING VARIABILITY INTO LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS AND PAY

FACTORS FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED SPECIFICATIONS.................................................... 3431
L. Whiteley, S. Tighe

COMPARISON OF NORTH AMERICAN AND NEW ZEALAND CHIP SEAL DESIGN

METHODS ...................................................................................................................................... 3441
D. Gransberg, B. Pidwerbesky, D. James

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF ROUNDABOUTS IN KANSAS ............................................... 3448

Eugene R. Russell, Srinivas Mandavilli, Margaret J. Rys

VERIFICATION OF A SIMPLIFIED CAR-FOLLOWING THEORY USING VEHICLE

TRAJECTORY DATA..................................................................................................................... 3458
C. Wang, B. Coifman

DEVELOPMENT OF TRAFFIC MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE YORK REGION,

ONTARIO........................................................................................................................................ 3467
O. Tonkonojenkov, A. Hadayeghi, G. Junnor, C. Mollett

RELIABILITY-BASED CALIBRATION OF THE DESIGN MANUAL FOR TORONTO

TRANSIT COMMISSION STRUCTURES ...................................................................................... 3479
J. Jay Climenhaga, A. S. Nowak, P. C. Ojala, S. Reed Tanaka
REHABILITATION OF PRECAST TUNNEL LINERS TORONTO SUBWAY ............................... 3490
Sameh Ghaly, M.Eng

QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF URBAN

FREEWAYS.................................................................................................................................... 3499
A. Tsyganov, R. Machemehl, A. Qatan

AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCIDENTS AND URBAN

FREEWAYS INFORMATION LOAD .............................................................................................. 3510
A. Qatan, A. Tsyganov, R. Machemehl

ASSESSING TRANSPORTATION POLICY USING AN ACTIVITY-BASED

MICROSIMULATION MODEL OF TRAVEL DEMAND ................................................................. 3518
M.J. Roorda, E.J. Miller

AN EVALUATION OF COARSE AGGREGATE TESTS AT THE NCAT TEST TRACK .............. 3528
A. Carter, M. Stroup Gardiner

SIMULATING CITIES ..................................................................................................................... 3538

E.J. Miller

A MODEL OF TRANSIT PASS OWNERSHIP............................................................................... 3548

M. Weldon, M.J. Roorda, E.J. Miller

STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TRAFFIC FLOW VARIATIONS DURING

STATUTORY HOLIDAY PERIODS................................................................................................ 3556
Zhaobin Liu, Satish Sharma, Kelly Wyatt

REDUCING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS TO MOISTURE

INDUCED DAMAGE THROUGH SUPERIOR COMPACTION TECHNOLOGY ........................... 3569
A. Mostafa, Amir Abd El Halim, W. Bekheet, A.O. Abd El Halim, S. Easa

GEOTECHNICAL DATA MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR TRANSPORTATION

AUTHORITIES................................................................................................................................ 3579
S. Caronna

ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF TRUCK TIRE PRESSURE ON FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS ............ 3589

F. Wang, R. B. Machemehl

RATIONALIZING RELIABLE IMPUTATION DURATIONS OF GENETICALLY

DESIGNED MODELS BASED ON ALBERTA ROADS ................................................................ 3599
M. Zhong, S.C. Sharma, P.J. Lingras

TRAFFIC DATA IMPUTATION: PRACTICE, STANDARDS, INNOVATION AND

PERSPECTIVE ............................................................................................................................... 3609
M. Zhong, S.C. Sharma

PRIVATIZING PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES IN JORDAN ................................................... 3616

Mohammad M. Hamed, Said Easa

UNION SUBWAY STATION SECOND PLATFORM PROJECT ................................................... 3625

Silvano Florindi, Thomas G. Middlebrook, Mario Nalli

HIGHWAY WORK ZONE STRATEGIES FOR SAFETY ............................................................... 3635

X. Ren, B.McCabe, S. Tighe

GOOD, FAST AND CHEAP - THE PAVEMENT FRICTION DATA COLLECTION

CONUNDRUM ................................................................................................................................ 3645
S. Goodman, Y. Hassan, D. King, A.O. Abd El Halim

AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF INTRA-HOUSEHOLD JOINT ACTIVITY-TRAVEL

TOURS IN THE JAKARTA METROPOLITAN AREA ................................................................... 3655
S. Yagi, A. Mohammadian

ROLE OF UNEVEN VEHICLE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN CURVE DRIVING........................... 3665

L. Syed, Y. Hassan

SAFETY EXPLICIT DESIGN OF FREEWAY SPEED CHANGE LANES ..................................... 3674

M. Sarhan, Y. Hassan, A.O. Abd El Halim
DEVELOPMENT OF A BACK-CALCULATION SCHEME FOR FLEXIBLE
PAVEMENTS USING MULTI-LAYER ELASTIC SYSTEMS ......................................................... 3684
D. Said, E. Sharaf, O. Osman

INTEGRATING DRIVING SIMULATION AND TRAFFIC SIMULATION: A CASE

STUDY ............................................................................................................................................ 3694
J. M. Jenkins, L. R. Rilett

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN APPROACH TO PAVEMENT RESPONSE EVALUATION .............. 3703

K. Kandil, L. Lye

EXISTING PRACTICES FOR MITIGATING ASPHALT PAVEMENT RUTTING AT

INTERSECTIONS IN ALBERTA .................................................................................................... 3712
H. R. Soleymani, D. Palsat

PEDESTRIAN SIMULATION-ASSIGNMENT MODEL FOR A HONG KONG MASS

TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION - CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION.......................................... 3722
J.Y.S. Lee, W.H.K. Lam

COMPARISON OF TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN EMERGING

SUBURBAN ACTIVITY CENTERS AND DOWNTOWN TORONTO ............................................ 3732
F. Tsang, A.S. Shalaby

MODELLING BUSINESS LOCATION IN TORONTO: ACCESSIBILITY AS THE

DETERMINANT .............................................................................................................................. 3742
Flavia W.K. Tsang, Christopher A. Kennedy, Eric J. Miller, Murtaza Haider

MODELING DRIVERS' CHOICE BEHAVIOR: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE NEEDS .............. 3752
H. Talaat, B. Abdulhai

LARGE-SCALE MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION MODEL DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING

MACROSCOPIC TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL DATA ................................................................... 3761
Jaesup Lee, Michael Hunter, Joonho Ko, Randall Guensler, Hoe Kyoung Kim

A MODEL TO ESTIMATE RIGHT ANGLE ACCIDENTS AT SIGNALIZED

INTERSECTIONS ........................................................................................................................... 3771
D. M. Karim

TRAFFIC NETWORK CONDITION MONITORING VIA MOBILE PHONE LOCATION

REFERENCING - AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY...................................................................... 3780
B. Hellinga, L. Fu, H. Takada

NON-AASHTO BASED PAVEMENT DESIGN TOOL USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL

NETWORKS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ........................................................................... 3790
H. Talaat, E. Sharaf, O. Osman

THIN SURFACINGS IN ONTARIO: MAKING SCARCE ROAD MAINTENANCE

BUDGETS STRETCH FURTHER .................................................................................................. 3798
L. Uzarowski, M. Maher, D. Waechter

EFFECTIVENESS OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR ESTIMATING ASPHALT

CONCRETE COMPLEX MODULUS.............................................................................................. 3806
M. Zeghal, Y.E. Adam, H.H. Mohamed

A GUIDE TO ASSESS THE DURABILITY OF 'PLASTIC' MATERIALS USED IN CIVIL

ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................................... 3816
D. Kay, E. Blond

THE USE OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO SUPPLEMENT THE FALLING

WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER FOR PAVEMENT EVALUATION .................................................. 3828
Ludomir Uzarowski, Michael Maher, Andrew Balasundaram

INVESTIGATION OF DRIVER BEHAVIOUR AND REACTIONS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY

RESEARCH .................................................................................................................................... 3836
A. Tsyganov, R. Machemehl, S. Easa

MACRO-LEVEL COLLISION PREDICTION MODELS FOR EVALUATING

NEIGHBOURHOOD TRAFFIC SAFETY........................................................................................ 3846
G.R. Lovegrove, T. Sayed
ANALYSIS OF TRUCK OVERWEIGHTS IN EGYPT .................................................................... 3856
Hozayen Hozayen

STRATEGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN TRAFFIC DEMAND ............................... 3866

A.M. Khan

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS WITH INNOVATIVE POLYMER MODIFICATIONS FOR

LONG LIFE TIME AND LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS................................................................ 3876
P. Sivapatham, H. J. Beckedahl

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