InCIEC 2014 : Proceedings of the International Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Conference 2014

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Analysis of the Effect of Vibration from Footfalls on Office Building....Pages 3-15 Shear Resistance Analysis of Rebar Connector in RC Stocky Wall Panel Using Lusas 3D Modelling....Pages 17-28 Determination of Modulus Elasticity and Poison Ratio of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Lightweight Concrete (LWC) Enhanced with Steel Fiber....Pages 29-36 Structural Performance of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete Three-Ribbed Wall Panel on Compression....Pages 37-49 Compressive Strength and Water Absorption Characteristics of Brick Using Quarry Dust....Pages 51-64 Enhancing the Performance of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Using Micronized Biomass Silica....Pages 65-77 An Evaluation of High-Rise Concrete Building Performance Under Low Intensity Earthquake Effects....Pages 79-86 Strength of Various Densities of Lightweight Coir Fiber Concrete Containing Protein and Synthetic Foam....Pages 87-95 An Experimental Study on the Fracture Energy of Foamed Concrete Using V-Notched Beams....Pages 97-108 Strength and Deformation Behaviour of Concrete Incorporating Steel Fibre from Recycled Tyre....Pages 109-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Using PLS-SEM Path Modeling to Determine Factors Influencing Performance of Malaysian Construction Firms in International Markets....Pages 121-136 Study on Flow Improvement of Brick Laying Operations in a Residential Construction Project....Pages 137-148 The Implication of the Standard Method of Measurement (SMMs) for Building Works Toward Contractors’ Works....Pages 149-161 The Way Forward for Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysia....Pages 163-175 A Review of the Maintenance Performance Factors for Heritage Buildings....Pages 177-187 Strategies in Dealing with Cost Overrun Issues: Perspective of Construction Stakeholders....Pages 189-198 Risk Level of Factors Contributing to Waste Generation in Construction Phase....Pages 199-209 Building Sustainable Design Performance Through Integrated Value Management Practice....Pages 211-218 Homeowner’s Prevalence Upkeep Behavior Towards Implementation of Home Maintenance Manual for Residential Building....Pages 219-229 Green Roofs Benefits; Perception by Malaysian Residential Highrise End Users....Pages 231-241 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Critical Review on the Theoretical Framework and Critical Success Factors in Green Construction....Pages 243-252 A Review in Developing a High Rise Building Construction Safety and Health Risk Model....Pages 253-262 Evaluating Importance Level of Buildability Factors in Cambodian Construction Projects....Pages 263-272 Developing an Accident Causation Model for Accident Prevention at Building Construction Sites....Pages 273-285 Identification of Malaysian Contractors with Sustained International Operations (CSIO)....Pages 287-299 Problems Associated with Delay Analysis Methodology in Malaysian Construction Delay Practice....Pages 301-311 An Overview on the Issue of Delay in the Construction Industry....Pages 313-319 Propelling Site Safety Through Accident Causation Models....Pages 321-331 Ventilation Performance Assessment of an Educational Building in a Hot and Humid Climate....Pages 333-344 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Nutrient Uptake and Growth of Bovine Rectal Bacteria in Application of Textile Wastewater Bioremediation....Pages 347-358 Neural Network Hydrological Modeling for Kemaman Catchment....Pages 359-371 Hydrodynamic Model for the Investigation of Environmental Flow in Johor River Estuary....Pages 373-385 A Conceptual Review of Tsunami Models Based on Sumatera-Andaman Tsunami Event....Pages 387-396 Heavy Metal Removal Using Cabomba Caroliniana as Submerged Vegetation Species in Constructed Wetland....Pages 397-405 Effect of Vibration on Hydraulic Conductivity of Clogged Soil....Pages 407-416 Investigation of pH Impacts on Mineralization of CO2 in Conditions Representative of the Malay Basin....Pages 417-424 Front Matter....Pages 425-425 The Engineering Properties of Dredged Marine Soil Solidified with Activated Steel Slag....Pages 427-438 SOFT Soil Subgrade Stabilization Using Waste Paper Sludge Ash (WPSA) Mixtures....Pages 439-446 Prediction of Inundation Settlement Using Rotational Multiple Yield Surface Framework in Unsaturated Granite Residual Soil....Pages 447-458 Enhancement in Electrical Resistivity Tomography Resolution for Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Study....Pages 459-467 Front Matter....Pages 425-425 Geophysical Characterisation of Road Subsurface....Pages 469-476 Data Acquisition Challenges on Peat Soil Using Seismic Refraction....Pages 477-486 The Characteristics of Pontian Peat Under Dynamic Loading....Pages 487-499 Assessment of Riverbank Soil Properties at Sg. Damansara....Pages 501-514 Stress-Strain Behavior of Parit Nipah Peat....Pages 515-523 Effect of Fines Content on Liquefaction Susceptibility of Sand-Kaolin Mixtures....Pages 525-531 An Evaluation of Shrinkage Measurement on Undisturbed Peat Soil Using Modified Techniques....Pages 533-544 Rainfall Infiltration into Unsaturated Soil....Pages 545-556 Predicting Uniaxial Compression Strength (UCS) Using Bulk Density for Kuala Lumpur Granite and Limestone....Pages 557-566 Laboratory Test Methods for Shear Strength Behavior of Unsaturated Soils Under Suction Control, Using Triaxial Apparatus....Pages 567-576 The Study of Interface Shear Strength Between Geotextile and Soil Liner Containing Different Percentage of Sodium Bentonite....Pages 577-585 Front Matter....Pages 587-587 Experimental Investigation on Shear Strengthening of RC Continuous T-Beams with Different Layer of CFRP Schemes....Pages 589-603 Bending Strength of Pre-tensioned (PRT) Concrete Beam....Pages 605-612 Chloride Permeability of Nanoclayed Ultra-High Performance Concrete....Pages 613-623 2D Multi-scale Simulation and Homogenization of Foamed Concrete Containing Rubber Bars....Pages 625-638 Qualitative Fault Tree and Event Tree Model of Bridge Defect for Reinforced Concrete Highway Bridge....Pages 639-650 Experimental Investigation of Cold-formed Steel (CFS) Channel Material at Post Elevated Temperature....Pages 651-665 The Thermal Stability Property of Bio-composites: A Review....Pages 667-680 Finite Element Analysis of Staggered Micro Couple Resonant Sensor Structure....Pages 681-690 An Experimental Study of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Artificial Aggregate Concrete Infill Under Impact Loads....Pages 691-701 Front Matter....Pages 587-587 Factors Effecting the Thermal and Microstructures of Recycled Glass Concrete....Pages 703-711 Determination of Rayleigh Damping Coefficient for Natural Damping Rubber Plate Using Finite Element Modal Analysis....Pages 713-725 Construction of Roller Compacted Concrete Dam in Malaysia: A Case Study at Batu Hampar Dam....Pages 727-739 Partial Replacement of Glass Fiber with Kenaf Waste in Cement Board Production....Pages 741-755 A New Method to Treat Oily Water Using Rice Husk Ash Onboard Vessel....Pages 757-765 Influence of Different Fillers on the Tensile Properties of 50/50 NR/NBR Blend....Pages 767-777 The Effect of Rolling Direction to the Tensile Properties of AA5083 Specimen....Pages 779-787 Multicriteria Assessment of Ageing Civil and Structure Facilities in Onshore Process Plants....Pages 789-800 Comments on Structural Reliability for Design and Construction as Per Eurocode....Pages 801-808 Front Matter....Pages 809-809 Influence of Ionic Substitution on the Mechanical Properties of Nanosized Biphasic Calcium Phosphates....Pages 811-819 Performance of Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) Based Natural Rubber Composites: A Review....Pages 821-829 Nano Filler Reinforced Intumescent Fire Retardant Coating for Protection of Structural Steel....Pages 831-844 Deposition Behavior of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles During Electrophoretic Deposition: Effect on Particle Size....Pages 845-854 Preparation and Characterization of Corn Starch Nanocrystal Reinforced Natural Rubber Nanocomposites via Co-coagulation Process....Pages 855-864 Low Dense CNT for Ultra-Sensitive Chemoresistive Gas Sensor Development....Pages 865-872 Stripping Performance and Volumetric Properties Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mix Design Using Natural Rubber Latex Polymer Modified Binder (NRMB)....Pages 873-884 Effect of Sintering Temperature on V2O5 Doped Barium Zinc Tantalate (BZT) Dielectric Properties....Pages 885-894 Fabrication of a-C:B/n-Si Solar Cells with Low Positive Bias by Using Palm Oil Precursor....Pages 895-904 Effect of Nanoclay in Soft Soil Stabilization....Pages 905-914 Compatibility of Plastomeric Modified Bituminous Blends: Its Effect on the Performance Behavior of Modified Bituminous Mixture....Pages 915-925 Front Matter....Pages 809-809 Effects of Residual Carbon on Microstructure and Surface Roughness of PIM 316L Stainless Steel....Pages 927-935 Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Nano-structured Sn-doped ZnO Thin Film via Sol Gel Spin Coating Technique....Pages 937-947 Front Matter....Pages 949-949 Stakeholder Roles in Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Implementation....Pages 951-961 Removal of Oil from Water by Column Adsorption Method Using Microwave Incinerated Rice Husk Ash (MIRHA)....Pages 963-971 Biomass as Low-Cost Adsorbents for Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution: A Review of Some Selected Biomass....Pages 973-987 Partly Decomposed Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber as a Potential Adsorbent for Ammonia-Nitrogen from Urban Drainage Water....Pages 989-1001 A Study on Artificial Hexavalent Chromium Removal by Using Zero Valent Iron Reactor and Sand Filter in Electrochemical Reduction Process....Pages 1003-1009 Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria in Coastal Shrimp Pond Water and Effluent....Pages 1011-1018 Assessment and Reduction of Carbon Footprint: An Approach via Best Management Practices in a Construction Site....Pages 1019-1030 Effect of Kenaf Water Retting Process by Bacillus Macerans ATCC 843 on the pH of Retting Water....Pages 1031-1035 Pollutants Removal in Storm Water Pond....Pages 1037-1041 Removal of Nitrate by Eichhornia crassipes sp. in Landfill Leachate....Pages 1043-1052 Building Facilities for Autistic Children in Malaysia....Pages 1053-1063 Adsorption of Metals (Zn, Ca and B) in Used Engine Oil by Using Microwave Incinerated Rice Husk Ash (MIRHA)....Pages 1065-1073 Influence of Indoor Microclimate Distribution on Mould Infestation in a University Library....Pages 1075-1086 Palm Oil Fuel Ash and Ceramic Sludge as Partial Cement Replacement Materials in Cement Paste....Pages 1087-1092 Front Matter....Pages 1093-1093 Analysis of Pre-fabricated Timber Roof Truss....Pages 1095-1105 Charring Rate of Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam) Made from Selected Malaysian Tropical Timber....Pages 1107-1116 Derivation of Grade Stresses of Malaysian Tropical Timber in Structural Size....Pages 1117-1128 Bending Strength Performance of Selected Timber Species with Different GFRP Strips Pattern....Pages 1129-1139 Front Matter....Pages 1093-1093 Computational Approach for Timber and Composite Material Connection Using Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 1141-1152 A Review of Dowel Connection for Glulam Timber Strengthening with GFRP....Pages 1153-1162 A Review of Connections for Glulam Timber....Pages 1163-1173 Front Matter....Pages 1175-1175 Investigation of Patching Road Defect with Relation to Soil and Pavement Parameter: A Case Study at Bukit Beruntung....Pages 1177-1186 Rheological Evaluation of High Reclaimed Asphalt Content Modified with Warm Mix Additive....Pages 1187-1198 Effect of Aging on the Resilient Modulus of Stone Mastic Asphalt Incorporating Electric Arc Furnace Steel Slag and Copper Mine Tailings....Pages 1199-1208 A Comparative Study on the Behaviour of Motorcyclists on Exclusive Motorcycle Lane at Merging Section Under Different Configuration of Road Marking....Pages 1209-1219 Differences in Pedestrian Profile Pattern During Weekdays and Weekends in Central Business District Kuala Lumpur....Pages 1221-1230 Performance Tests of Porous Asphalt Mix—A Review....Pages 1231-1243 Assessing Pedestrian Behavioral Pattern at Rail Transit Terminal: State of the Art....Pages 1245-1254 Pedestrian Behaviour at Stairways and Escalator: A Review....Pages 1255-1267 Federal Road Profile Model Generation Based on Road Scanner Data....Pages 1269-1278 Back Matter....Pages 1279-1282