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Preliminaries
1	DESIGN IN CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
1.1	Innovation in Buildings M. Manning	1
1.2	Innovation in Design I. Liddell	9
1.3	Early Developments on Concrete Materials Technology and their Influence on Structural Form R. Carroll and J.G. Cabrera	19
1.4	Strategies for Innovation in the Design I.A. MacLeod, B. Kumar and J. McCullough	29
1.5	The Newcastle Engineering Design Centre: An Innovation in Engineering Design, the First Six Years W. Hills and J.W. Bull	33
1.6	Innovative Designs for Preassembled Structural Systems S. Slaughter	45
2	ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
2.1	The Role of Assessment and Certification in Transposing Innovation into Practice P.C. Hewlett	55
3	DESIGN FOR SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS OR CONDITIONS
3.1	Mobile Structures Covering Circular Areas J. Sanchez, F. Escrig and J. Valcarcel	61
3.2	Electromagnetic Structural Joints for Space Environments B.S. Benjamin	69
3.3	Behaviour of Large Protection Grids of Hydroelectric Power Plants under Large Displacement Conditions C.A. Syrmakezis, A.A. Sophocleous and P.A. Thedorakopoulos	75
3.4	The Development of a Semi-Submersible System for Locating Wind Turbine Units Offshore N.W.M. Bishop, S. Kerr and A. Halfpenny	83
3.5	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Building Design D. Tang	91
3.6	Instability of Corrugated Cylinders under Uniform External Pressure C.T.F. Ross, A.P.F. Little, S.P. Claridge and G. Apor	99
4	DAMAGE DETECTION AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
4.1	Applications of an Innovative Structural Damage Detection and Monitoring Technology L.D. Thompson and B.D. Westermo	105
4.2	Non Destructive Structural Evaluation of Two Bridge Superstructures R. Gomez, D. Muria-Vila, R. Sanchez-Ramirez and J.A. Escobar	121
5	CONTRACTUAL ASPECTS
5.1	Construction Dispute Resolution: A Pragmatic Approach D.M. Richards	133
5.2	Innovative Contracting: The Turnkey Contract for the Urban Train in Metropolitan San Juan, Puerto Rico A.A. Gonzalez-Quevedo	137
5.3	Enabling Construction as a Manufacturing Process D.R. Towill	145
5.4	Process Costing - The Route to Construction Reengineering G.N. Evans, M.M. Naim and D.R. Towill	153
5.5	Enterprise Integration in the Construction Industry A. Bailey and M. Riley	163
5.6	Partnership Working using Traditional Forms of Contract D.C. Brown and M.J. Riley	171
6	CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
6.1	Exploiting Engineering Innovation in a Changing Market M.A. Burr	177
6.2	Integrating Project Risk Management into the Management of Engineering Construction Projects P. Jobling	183
6.3	Development of a Computerised Cost Indices Forecasting Model for Construction Activities in the Heavy Civil Engineering Industry W. Bates and N. Dawood	189
6.4	Dealing with the Uncertainty of Estimating Expenditure Patterns for Construction Projects A.P. Kaka	199
6.5	Organising for Improved Construction Interfaces G.N. Evans, A. Bailey, M. Reed, M.M. Naim, D. Brown, D.R. Towill and M. Riley	207
7	GROUND MODELLING
7.1	Development of a Computer-Aided Ground Modelling Methodology for Civil and Building Engineering Projects N. Dawood, P. McMahon and B. Hobbs	213
8	VISUALISATION
8.1	Visualization and Subjective Evaluation of Engineering Constructions G. Stimmeder	219
9	ROBOTICS
9.1	Telediagnosis and Teleinspection Potential of Actual Telematic Techniques K. Schilling	227
10	VIRTUAL REALITY
10.1	A Virtual Reality System for Site Layout Planning A.H. Boussabaine, S. Cowland and P. Slater	233
11	GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
11.1	Cyclic Load-Induced Settlement of Foundations on Clay B.M. Das and E.C. Shin	241
11.2	A New Design of Highway Embankments of Loess in China T. Hu	247
11.3	Asphalt Concrete Water Barriers for Embankment Dams P.J. Creegan	253
11.4	Liquefaction of Silts and Silty Sands S. Singh	261
11.5	The Evaluation of Safety in Geotechnics According to Probabilistic Approaches. The Bearing Capacity of Piles C. Cherubini, L. Cucchiararo, G.I. Giasi, G.V. Ariani and F. Falconetti	265
12	INNOVATIVE DESIGN SYSTEMS
12.1	Innovative Computer Systems for Designers J.C. Miles and C.J. Moore	271
12.2	Simulation of Steel Fabrication using Java T.J. McCarthy and C.H. Ong	281
12.3	A Knowledge based Technique for the Diagnosis and Understanding of Structural Damage to Buildings R.J. Grew and B.H. Boussabaine	287
13	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
13.1	Modelling Collaborative Engineering in Object-Oriented Design Systems D. Bretschneider, D. Hartmann and U. Kolender	295
13.2	Intelligent Visualisation as Interface for CBR Systems L. Oliveira, I. Watson and A. Retik	311
14	INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING TRAINING AND EDUCATION
14.1	Educating Innovators, What Do We Need to Do Differently? A.A. Majekodunmi and K.G. Smith	319
14.2	Teaching and Learning a Qualitative Understanding of Overall Stability P. Palmer	329
14.3	Student-Centred Investigation of Hazards A. Jennings and P. Mackinnon	335
14.4	Computer Software for Civil and Structural Engineering Practice and Education J.A. Gambatese and J.W. Hinze	343
14.5	Teaching Construction Process Innovation I.E.G. Davey-Wilson	351
15	POSTSCRIPT ON INNOVATION
15.1	The Golden Gate Bridge - Historical Perspective E. Ramm	359

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