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Preliminaries
1	REPRESENTATION AND PROCESSING
1.1	An Intelligent Symbolic Object for Decision Making Procedures P. Bomme and Th. Zimmermann	1
1.2	Computer Interpretion of Process and Instrumentation Drawings C. Howie, J. Kunz, T. Binford, T. Chen and K.H. Law	13
2	CASE-BASED REASONING IN MODELLING AND DESIGN
2.1	Harnessing Experience in the SAFESA Approach M.J.H. Fox	21
2.2	Case-Based Design Approach for Integration of Design and Estimating S. Perera, I. Watson and M. Alshawi	29
3	INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS WITH DATA BASES FOR DESIGN
3.1	A Computer Integrated System for Cranes Selection M. Alhussein, S. Alkass and O. Moselhi	43
3.2	GENSYM: An Intelligent Object-Oriented Database for Maintenance Planning of Engineered Artefacts I. Watson	49
4	PROJECT PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN
4.1	Generating Alternative Schedules using an Interactive Graphic based System W.Y. Thabit and N.N. Dawood	57
4.2	Integration of CAD and Pen-Based Computer Technologies for Automatic Acquisition of Schedule Progress Data W. Thabet	63
4.3	Method of Allocating Risks on Construction Contracts G.F. Jergeas and F.T. Hartman	69
5	INTEGRATED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
5.1	How Strategies Happen: Upgrading CAD in Four International AEC Firms K.L. Hansen	75
5.2	Element Definition in an Integrated Design and Construction M. Alshawi and C.W.F. Che Wan Putra	87
5.3	Concurrent Lifecycle Design and Construction N.F.O. Evbuomwan and C.J. Anumba	93
5.4	Improved Materials Data Capture through Bar-Coding A. Baldwin, A. Thorpe and J. Alkaabi	103
5.5	Views on the Concurrent Engineering Paradigm in Civil and Structural Engineering N.F.O. Evbuomwan and S. Sivaloganathan	107
5.6	An Interactive CAD-based Environment for Data Management and Retrieval in Restoration Studies D. Verras, P. Triantafillidis and K. Loukakis	115
6	MATERIALS DESIGN
6.1	Development of a Microcomputer Aided Design System for Concrete Mixture Proportioning N. Ghafoori and J. Schmidt	123
7	GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
7.1	Analysis of Transmission Tower Foundation Response to Uplift Loading using DYNA-3D A.J. Birch and E.A. Dickin	129
7.2	Seismic Response Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills S. Singh	135
7.3	Computer Aided Design of Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls B.M. Das, L.W.T. Lai and G. Singh	143
7.4	Cyclic Loading Induced Settlement of Strip Foundation on Geogrid Reinforced Saturated Clay B.M. Das, G. Singh, E.C. Shin and V.K. Puri	149
7.5	Automation in Retaining Wall Design Y.-P. Huang, C.-C. Chen, C.-Y. Huang, R.-S. Yu and K.-H. Chen	155
7.6	Effect of Subgrade Model on Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Footings A.A. Khathlan and M.S.A. Abbasi	163
7.7	Bearing Capacity of Strip Foundation on Georid-Reinforced Saturated Clay B.M. Das, E.C. Shin, G. Singh and V.K. Puri	171
7.8	The German Guidelines "ground Deformations Induced by Structures, GDS" K. Hock-Berghaus and Th. Schroeder	177
8	PAVEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
8.1	The Design of Large Precast Concrete Units Used at Critical Airfield Locations J.W. Bull and C.H. Woodford	183
8.2	Mechanistic-Empirical Methodology for Conventional Flexible Pavement Design D.-H. Chen, M.M. Zaman and J.G. Laguros	191
8.3	A Nonlinear Finite Element Method for the Design of Airfield Pavements J.M. Matthews and F.C. Schmitt	195
8.4	Stress Reduction in Laterally Loaded Precast Concrete Pavements by Means of Steel Edge Surrounds: Numerical Analysis J.W. Bull and C.H. Woodford	203
9	TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
9.1	Exploitation of Multi-Terminal Transport Networks A. Recuerdo and J.P. Gutierrez	211
9.2	An Integrated Computer-Aided System for Analysis of Hourly Traffic Volume Data S. Lambropoulos and N. Manopoulos	217
9.3	A Computational Model for Road Surface Temperature Prediction B.W. Scotney and G.F. Crawford	227
10	WATER ENGINEERING AND HYDROLOGICAL STUDIES
10.1	Calculation of Flood Hydrographs in a Compact Compound Channel using Conveyances from the Lateral Distribution Method J.F. Lyness, W.R.C. Myers and J.B. Wark	237
10.2	GIS Derived Distributed Unit Hydrograph, a New Tool for Flood Modeling I. Muzik	243
10.3	Bed Load Transport by Flood Waves A. Bestawy, H. Torfs and J. Berlamont	249
10.4	Fuzzy Reasoning in Water Supply Network Design Optimization L.S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia	255
10.5	Computing Pearson-I Statistics P.H. McDonald	263
11	DATA ACQUISTION
11.1	Monitoring of a Multi-Span Masonry Arch Bridge - Data Collection T.D. Sloan, A. Thompson and W.J. Harvey	271
12	EDUCATION
12.1	The World Wide Web and It's Use in Education J.A. Moran and J.C. Attree	277
12.2	Digitising the Construction Process: Providing a Multi-Media Educational Resource D.St. Fox and R.A. Otter	285

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