Urban drainage systems face intrinsic constraints related to the deterioration of infrastructure, the interaction between systems, and increasing requirements and stresses that lower the quality of provided services. ...

The construction sector is responsible for a great environmental impact. The cement industry, which is included in this sector, emits about 650 to 800 kg of CO2 per each tonne of cement produced, being one of the most ...

Among thermal insulation solutions for historic walls, thermal renders and plasters appear to be a very feasible option. Thus, this work analyses commercially available thermal mortars suitable for the scope. An extensive ...

Assessing the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) contribution to urban resilience, along with developing tools capable of demonstrating their long-term value, comprises a most needed step forward. Nevertheless, the NBS contribution ...

The present paper aims at proposing and demonstrating the application of a decision-making approach that allows the identification, assessment, comparison and prioritisation of different intervention solutions. Infrastructural, ...

In order to improve the rather insufficient knowledge about the hydromechanical behavior of soil–rockfill mixtures (SRMs) applied in embankment dams, a testing program was undertaken in which several mixtures with different ...

Performance assessment is essential for effectively managing drinking water systems. It allows to understand the system's behaviour, identify critical components and subsystems, and help with the decision analysis of ...

The efficient planning of operation and maintenance (O&M) interventions and short-term investments requires adequate and tailored inspection protocols of existing infrastructures. The current study proposes a new standardized ...

Soil-rockfill mixtures (SRMs) are economical and environmentally friendly materials. Due to the absence in the literature of constitutive models specifically developed and tested for SRMs, a new constitutive model, ...

Photogrammetry-based methods using everyday, easily available photographic equipment and free software have gained relevance for roughness measurement of rock joints. However, the influence of some aspects, such as the ...