Abstract

Civil engineering is faced to new challenges in the coming years due to the technological developments, the increasing population and the environmental restrictions. Proposing a more sustainable and proper material instead of the classical existing materials is one of biggest challenges in future. To reduce the costs, the local material may play an important role in the constructions, as well. The new proposed material should respect also the environmental challenges. These new materials need also new standards, classification methods, calculating methods or even new construction methods. Furthermore, the newly developed technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), 3D printing, drone equipment or network connectivity will be helpful to accelerate the changes. This access to the reality is easier and we may lose less time to experience the difficulties and to find the proper solutions.

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