Preface

Abstract

4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING ENGINEERING & 12th REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (ICONBUILD & RCCE 2019) is jointly organized by AUN/SEED.net, UTM Construction Research Centre (UTM-CRC) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universitas Sriwijaya, and Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM). The joint committee was formed to manage and organized the 4th International Conference on Construction and Building Engineering and the 12th Regional Conference in Civil Engineering. Nowadays construction industries are facing various challenges and issues in terms of sustainability which has an impact towards climate change, future needs and usage of natural resources. The theme of “Innovative and Sustainability - A Way Forward in Construction” for ICONBUILD-RCCE 2019 is timely, where it covers the built environment and discusses various critical issues, perhaps trying to reduce the negative impact produced by the construction activities. The impact on environment such as carbon emission, inclement weather, unsustainable usage of natural resources, and inefficient usage of technology are among issues that require attention of the construction players. This conference has successfully attracted more than 100 technical papers in the related field. The technical session have discussed and deliberated pertinent issues with respect to challenges and improvement to the construction life cycle activities.Technical Editors:1. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mahmood Md Tahir2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman Mohd Sam3. Assoc. Prof. Arizu bin Sulaiman4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norhazilan Bin Md. Noor5. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shek Poi Ngian6. Dr. Nor Hasanah Abdul Shukor Lim7. Dr. Ain Naadia Binti Mazlan8. Dr. Eeydzah Binti Aminudin