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Preface for ICSID 2020 Proceedings The 2nd edition of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructural Development (ICSID 2020) which brought together notable scholars, experts, governmental agencies, policy makers, industrialists, professional bodies and students for the exchange and sharing of experience and ideas on issues pertinent to sustainable infrastructural development, held on July 27th and 28th, 2020. The Conference was organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the consequent world-wide safety measures such as social distancing and ban on traveling, this year’s conference held virtually and provided opportunities for participants to interact and present papers on:Sustainable Water Resources and Environment,Sustainable Housing and Construction Management,Sustainable Construction Materials,Sustainable Infrastructure, Project Management and Computational Modelling,Geotechnics and Transportation Infrastructure,Social Development Issues.The papers presented in the ICSID 2020 are contained within in this proceeding.Two plenary sessions addressed different aspects of Sustainable Infrastructural Development on each of the days of the conference. On day 1, international speakers made their presentations. Prof Innocent Musonda from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa spoke on “Building Sustainable Infrastructure in Post Covid-19 Era” while Dr. Nadine Ibrahim of the University of Waterloo, Canada, spoke on “Sustainability of Urban Infrastructure in Cities, Megacities, and Megaregions”. On day 2, Dr. Thomas B. Eyo from the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, Abuja, Nigeria, presented on “Research and Development: Adoption of Innovations and Technologies for Sustainable Road Infrastructure”.Furthermore, of the over 160 abstracts and full papers received for the conference, 152 were accepted for the conference and packaged in the conference book of abstracts. Six breakout sessions were created on the basis of the conference themes and 76 presentations were scheduled for each day of the conference, while 81 contributed papers were packaged in this proceeding.It is our earnest vision that the presentations documented in this proceeding will serve as a catalyst to collective engagements by researcher, policymakers, industrialists and other stakeholders towards achieving the Sustainable Infrastructural Development that will enrich the quality of life in developing nations.Dr Anthony Nkem EdeChair, ICSID 2020 Conference Organizing CommitteeList of titles EDITORS, ICSID 2020 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, Remarks of the Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Professor AAA. Atayero at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructural Development (ICSID) on July 27, 2020 are available in this Pdf.