Advances in Civil Structures IV

Preface
The International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials provides a forum for accessing to the most up-to-date and authoritative knowledge from both industrial and academic worlds, sharing best practice in this exciting field of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials. The first CEABM was successfully taken place in Haikou, China, June 18-20, 2011, the second CEABM was in held in Yantai, China, from May 25 to 27, 2012 and the third in Jinan, from May 24 to 26, 2013. After the very successful previous issues, the 4th CEABM was
successfully held in Haikou, China, from May 24 to 25, 2014.

All papers included in this collection had undergone the careful peer-review by the experts of international and domestic of China before it is selected for publications.
This book covers the subject areas of Structural Engineering, Monitoring and Control of Structures, Structural Rehabilitation, Retrofitting and trengthening, Reliability and Durability of Structures, etc. We hope that this collection of papers will contribute in stimulating debate among scholars, researchers and academicians and we aspire that you find them interesting and thought-provoking.

We would like to thank the authors for their valuable contribution and we are grateful to our general chairs, session chairs and the reviewers for having read and commented on the papers. Our most sincere thanks go to all keynote speakers who shared with us their expertise and knowledge. We are grateful to all the sponsors for their technical and financial support. We would also like to express our gratitude to all the members of the Organizing Committee for the efforts they have made before and during the conference.
–The Organizing Committee of CEABM 2014