Finally, based on the independent reviews, the editors selected 16 works to the
publication. The conference was organized by Polish Association of Civil
Engineers and Technicians (PACET)—Opole Branch, Faculty of Civil Engineering
and Architecture at Opole University of Technology, Opole District Chamber of
Civil Engineers, and Commission of Civil Engineering at Katowice Branch of the
Polish Academy of Sciences.
The prestige of the ECCE 2020 Conference is ensured by the 40-person
Scientific Committee. The invitation to participate in the ECCE 2020 Scientific
Committee was accepted by scientific authorities in the field of civil construction
and environmental engineering not only in Poland, but also in nine European
countries and the USA.
The conference was devoted first of all to the issues listed above. Unfortunately,
due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, direct participation of the authors during the
Conference in Opole and also planned accompanying events with a technical
dimension had to be cancelled. That is why the editors publishing this book and
reaching a wider audience also have the personal satisfaction that this way they have
a chance to increase the range of impact and share interesting research results sent by
the authors despite the very difficult situation that has happened to all of us this year.
We are convinced that the published selected scientific works can extend
international cooperation between national and foreign centres in the field of
research, undertaking joint projects, creating cooperation networks and exchanging
experiences.
It should be mentioned that ECCE 2020 had an international dimension and was
a continuation of conferences previously organized in Opole, i.e. in 2014, 2016, and
2018, on the same issues. In particular, the papers from the 3rd ECCE Conference
published by MATEC (indexed by Web of Science database) in 2018 can be also
recommended to readers as an interesting trace of past events from this series. This
year, the organizers are opening a new ECCE history page by publishing the best
papers via Springer, for which they express their great gratitude.
The editors would also like to thank everyone who helped to organize the ECCE
2020 Conference during this difficult time and publish this book. Special thanks in
this regard go to the members of scientific and organizing committees and the
reviewers of chapters.
Opole, Poland
Zbigniew Zembaty
Opole, Poland
Damian Beben
Opole, Poland
Zbigniew Perkowski
Opole, Poland
Adam Rak
L’Aquila, Italy
Giovanni Bosco
Normal, USA
Pranshoo Solanki
x
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publication. The conference was organized by Polish Association of Civil
Engineers and Technicians (PACET)—Opole Branch, Faculty of Civil Engineering
and Architecture at Opole University of Technology, Opole District Chamber of
Civil Engineers, and Commission of Civil Engineering at Katowice Branch of the
Polish Academy of Sciences.
The prestige of the ECCE 2020 Conference is ensured by the 40-person
Scientific Committee. The invitation to participate in the ECCE 2020 Scientific
Committee was accepted by scientific authorities in the field of civil construction
and environmental engineering not only in Poland, but also in nine European
countries and the USA.
The conference was devoted first of all to the issues listed above. Unfortunately,
due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, direct participation of the authors during the
Conference in Opole and also planned accompanying events with a technical
dimension had to be cancelled. That is why the editors publishing this book and
reaching a wider audience also have the personal satisfaction that this way they have
a chance to increase the range of impact and share interesting research results sent by
the authors despite the very difficult situation that has happened to all of us this year.
We are convinced that the published selected scientific works can extend
international cooperation between national and foreign centres in the field of
research, undertaking joint projects, creating cooperation networks and exchanging
experiences.
It should be mentioned that ECCE 2020 had an international dimension and was
a continuation of conferences previously organized in Opole, i.e. in 2014, 2016, and
2018, on the same issues. In particular, the papers from the 3rd ECCE Conference
published by MATEC (indexed by Web of Science database) in 2018 can be also
recommended to readers as an interesting trace of past events from this series. This
year, the organizers are opening a new ECCE history page by publishing the best
papers via Springer, for which they express their great gratitude.
The editors would also like to thank everyone who helped to organize the ECCE
2020 Conference during this difficult time and publish this book. Special thanks in
this regard go to the members of scientific and organizing committees and the
reviewers of chapters.
Opole, Poland
Zbigniew Zembaty
Opole, Poland
Damian Beben
Opole, Poland
Zbigniew Perkowski
Opole, Poland
Adam Rak
L’Aquila, Italy
Giovanni Bosco
Normal, USA
Pranshoo Solanki
x
Preface