Special Section on Sustainable Construction Materials

This special section of the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering was put together at the suggestion of the editor in chief, Professor Antonio Nanni. These manuscripts were part of the Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, which was held in Ancona, Italy, from June 27 to 30, 2010. About 250 papers were originally proposed for this conference. From these, 25 manuscripts were selected by the conference organizing committee. An international panel of experts was established for further selection of the manuscripts. After initially selecting 18 manuscripts, the panel evaluated the full manuscripts and selected 12 as being especially noteworthy for consideration by the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.

The selected 12 manuscripts were reviewed by a minimum of three reviewers, following the established anonymous procedure for publication in ASCE journals. Following thorough review, 11 of the 12 manuscripts were accepted. After requested revisions were finished by the authors, the final manuscripts were accepted by the editors for publication in this volume. The editors of this volume are grateful to all reviewers for conducting their reviews in a timely and professional manner to bring this issue to publication.