Preface

The ISCEE2024, our 5 th International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering was held successfully on 18 th and 19 th September 2024 at Hotel Adya, Langkawi, Malaysia. The theme of this symposium is “Embracing New Ideas or A More Sustainable Earth” which is aligns with global sustainable development goals. This biannual event was organised by the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, in collaboration with Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia, and aims to gather international delegates from both the academia and the industry for sharing and exchange of current knowledge, ideas and trends in the fields of civil and environmental engineering to mobilise actions towards achieving sustainable development goals. ISCEE2024 reaches the major areas in Civil Engineering including construction and structures, environment and water, building and infrastructure, heritage and built environment. 120 participants attended the conference in the opening ceremony and plenary sessions. They were from Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and Serbia. At this conference, three keynote speakers were invited, Prof. Ir. Dr. Noridah Mohamad from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, Ts. Rofizlan Ahmad from CIDB E-Construct Services Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia and Prof. Dr. Ignasius D. A. Sutapa from Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE – UNESCO C2C). Presentations during the ISCEE2024 technical sessions were conducted physically and virtually using Google Meet. There were 5 sub-sessions during the conference namely Environment and Water Research, Construction and Structures, Infrastructure Engineering, and Heritage and Built Environment. All updated news and photos taken during the conference can be found at https://intl-conference.com/iscee2024/index.html#about. List of Organising Committee, Editor and International Scientific Committee are available in this pdf.