The KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research (KSCE J. Civ. Environ. Eng. Res.) is a bimonthly journal, founded in December 1981, for the publication of peer-reviewed papers devoted to research and development for a wide range of civil engineering fields. A list of topics considered to be in the scope of the journal are structural, nuclear, hydro, coastal and harbor, environmental, geotechnical and tunnel, transportation and highway, surveying and geo-spatial information, and railway engineering. Also, the scope included in the journal are construction management, urban planning, and information technology. State-of-the-art papers are welcome and original work of multidisciplinary aspects on analysis, experiment and design will be considered for publication. For both readers and authors, all the submitted papers will be considered for accelerated reviews and publications.