The advancement of computational techniques and the rising utilization of computers has endorsed excessive developments in structural engineering design and construction. Many new modern structures might not be oriented and designed without the employment of computational methods and numerical analysis. The traditional style of learning from structural failures has disappeared because of novelties in computational and numerical approaches considering 3D modeling procedures. Innovation of new materials and practices has made a substantial change to the engineering world. Advanced techniques in solving engineering problems such as fatigue, composite materials, fracture mechanics, structural control systems, seismic engineering, creep and thermal effects on structures and materials were intensively employed in the past decades.

On the one hand, the scale and profundity of knowledge today and the growing range of modern and complex structures has led to an increase in the expertise of structural engineers, but on the other hand, the state-of-the-art methods might not guarantee a sustainable and environment-friendly structure.

This Special Issue aims to discuss state-of-the-art design and construction methods in the civil and structural engineering fields. These methods excel at the design and construction of civil structures such as buildings, bridges, stadiums, transmission towers, jetties, and dams using the most recent engineering tools, technologies and methods including but not limited to HoloLens, virtual and mixed reality, digital twin, building information modelling, performance-based design, structural health monitoring, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, etc. In short, modern design and construction methods involve new tools, technologies, and methods that are being developed in industry for accurate planning, design, and construction such that they reduce time and expenses while management, operation quality, and overall sustainability are maintained in each project. We welcome original research and review articles which discuss this topic in depth.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Modern structures and materials
• Modern design and construction
• Advanced modelling techniques and analysis methods
• Architectures, engineers and modernity
• Intelligent structures
• Environment-friendly structure
• Virtual and mixed reality
• Digital twin
• Performance-based design (PBD)
• Finite element methods (FEM)
• Applied element method (AEM)
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Building information modelling (BIM)
• Structural health monitoring (SHM)