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Abstract

Welcome to the Special Issue of Academic Journal of Civil Engineering related to the conference organized each year by AUGC (The University - Association of Civil Engineering) dedicated to RUGC 2020. Established in 1981, the AUGC (The University - Association of Civil Engineering) aims developing and promoting the academic teaching (Undergraduate, Graduate, and PhD) and researches in the civil engineering field in the universities and high schools of the French Education. The « RUGC » is the national forum in civil engineering organized annually by the AUGC for information dissemination and exchange, discussions and debates on research, learning and practice related to the construction field. The 39th meeting of universities in civil engineering has been organized by AUGC and the University of Lyon, on line, due to the pandemic, on May 26-28 2021.