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). In 2025, the conference was organized at Marseille and Aix-en-Provence. The aim of the conference was to promote information dissemination and exchange, discussions and debates on research, learning and practice related to the construction field.

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 conference has been co-organized by AUGC, INRAE, Aix-Marseille University, Polytech Marseille and ISBA-TP. The theme was: “Le génie civil et l’eau, opportunités et risques pour l’adaptation au changement climatique”.