The Organizing Committee of BCRRA 2026 is pleased to invite you to contribute to the 12th International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields. We welcome contributions on research and innovations in transportation infrastructure, covering topics such as geotechnical consideration, subgrade soils, unbound granular materials, asphalt and concrete materials, recycled technologies and geosynthetics and reinforcement in situ measurements and evaluations, climate change resilience, intelligent construction, big data and IA applications, and more….
Abstract Submission
In the first phase, authors are required to submit an abstract of 250 words. If necessary, a longer abstract may be submitted, with a maximum length of 3,000 characters (including spaces), approximately 440 words.
Final Paper Submission
Authors can choose between two submission options:
Extended abstract (2 pages) – published in a separate proceedings volume by the conference organizer.
Full paper (3–8 pages) – published in Transportation Research Procedia (Elsevier, open access).
Important deadlines
| Submission of Abstracts on website opens: | 03.01.2025 |
| Deadline of Abstracts Submission (updated): | 28.04.2025 |
| Notification of Abstracts acceptance (updated): | 26.05.2025 |
| Submission of draft manuscripts for review: | 08.09.2025 |
| Notification of paper acceptance: | 17.11.2025 |
| Submission of Final Paper: | 12.01.2026 |
| Notification oral/poster: | 12.03.2026 |
| Registration opens: | 03.11.2025 |
| End of early bird registration: | 23.03.2026 |
Main topics
- Subgrade soils
- Unbound granular materials
- Asphalt mixes
- Concrete materials
- Structural design methods:
- Pavements (roads and airfields)
- Railtrack
- In situ evaluation and performance prediction
- Pavements (roads and airfields)
- Railtrack
- Recycled materials and technologies
- Construction
- Case histories
- Design in frost affected areas
- Rehabilitation and maintenance
- Measurement of traffic loading
- Evaluation of deflection measurement
- Climate change and resilience of infrastructure
- Geotechnical considerations
- Geosynthetics and reinforcement
- Intelligent construction technologies
- Use of big data and AI in the areas of:
- Pavements (roads and airfield)
- Railtrack
- Other related topics
- EU FWD UG – European Falling Weight Deflectometer Users Group
- DaRTS – Deflection at Road Traffic Speed