CALL FOR ABSTRACT & PAPERS

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

  1. Subgrade soils
  2. Unbound granular materials
  3. Asphalt mixes
  4. Concrete materials
  5. Structural design methods:
    • Pavements (roads and airfields)
    • Railtrack
  6. In situ evaluation and performance prediction
    • Pavements (roads and airfields)
    • Railtrack
  7. Recycled materials and technologies
  8. Construction
  9. Case histories
  10. Design in frost affected areas
  11. Rehabilitation and maintenance
  12. Measurement of traffic loading
  13. Evaluation of deflection measurement
  14. Climate change and resilience of infrastructure
  15. Geotechnical considerations
  16. Geosynthetics and reinforcement
  17. Intelligent construction technologies
  18. Use of big data and AI in the areas of: 
    • Pavements (roads and airfield) 
    • Railtrack 
  19. Other related topics