This document is a compendium of technical abstracts presented at the 13th Malaysian Road Conference and Exhibition 2026, held in conjunction with the 6th IRF Global Asia-Pacific Regional Congress. It is intended for engineers, researchers, and professionals in road and infrastructure engineering.
This document is the compendium of technical abstracts for the 13th Malaysian Road Conference and Exhibition 2026, held alongside the 6th IRF Global Asia-Pacific Regional Congress. It is designed for road and infrastructure engineering professionals, presenting a collection of research and case studies centered on the theme of transforming the nation through future-ready roads.
The compendium begins with a preface from the Chairman of the Technical Programme Committee, Ir. Dr. Fairul Zahri bin Mohamad Abas, and includes a section introducing the Technical Programme Committee. The core content is organized into parallel sessions, each focusing on a specific engineering domain such as transportation, pavement, bridge, and slope engineering.
Sessions cover a wide range of topics, including user perception of smart lanes, intelligent transport systems, and the integration of AI in transport networks. Pavement engineering abstracts discuss innovations like crumb rubber modified asphalt and the use of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash in binders, while bridge engineering sections present case studies on bridge condition assessment and the use of ultra-high-performance concrete.
The document also addresses environmental and sustainability concerns, with abstracts on geosynthetic solutions, the utilization of ceramic sludge waste in asphalt, and a case study on achieving net zero operations by PLUS Malaysia Berhad. Slope and geotechnical engineering topics include riverbank erosion control and the use of distributed fibre optic sensing for landslide monitoring.
Further sections detail highway engineering projects, such as the construction of intelligent data analytics platforms and climate-resilient infrastructure designs. The compendium also includes forensic engineering case studies, like the investigation of subgrade failures using electrical resistivity tomography, and concludes with abstracts on road safety improvements and bridge engineering field implementations.