PAPER TITLE IN ALL CAPS, 12PT, TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT

Do not include your name or affiliation at the top of your paper (or anywhere in your full paper) for double blind peer review.

Abstract

Abstract in Italics, 12pt, Times New Roman font should be 200 words maximum and summarize important findings in your paper.

Topics: list the symposium topics your paper fits into here

INTRODUCTION

Body text is 12pt, Times New Roman font. Paragraphs should be justified. All sources or references should be noted using APA citation style (Author 2008). Footnotes and endnotes should be avoided (Author & Author 2010). There should be two blank lines between major sections (Author et al. 2006). Excluding references and the abstract, full papers should be between 3000 and 4000 words.

SECTION TITLE

The paper should be organized into major sections and subsections can be used. Do not indent paragraphs.

Include a space between paragraphs.

Subsection Title

There should only be a single blank line between subsections.

Subsection Title

The next section will discuss figures and tables.

Figure 1: Captions should be under the figure they are referencing. Figures should be at a resolution of 300 dpi and left justified. Try to place figures on the page where the figure is referenced.

When resuming text there only needs to be a single blank line between the caption and the next paragraph. Below is an example of a table.

Table 1: All units should be in United States customary units (British imperial) with conversion factors for metric units. Table titles should be located above the table. Note the use of horizontal lines, tabs and asterisks in how the table below is constructed.

Primary SpanStoriesArea (ft2)*Typ. Span (ft)**Typ. Story (ft)

Precast Concrete3132,00056.011.0

Cellular Steel4143,00058.511.0

Post-Tension Conc.4313,00060.511.0

*multiply by 0.093 to convert to m2

**multiply by 0.305 to convert to m

CONCLUSIONS

Discuss the key finding from your paper here in one or two paragraphs. Include discussion about the need for any future research or suggestions for how to improve practice. References should follow APA citation guidelines and examples are below. Here is a link to a website with a summary of APA citations:

REFERENCES

Brand, S. (1994). How buildings learn: what happens after they’re built, New York,NY: Viking.

Chow, R.Y. (2002). Suburban space: the fabric of dwelling, Berkeley: University of California Press.

Frank, L.D. & Pivo, G. (1995).“Impacts of mixed use and density on utilization of three modes of travel: single-occupant vehicle, transit, and walking”,Transportation Research Record, vol. 1466, pp. 44 –52.

U.S. Department of Energy, 2009,U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, 2009, Available at: [Accessed 06 March 2010].