INTRODUCTION

These instructions have been created using the technical paper template to illustrate the correct format for the preparation of papers. The template is also available for download in the Electronic Paper System (EPS) as well as on the Congress website, where all relevant details regarding the Congress is published (www.cimaccongress.com).

The paper must be written in MS WORD 97-2003 format by using this template. The format specified here is a two column A4-format (210 mm x 297 mm). The paper must be submitted electronically via the Electronic Paper System (EPS). You will receive a confirmation mail when the submission was successful.

Note: There is no mechanism to handle hardcopies of papers!

The paper's cover pages will be generated automatically by the EPS, using authors' data given when submitting the abstract. The cover pages will consist of the CIMAC logo, paper title and no., address details of the author(s) and the abstract. Therefore, you should start your paper with the introduction at page 3.

{The text for the main “body” along with the main headings is shown below. Subheadings within a section should be as shown in the examples below.}

MAIN SECTION

To ensure publication quality and uniformity, the following guidelines are intended to assist authors in preparing their papers for the Conference.

If these guidelines are not followed, your paper will be returned to you for revision and re-submission. The resulting time delay could lead to your paper not being published in the Conference Proceedings due to missed production deadlines.

The best way to ensure your document follows the guidelines is to use this template to prepare your paper.

Sub-heading –

Here is an example of a subsection (second level heading). It uses the ‘Sub-heading 1.1’ heading style with the body in ‘standard’ or ‘paragraph’ style.

Sub-subheading –

Here is an example of a sub-subsection (third level heading). It uses the ‘Sub-heading 1.1.1’ heading style with the body in ‘standard’ or ‘paragraph’ style as shown.

2.1.1.1 Sub-sub-subheading – Here is a sub-sub-subsection (fourth level heading). It uses the Body paragraph style and is identified with a header beginning the paragraph as shown here.

This is an ordered list using bullets.

This is another list item.

This is an unordered list using bullets.

This is another list item.

LENGTH & FONT

The normal length of a complete paper including title, abstracts, text, figures, photographs, tables, acknowledgments and references is FIFTEEN (15) pages (page 3 – 17). Papers longer than this limit will be accepted at the discretion of the Technical Committee.

All text must be 10 point Arial font with the following exceptions:

The MAIN SECTION headings must be 11 point bold.

Sub headings are 10 point Arial with Bold.

The affiliation, city, state and country must be 10 point Arial Italics font.

Use Italics font for ‘quoted text’, and to identify the source in the list of references.

Page Size and Margins

If you are not using the template, please select A4 paper size (21 cm by 29.7) and portrait orientation – Letter size must be avoided. Please set your page for the following margin dimensions: top - 25 mm, bottom - 25 mm, left - 20 mm, right - 20 mm, and gutter - 6 mm.

Spacing and Indenting:

Text should be in two (2) columns of equal width (7.88 cm) with 6 mm spacing between the columns. There should be no line spacing between paragraphs. The text should be right and left justified.

Leave one (1) open line above primary headings (if necessary).

Leave one (1) open line if necessary, between equations and text, and between successive equations. Leave one (1) open line if necessary, between the body of text and figures or tables (including captions).

FIGURES, TABLES AND EQUATIONS

These should be properly numbered and captioned. They must also be kept within the framework stated in the previous section. Authors shall place their illustrations at appropriate positions near the relevant text which refers to them. Photographs must be glossy "black-on-white" or color. Figure numbers and captions should be below the illustrations.

Figures

All Figures must be embedded in the document. Please number Figures (whether drawings or photographs) consecutively in the order of appearance and refer to them as Figure 1, Figures 2 to 4, etc. Figures may be two (2) columns wide or one (1) column wide. Do not place figures sideways on a page; however, if this cannot be avoided, no other text should appear on that page.

Under no circumstance is it acceptable to change the orientation of any page to “Landscape” to accommodate a figure – these pages will not output properly when the proceedings or an individual paper is printed. Figures may be in color since papers will only be published in electronic format. Lettering should be approximately the same size as the text. Captions should be placed immediately below the figure.

Figure 1. Example - Relationship between initial and equilibrium water content…

Tables

Number tables consecutively in order of appearance and locate them close to the first reference to them in the text. Refer to tables as Table 1 or Tables 1 and 2, in the body of the text. Avoid abbreviations in column headings (other than units).

Type the caption above the table to the same width as the table. Indicate units in the line immediately below the heading. Only SI units should be used.

Use horizontal lines to start and end the table and to distinguish the column descriptions, if any. Vertical lines to separate columns are to be used only when necessary. Use the following given example for the format of table.

Large tables can be typed across the full-page width, either within the text or separately at the end, whichever is most convenient. Tables should be numbered consecutively, separately from the illustrations (they should not be designated as figures).

Table 1. Characteristics of tested samples of…

Characteristics (%)	City A	City B
Organic matter	0	1
Water content1	40	60
Liquid limit	22	44
Plastic limit	15	18
Sand	35	8
Silt	45	44
Clay	20	48

1water content of specimens after preparation

Equations, Formulas, Symbols and Units

Type equations and formulas from the left of the column (do not center in the column) and number them consecutively. Equation numbers should be placed flush at the right column margin in square brackets.

Refer to equations in the body of the text by these numbers (e.g., "Eq. 1" or "Equation 1 shows..."). Symbols in equations and text should be in italics. All parameters in equations should be defined.

Example of equation:

 = tan c	(1)

RESULTS

An optional paragraph if the Author wants to tabulate and present the results separately in an orderly form.

CONCLUSIONS

The paragraph is to present the conclusions.

DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS

Here is the Definitions section.	This is an optional section.

Term: Definition for the term

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Acknowledgments section is optional and may be used by the Author but names of firms and products or anything that might be regarded as advertising material are not permitted.

REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Within the body of the text, reference numbers should be in square brackets [1]. At the end of the paper, list all references in the sequence in which they appear in the text. Do not leave an open line between references. Type book titles and the names of journals, reports and conferences, etc. in italics.

Format for books is: [Reference] Last name, Initials. Year. Book title, Publisher, City, State, Country (of publisher). For example:

[1] Terzaghi, A. and Peach, R.M. 1967. Engineering Best Practices, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill, New York, NY, USA.

Format for journal papers is: [Reference] Last name, Initials. Year. Article title, Name of Journal, volume number, pages. For example:

[2] Smith, H.B. and Mueller, A. 2010. An improved method of determining limits, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 4(4): 549-555.

Format for conference papers is: [Reference] Last name, Initials. Year. Article title, Name of Conference, Publisher, City, State and Country where conference took place, volume number: pages. For example:

[3] Ram, B.K., Viswa V. and Krihna H.V. 1945. Interrelationship of index properties. Proceedings of 2nd Southeast Asian Conference on Soil Engineering, Singapore, 1: 577–587.

If any articles or books are required for further reading but are not referred to in the text, these may be listed under ‘Bibliography’ in the same formats as mentioned above. Well-known publications may be abbreviated according to the accepted usage.

CONTACT

This is where the main author information is given, if desired, such as background, education, e-mail address, and web address. This is an optional section.

PAPER SUBMISSION

As mentioned, all final papers must be submitted electronically in MS Word 97-2003 format using the online Electronic Paper System (EPS) at https://eps.cimaccongress.org

Do not submit a PDF file as your Word document will be converted to a PDF during the proceedings production process; however, it is advisable to check how your file converts to a PDF to be sure it will meet the formatting guidelines after conversion.

Papers must be completed and submitted by the deadline date of Wednesday, 06 February 2019.

All submissions will be reviewed, and the feedback will be conveyed to the corresponding author, along with the review comments via the EPS. Authors of accepted papers should revise their papers as per the suggestions of the reviewers.

For complete details on the paper presentation guidelines, please visit the conference website at: www.cimaccongress.com