Innovation & sustainability of structures are emerging issues in civil engineering recent years. The Inter-national Symposium on Innovation & Sustainability in Civil Engineering is dedicated to promoting related re-search and practice. As the on-going series symposia which were held sequentially in 2005 ( Nanjing, Chi-na) , 2007 (Shanghai, China) , 2009 ( Cuangzhou, China) and 2011 ( Xiamen, China) , the objec,tive of this symposium (ISISS-2013) is still to provide an intemational forum for researchers, specialists, professionals and public administrators and for all concemed with the promotion and exchange on innovation in civ-il engineering, especially for sustainability of structures and disaster prevention & mitigation. The symposiumis aimed at presenting and publishing the most recent research & development on innovative materials , methodologies and technologies, intelligent structures, structural health monitoring, structural safety and durability, structures and systems with high performance and sustainable capacity. ISISS-2013 is organized by the School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, and is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( NSFC) , American Society of Civil Engineers ( ASCE) , Intemational Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure ( ISHMII), China Civil Engineering Society( CCES) and China Society of Vibration Engineering ( CSVE) . On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Intemational Symposium on Innovation & Sustainability in Civil Engineering ( ISISS-2013 ) , we would like towelcome professionals involved in the related fields in civil engineering from all over the world to the City of Harbin in China on July 6-7 , 2013 for ISISS-2013.