**Author details**

Nilton de Souza Campelo1 \*, Arlene Maria Lamêgo da Silva Campos1 , Marcos Valério Mendonça Baia1 , Daniel Jardim Almeida1 , Raimundo Humberto Cavalcante Lima<sup>2</sup> , Danielly Kelly dos Reis Dias1 , Júlio Augusto de Alencar Júnior2 and Mário Jorge Gonçalves Santoro Filho3

1 Graduate Program in Civil Engineering (PPGEC), Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil

2 Graduate Program in Geosciences (PPGGEO), Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, AM, Brazil

3 Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, Brazil

4 STP Engineering Projects & Constructions, Manaus, AM, Brazil

\*Address all correspondence to: ncampelo@ufam.edu.br

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*Challenges in the Construction of Highways in the Brazilian Amazonia Environment: Part II… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105017*
