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  • Hadiwattege, C; De Silva, ML; Pathirage, C [Conference-Abstract]
    Construction industry plays a major role in the Sri Lankan economy. This research has been conducted to examine whether the construction industry of Sri Lanka is corrupted and is there any cost amplification due to corruption. ...
  • Fernando, S; De Silva, C; Perera, D; Priyankara, T; Silva, M; Paskarasundaram, V [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    There are several access control systems available in the market, which uses different mechanisms to authenticate the users. Passwords, cards with barcode, card with magnetic systems and signature are the traditional ...
  • Rathnayake RMHLK [Thesis-Abstract]
    Economic appraisal is an important step in any investment project. Although various appraisal techniques are adopted in decision making related to investment projects, it is found in many instances that expected outcomes ...
  • Hadiwattege, C; Kandemulla, L [Conference-Abstract]
    Ever increasing building construction activities involve high technologies and innovations to overcome the challenges in front of the process. Among the key challenges of building construction, cost of construction is ...
  • Chandanie, H; Kandemulla, L [Article-Full-text]
    Ever increasing building construction activities involve high technologies and innovations to overcome the challenges in front of the process. Among the key challenges of building construction, cost of construction is ...
  • Jazeel, MII [Thesis-Abstract]
    Road Construction & Development Co. (Pvt) Ltd is one of biggest companies in the highway sector in Sri Lanka. It works throughout the island. Presently it has a costing system but it has several shortcomings. Because of ...
  • Hewavitharana, N [Thesis-Full-text]
    In present era,conventional Reinforced Concrete(RC) frame buildings are commonly used for the construction. The use of flat slab building provides many advantages over conventional RC frame building in terms of architectural ...
  • Udugama, IA; Mansouri, SS; Huusom, JK; Taube, MA; Maidl, A; Young, B [Conference-Abstract]
    The measurement of ratio of product recovery in industrial methanol distillation is of high economic importance and represent a key performance index (KPI) of the distillation unit. In current operations, the product ...
  • Wedikkara, C [Conference-Full-text]
    In the design and construction of buildings today the building clients demand that greater attention be paid to cost efficiency in design. This need tor financial control and the building to be completed within, a definite ...
  • Rathnayake, RMBCK; Jayasinghe, C [Conference-Abstract]
    Traditional monolithic building construction is labour and time- intensive and usually found in inadequate quality. Rapid urbanization and steadily expanding metropolitan populations need fast and time-saving construction ...
  • Wijesekara, DM [Conference-Full-text]
    Formwork is one of the most important factors in determining the success of a construction project in terms of speed, quality cost and safety of work as it accounts about 40% of the total project cost of the structure. ...
  • Wijesekara, DM; Gunatilaka, WDAD [Conference-Full-text]
    One of the most important factors in determining the success of a construction project in terms of speed, quality cost and safety of work is the formwork used in the project as it accounts about 40% of the total project ...
  • Nayanathara, PMD; Perera, HS; Abeyrathne, RAHMPNN; Lucas, JR [Conference-Abstract]
    Renewable energy, especially Solar Energy, has become a popularly sought solution for the current energy situation in Sri Lanka. It is included in the ‘Long Term Generation Expansion Plan of the Ceylon Electricity Board ...
  • Nayanathara, PMD; Perera, HS; Abeyrathne, RAHMPNN; Lucas, JR [Conference-Abstract]
    Renewable energy, especially Solar Energy, has become a popularly sought solution for the current energy situation in Sri Lanka. It is included in the ‘Long Term Generation Expansion Plan of the Ceylon Electricity Board ...
  • Jayasinghe, MTR; Kariyawasam, KKGKD; Jayasinghe, C [Conference-Abstract]
    Over usage of natural resources for construction of buildings has caused many environmental problems. Hence mainstream requirements of building projects such as cost effectiveness and rapid construction should be achieved ...
  • Dayananda, JS [Thesis-Abstract]
    Housing demand is constantly increasing and the capital cost of construction of a house too is escalating. Main reasons for this price escalation - traditional construction materials are becoming scare and depleting ...
  • Jayasinghe, MTR; Jayasinghe, C; Lokuge, SND; Samaraweera, TMAD; Vithana, BMK [Conference-Full-text]
    It is a significant challenge to provide houses meeting certain basic standard to majority of the population, especially those who would not be able to raise sufficient funds for construction activities. For such segment ...
  • Perera, KPJG [Thesis-Abstract]
    Vehicular transportation activities dominate the movement of passengers as well as freight In Sri Lanka. Road network improvements take place all over the country under development projects. Enormous funds have been allocated ...
  • Rathnayake TNA [Thesis-Abstract]
    The lubricating oil analysis is the most common method to identify the condition of any machinery. There are various ways to analyze lubricating oil, and those methods are based on an individual examination of lubricant ...
  • Kumara, AMTIS [Thesis-Abstract]
    This research was focused to find out a method to develop or update the National Road Inventory Database in a cost effective manner. The main cost sensitive factor for the development of Inventory Database was identified ...