Today the whole world is faced with environmental issues due to unsustainable use of natural resources, especially for construction activities. Finding alternative materials and methods is vital to minimize the impacts ...

Demand for new construction methods are triggered due to post tsunami rehabilitations, recent landslides, floods and present developments in the North-East etc. Structurally insulated panels (SIPs) are one such system, ...

Successful completion of a project heavily depends on the selection of a suitable contractor. The most important and the initial step of the contractor selection process is contractor pre-qualification. Prequalification ...

Building design and construction activities worldwide have caused immense environmental issues. Thus. the concept of green buildings emerged focusing on increasing the efficiency of resource use -energy, water and materials ...

This work aims towards 3-D finite element analysis of truss type steel bridges using SAP2000 software. Some of the recent bridge failures which happened in Sri Lanka were analyzed using SAP2000 software. Failure loads and ...

Construction industry is complex in nature, therefore quality assurance is paramount important and it is absolutely interconnected with cost. Quality is essentially a state of mind; it varies from individual to individual. ...

It is in the last five years that the stakeholders of concrete paving blocks (CPBs) are awakening to engineer the CPBs in Sri Lanka. Although large scale production of CPBs has already flourished in Sri Lanka, their adherence ...

The knowledge gained on a particular project is a highly valuable organizational resource. Lessonslearned (LL) practice can be viewed as a key mechanism in capturing and transferring project knowledge created during project ...