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Browsing World Construction Symposium by Conference Proceedings "1st World Construction Symposium 2012"

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  • Study on sick building syndrome in office environment 
    Wijerathne, HAN; Karunasena, GI; Mallawaarachchi, BH [Conference-Full-text]
    Prevalence of harmful natural and artificial substances combined with poorly ventilated interiors can lead to various building related health problems among those who spend long periods indoors. A group of symptoms of ...
  • Sustainability evaluation framework for energy power plants in Sri Lanka 
    Sandanayake, YG; Konara, KMGK; Wijesooriya, SD; [Conference-Full-text]
    Energy is essential for economic and social development of a country. Ever increasing energy demand forces public and private sector to install energy power plants without giving much attention to the sustainable issues. ...
  • Sustainable project management for green construction: challenges, impact and solutions 
    Hawang, B; Tan, JS [Conference-Full-text]
    With augmenting cognizance of environmental issues and growing concern over climate change, sustainable construction is gradually put forth globally. However, construction of green buildings in Singapore still encounters ...
  • Team role concept and team formation in design teams in sri lanka 
    Gunawardane, DAS; Senaratne, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Construction is a collaborative activity which combines efforts of number of participants. Hence, teamworking in construction is inevitable. The purpose of teamworking is to exploit the benefit for the team as a whole ...
  • Teamwork in facilities management 
    Manjula, NHC; Senaratne, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Teamwork is essential to Facilities Management (FM) organisations due to the presence of various parties and multi-functional nature. However, there is a lack of published researches on teamwork with regards to FM. The ...
  • Understanding project culture in construction: a literature synthesis 
    Samaraweera, AUAA; Senaratne, S [Conference-Full-text]
    Construction industry being a project-based industry, understanding nature of project culture is of paramount importance. Culture at project level seems less researched; possibly due to understanding of project culture ...
  • The use of alternative building materials in developing countries: addressing challenges faced by stakeholders 
    Mpakati-Gama, EC; Wamuziri, SC; Sloan, B [Conference-Full-text]
    The rising concern on inefficient wood consumption associated with shelter development has led to policy and regulatory reforms to address such problems in most countries in recent years. The use of alternative building ...
  • Use of recycle glass as a coarse aggregate in concrete 
    Kuruppu, G; Chandratilake, R. [Conference-Full-text]
    Concrete is a composite material composed of sand and gravel, chemically bound together by hydrated Portland cement. It is the most widely used construction material in the developed world. As a result, the concrete ...