While various anti-corruption strategies (ACSs) have been developed to curb the widespread corruption in the construction sector, effectiveness of these ACSs has seldom been investigated. This study, therefore, aims to ...

More than 70% of entire power demand in Sri Lanka mainly caters through thermal power and oil base thermal power plants contributes to cater more than 55% of demand in the country. Even though plant reliability and ...

Construction contract types span a wide spectrum ranging from traditional contracting to relational contracting modes. Although weak collaborative supply chain networks exist even in widely practiced traditional contract ...

Climate change has become a global threat with worrying consequences for many countries. Among various economic sectors, the construction industry consumes 40% of materials entering the global economy and generates ...

Construction disputes are of highly technical in nature and in fact intensive and multifaceted than other commercial disputes. The litigation method is the traditional way of dispute resolution and drawbacks of litigation ...

Most Asian cities are characterised by rapid urban metamorphosis and mostly the urban changes are based on planning mechanisms through spatial and land use methodologies and supported by globalization. In Colonial-contemporary ...

Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) can be considered as one of the main measure of total building performance. Even though there are various methods to evaluate IEQ of buildings, it is evident that there is no holistic ...

In the current situation, where people concerns about sustainability environment, building occupants seek to be comfortable and productive in their workplace. Occupants with local control over their environment generally ...

Sustainable Concept (SC) has shed a spotlight towards the rapidly developing construction sector since concerns on SC principles are widely emerged recently which focused to ensure both present and future generations a ...

Management of facilities has become a complex task involving multitudes of disciplines. With increased awareness for efficient building operation, building owners and operators are looking for means to reduce the operational ...