Browsing World Construction Symposium by Author "Manewa, A"

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  • Apprentice perceptions of work based learning: preliminary observations 
    Siriwardena, M; Ross, A; Abbott, A; Manewa, A [Conference-Full-text]
    The degree apprenticeships programme involves a tripartite agreement involving the student apprentice, employer and the university. The programme introduced few years ago in the UK, which now caters to a significant ...
  • Barriers to the implementation of concurrent engineering practices within the UK construction industry 
    Manewa, A; Siriwardena, M; Ross, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Concurrent Engineering (CE) is considered as one of the emerging methods in the UK construction industry. The product and process optimisation through ‘integration’ is a key concern of CE. The integrative aspect is ...
  • BIM as an effective information management tool for achieving key performance indicators in construction projects 
    Wijekoon, KADNC; Manewa, A; Ross, A; Marsh, D [Conference-Full-text]
    The UK Government mandates the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for all centrally procured Government contracts from 2016. This of course challenged the industry to shift away from the traditional ...
  • BIM for facilities information management 
    Wijekoon, KADNC; Manewa, A; Ross, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Successful adoption of Building Information Management (BIM) during design and construction phases is recurrent, and the benefits achieved through such adaptation had been encouraged to extend BIM in to other phases of ...
  • Factors that influence the formation of construction project teams for sustainability: consideration of specificity 
    Ross, A; Armah, AB; Manewa, A [Conference-Full-text]
    The importance of effective multi-disciplinary organisational teams has been a central aim of management research in the construction industry for over 50 years. As design and construction processes are reconsidered to ...
  • Implementation of building information modelling within construction SMEs 
    Manewa, A; Blake, T; Ross, A; Marsh, D; Siriwardena, M. [Conference-Full-text]
    Building Information Modelling (BIM) is promoted as a requisite to improve construction project performance. In the UK, the Government has set the construction industry targets to attain with timescales, such as achieving ...
  • is construction getting quicker? 
    Ross, A; Norman, R; Manewa, A; Marsh, D [Conference-Full-text]
    Construction time performance has been a frequent topic of discussion in the literature and government reports in which the performance of the UK construction industry has been reviewed. It is evident that construction ...
  • Life cycle costing in construction : current trends and emerging directions 
    Manewa, A; Siriwardena, M; Wijekoon, C [Conference-Abstract]
    The current construction climate in the UK is moving forward with a much greater attention on cost certainty, sustainability and adoption of innovative technologies. The UK Construction Strategy 2025 provides a clear ...
  • Responding to the built environment challenges: design for adaptation 
    Manewa, A; Siriwardena, M; Ross, A [Conference-Full-text]
    The current building stock in the UK only vaguely fits the evolving needs of businesses and users. This leads majority of existing buildings to be demolished, renewed, refurbished or redundant. However, maintaining a ...
  • Role of multi-disciplinary project studies in promoting sustainability within the Built Environment Degree programmes 
    Siriwardena, M; Manewa, A; Kulatunga, U; Marsh, D [Conference-Full-text]
    The need to contribute to the sustainability agenda is increasingly becoming a key requisite for both academics and practitioners in the built environment disciplines. The triple bottom line indicators of sustainability ...
  • Sustainable implications of building reuse and adaptation 
    Madanayake, UH; Manewa, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Built environment products and processes are now biased more towards profitable markets while giving sustainability the first priority in achieving the same. Consequently, value has become one of the main concerns while ...
  • Through-life risk management in mega projects 
    Manewa, A; Muza, T; Siriwardena, M; Ross, A [Conference-Full-text]
    Mega Projects play a significant role in the UK construction industry. They provide infrastructure, business and employment opportunities for the nation. They are complex, and involve considerably high cost, and risk. ...
  • Towards facilities information management through BIM 
    Wijekoon, KADNC; Manewa, A; Ross, A; Marsh, D [Conference-Full-text]
    Information plays a significant role in managing built environment facilities. These information are generated at different life cycle stages, by different parties, which also provide different values to a variety of ...
  • Value considerations of adopting BIM in FM 
    Wijekoon, KADNC; Manewa, A; Ross, A; Siriwardena, M [Conference-Full-text]
    Building Information Modelling (BIM) is expected to streamline the key processes of construction, and promote innovation throughout the building/product life cycle. Since most buildings have been designed for long ...