Colombo city is the main commercial and administrative hub of Sri Lanka. The city is frequently subjected to flooding during rainy seasons which disturb day to day routines. The existing drainage system is not sufficient ...

The need for selecting correct material for the pedestrian paving is greater than ever before. Due to increasing number of pavements constructed in urban areas the climate conditions of cities are changing into unfriendly ...

Gravity retaining walls derive their capacity to resist lateral movement through the dead weight of the wall. The design methodologies proposed by standards do not take into account the construction sequences that simulate ...

Sri Lanka experiences various natural disasters like floods and landslides, where extreme rainfall is a major contributory factor. In relation to climate change, a crucial question also arises about the possible variability ...

River restoration is defined as the establishment of improved hydrologic, geomorphic and ecological processes in a degraded watershed system, returning its lost, damaged or compromised biotic, structural and functional ...

Today most of the rural roads and sidewalks in urban areas paved with Interlocking concrete blocks. Also non geometric interlocking blocks; cobble shapes are widely used for paving due to aesthetic appearance, availability ...

Noise pollution has been identified as the third most hazardous type of pollution in the world. Vegetation was used for experiments recently to check the effectiveness as a sound barrier. This research includes a qualitative ...

The paper evaluates existing level of service (LOS) of the airport curbside and roadway operations at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and how user characteristics can be incorporated to LOS improvements. ...

The tropical climate conditions cause the residual soils near ground water level to be in an unsaturated state generally. Matric suction enhance the shear strength of the soil. In tropical countries like Sri Lanka where ...