Stupas of Sri Lanka stand as proud examples for the engineering excellence of ancient Sri Lanka. Dematamal Viharaya at Butthala is one of the oldest stupas in Sri Lanka built in the 2nd Century BC which is a, 19m tall ...

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 ...

Sri Lankan Construction Industry suffers due to shortage of construction labour though the country records an unemployment rate above four percent. About seven percent of the physical production workforce in the industry ...

Unpredictable variability of rainfall patterns could probably be due to global climate changes with the increased frequency of extream whether events. Infact, rainfall is the most relevant factor for the triggering of both ...

A masonry infill wall is a common cell in a concrete framed building. More importantly the bond between concrete and masonry has considerable effect to the performance of infill masonry walls and hence to the frame structure ...

Need for strengthening of civil engineering structures has been growing in recent times due to many reasons such as improper design, increased loading and environmental deterioration. Use of carbon fiber Reinforced Polymers ...

FRP Strengthening has been developed worldwide as a mean of strengthening and retrofitting concrete structures throughout past few decades. The ever increasing loads on structures and change of use demands higher load ...

Constructed wetlands are often utilized for wastewater treatment' including removal of metals. The removal mechanism is phytoremeditation, in which plants are manipulated to immobilize the pollutants. Physico-chemical ...

In the recent Abstract: past, considerable number of tower failures happened in telecommunication sector and power transmission sector in Sri Lanka. However, no lessons were learnt and there is still a vacuum in strength ...

Tourism is becoming a very important sector in the Sri Lankan economic development, with the end of the 30 year conflect situation. it is reported that 7.9% of ther GDP of Sri Lanka is contributed by the travel and tourism ...