It is in the last five years that the stakeholders of concrete paving blocks (CPBs) are awakening to engineer the CPBs in Sri Lanka. Although large scale production of CPBs has already flourished in Sri Lanka, their ...

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 ...

CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforce Polymer) strengthening system has recently emerged as a practical alternative for the flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete structures because of its efficiency in terms of structural ...

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 ...

Rain inducted slope failures are a common geotechnical hazard in the most parts of the world. particularly in the tropical reagon, which are covered with residual, soil, the temporal frequency of rainfall inducted slope ...

Sri Lanka has a rich history of earth dam construction with over 300 large scale ancient earth dams in service, However, large number of ancient earth dams are suffering partial falier due to excessive seepage, piping ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...