• Dreams Fall Apart: People’s Experience of a Development Project in Sri Lanka 

  Dissanayake, P [Article-Full-text]

  Today, “development” has become one of the most influential and dominant concepts among global political and economic discourses. For many scholars the concept of development has become a convincing notion after the Second ...
• Cost Benefits of Steel compared to In-situ Concrete in Sri Lankan Building Construction 

  Chandanie, H; Kandemulla, L [Article-Full-text]

  Ever increasing building construction activities involve high technologies and innovations to overcome the challenges in front of the process. Among the key challenges of building construction, cost of construction is ...
• Factors of the Built Environment that Affects the Walkability in a Sri Lankan Urban Neighborhood 

  Rathnasiri, GKS; Ranasinghe, TKGP; Susantha, AL [Article-Full-text]

  The quality of the neighboring environment plays a major role in encouraging people to walk when attending to their daily needs. Although many previous studies identified a relationship between different factors of the ...
• A study on the relationships among Natami, city functions and built environment with special reference to Pettah, Sri Lanka 

  Nayomi, HHKR; Mahanama, PKS [Article-Full-text]

  Wholesale and retail trades play a vital role in a city’s economy. From the early days of the evolution of cities, a group of labor specialized in loading, unloading and carrying goods emerged to cater to the need of ...
• A Study on the Potenil of Rainwater Harvesting Practices to Mitigate Urban Floods 

  Lanka, WMJ; Ranasinghe, TKGP; Herath, M [Article-Full-text]

  Floods are a prominent issue and the challenge of urban flooding can be turned into an opportunity by adopting rainwater harvesting practices. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) works asa more reliable, cost effective and sustainable ...
• Application of ArcGIS Model Builder and Python Scripting for urban Flood Modeling 

  Bandara, DMPD; Mahanama, PKS; Warusavitharana, EJ [Article-Full-text]

  Accurate projection of flood extents in urban catchments has become a challenging task. Accurate data on inundation is useful for identifying flood risk areas and developing flood management strategies to mitigate the ...
• Modeling Colombo's land uses with Metronamica: a demonstrative approach 

  Wimaladasa, GJ; De Silva, MCK; Jayasinghe, AB; Munasinghe, JN [Article-Full-text]

  The enormous complexity built into cities makes them difficult to understand for any purpose. The ever changing land uses in any city is not an exemption, despite its importance for planners to know at some level of ...
• Emergence and Amelioration of Students' Creativity through Practice Based Learning in Relation to Design Education 

  Liyanage, PP; Jayasekara, RB [Article-Full-text]

  Practice-based education (PBE) offers the students an invaluable experience to gain knowledge and improve their skills towards diverse fields which prove the realities in the social and physical context.’ (Clifford, Macy, ...
• Issues in small sector housing construction in Sri Lanka: case of services installation 

  Roshan, AGJ; Waidyasekara, KGAS [Article-Full-text]

  Building a house is a life time venture and a dream of many individuals. However, constructing a house is a complicated process which involves interpreting various ideas and collection of number of people’s effort. In ...
• Managing Facilities Manager’s Knowledge through Knowledge Capture, Knowledge Store and Knowledge Reuse 

  Abeysinghe, NSD; Senaratne, S [Article-Full-text]

  The profession of facilities management (FM) is becoming knowledge driven. In this regard, managing facilities managers’ knowledge helps for a better output through the creation of supportive and cost effective physical ...
• Potential Brokerages in Relationally Integrated Value Networks (RIVANS) for Total Facilities Management: Literature Findings 

  Weerasinghe, RPNP; De Silva, N [Article-Full-text]

  The collaborative supply chain networks in relational contracting modes have gained considerable attentions in recent decades as an essential prerequisite for enhancing business performance. Accordingly, integration of ...
• Identification of body adornment concepts in Sinhalese jewellery 

  Pathirana, H [Article-Full-text]

  Adornment is a beautification and embellishment, and an addition to the pleasantness and attractiveness, a decoration that is added to relieve plainness. The human form has been subjected to adornment from the past to the ...
• A Study of Payment Issues to Constructors in the Sri Lankan Construction Industry 

  Francis, M; Ramachandra, T [Article-Full-text]

  Payment issues to main contractors and the subcontractors have been a major concern in the construction industry. This research therefore, investigates the payment issues to constructors in the Sri Lankan construction ...
• Selection of Sustainable Composite Partition Material for Sri Lankan context 

  Athambawa, SH; Ramachandra, T; Sabrina, NF [Article-Full-text]

  Building materials are deemed to play a vital role in increasing buildings sustainability while contributing to the economic prosperity. Usage of large quantity of non-renewable resources in the building materials has a ...
• Colour as a Tool to Manipulate Indoor Thermal Perception in Tropical Upland Climate; A Field Experiment Implemented in Sri Lanka 

  Welitharage, M; Hettiarachchi, A [Article-Full-text]

  Incorporating warm colours in the interiors of tropical uplands characterissed by a cold climatic condition, was hypothesised to help the inhabitants to perceive the indoor thermal environment as comparatively warmer, ...
• A Study of Procurement Selection for Bridge Construction 

  Shanmuganathan, A; Disaratna, V; Francis, M [Article-Full-text]

  Construction industry is pivotal part of any countries economy. Hence, the construction procurement selection is paramount important. This affects the successful and satisfactory completion and delivery of projects. In ...
• An Investigation of Key Factors to Uplift Traditional Lac (Laksha) Craft in Sri Lanka 

  Ranasinghe, WMND [Article-Full-text]

  Lac craft is a traditional craft in Sri Lanka and it has a traditional immense and endurance history. Lac is one of the decorative medium that can be applied on different types of materials, such as wood, ivory, pottery, ...
• Under-Reporting of Construction Accidents in Sri Lanka 

  Rathnayake, U; De Silva, N; Nawarathna, A [Article-Full-text]

  Generally the work environment in the construction industry is more hazardous than in other industries, mainly due to the potential nature for serious accidents and health hazards by heavy use of large equipment, dangerous ...
• Current Approaches for Bid/No Bid Decision Making by the Contracting Organisations in Sri Lanka 

  Gamage, IS; Perera, BAKS; Perera, KTPK [Article-Full-text]

  Construction bidding is the procedure for submitting comprehensive proposals by bidders for undertakingconstruction projects. Contractors often procure projects through competitive bidding and the bid/no bid decision ...
• Traditional small retail shops vs. emerging supermarkets and shopping malls in a Sri Lankan city 

  Ratnayake, R [Article-Full-text]

  Street retail shops are an emblematic image of the Sri Lankan urban landscape. Retail shops vary in size, sell a diversity of household, mechanical and convenience items and appear as an integral part of urban form. While ...

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