Sri Lankan (SL) construction industry has been trading with overseas suppliers to fulfil the need for material and technology. This process faces many issues due to the poor digitalisation of the industry. The financial ...

Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is a tool, which can evaluate all the building-related costs over a specified period of time, as mentioned in the agreed scope. Though there are number of benefits, LCC practices of consultants in ...

The stagnant process of disaster-induced housing reconstruction (DHR) in Sri Lanka (SL) and the reluctance of victims and donors to use expensive technologies for DHR even if disaster-resilient, led to this research. Thus, ...

It has been observed that inefficient buildings consume three to five times more energy than efficient buildings. Subsequently, improving the Energy Efficiency (EE) of existing buildings, which account for a significant ...

Sri Lanka, as a third world country, rapid urbanization has increased ranks of urban poor, creating demand for housing and urban services which has remained unsatisfied due to lack of resources and urban lands at reasonable ...