The construction industry, being the largest industry, it generates massive quantities of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. In order to eliminate C&D waste, the Zero waste concept emerged as a potential solution. ...

Refurbishment projects are characterised with uncertainty and complexity that result in subvert of value for money. In this context, value management (VM) is endorsed as an approach to optimise value for money of construction ...

It was more than 40 years ago that Sri Lanka last established a wind loading map after the severe cyclone that struck the country in 1978. It is strongly believed that statistical methods had not been used in developing ...

After seeing and hearing (vision and audition), tactile sensing (feeling of touch) is the third most utilized sensation. We use our fingertips to examine properties of objects such as weight (heavy or light), shape ...

The integration of DERs into the transmission and distribution grid introduces new consequence for distributed network operators (DNOs). Although distribution network was considered as a static system without major control ...

Parboiled paddy of two varieties namely Samba and Nadu were dried in a lab scale spouted bed dryer. Spouting behaviour, drying kinetics and heat and mass transfer characteristics of parboiled paddy were investigated. The ...

Information Systems in the Universities provide an amazing service to make educational activities run smoothly. Student Information Systems, Learning Management Systems, and Document Management systems are getting priority ...

The objectives of this research are to understand pedestrian’s behaviour at a disaster event, to find out pedestrian spriorities in a disaster event and to identify important pedestrian facilities for disaster events. The ...

Despite favourable impressions of entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship behaviour from past research, the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurship education on ...

Abstract (150-300 words), covering: Para I - Introduction to and Significance of Research (50-100words), Para 2 - Objectives and Methodology (50-100 words), and Para 3 - Key results and conclusions (50-100 words) Jaya-Ganga ...