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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste is one of the fastest growing waste stream in Sri Lanka due to the construction boom after three
decade of war. Thus, C&D waste management has become an environmental problem due ...
The hospitality industry and hotels in particular, have witnessed increasing competition for high service quality and customer satisfaction. Sri
Lankan hotel industry faces a range of difficulties due to lack of productivity ...
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 ...