Purpose –Water conservationists have been promoting a hierarchy of measures to preserve water resources in the face of decreasing freshwater availability in the world. However, applicability of water hierarchy to ...

Design and Build (D&B) procurement arrangement was identified as a more suitable method to match the current requirements of the construction industry than the traditional procurement system. Because of that in the current ...

The construction industry is a significant source of income generation to the economy contributing more than 9% of the GDP in Sri Lanka. Thus, the construction industry is concurred a direct positive correlation with the ...

In Sri Lanka, there has not yet been any widely published research that describes sustainable strategies to build up water efficient culture in construction* industry. Prudent use of natural resources is one of the principles ...

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 ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore ways to enhance water use efficiency at construction sites according to project stakeholders’ perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was developed ...