Rigid pavement construction has a long history. Readymixed or site mixed concrete is used for rigid pavement construction. However, conventional concrete mixtures require more than 7 days to gain adequate strength to allow ...

Surface dressings can be used as a successful road maintenance activity if carried out properly. One of the main decisions to be taken in designing a surface dressing in road maintenance is the selection of appropriate ...

The purpose of the study was to develop guidelines for construction of low volume concrete roads in Sri Lanka. A survey was carried out to study current concrete road construction practices and knowledge of the contractors ...

Knowledge is the fundamental resource that enhances to function intelligently. Knowledge can be defined into two types such as explicit and implicit. Commonsense knowledge is one type of in implicit knowledge. Explicit ...

Matara Municipal Council area had been experiencing stormwater drainage problems causing inconvenience to public, interruption to work and damage to property. Though the Matara Municipal Council (MMC) had carried out a ...

Flooding hasI been identified as the most costly and damaging natural hazards when lth magnitude and frequency is considered, assessment of stormwater drainage systems is very important to manage flooding. Most of the new ...

A Unit Hydrograph can be derived using the peak discharge obtained from the Rational Equation and using unit depth of rainfall in calculating the Rainfall Intensity. Possible alternatives for selection of sub catchments, ...

In the past few decades, scientists are seeking to overcome issues; occurring due to global warming, which has reached into an alarming level. Global warming has led to many environmental issues including rising sea level ...

Purpose – High Work In Progress (WIP) and its fluctuation are found to be common in garment manufacturing lines in Sri Lanka. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a lean cellular manufacturing model as a ...

Furniture industry is a significant industry in the manufacturing sector in Sri Lanka based on the number of employees. This paper studies the manufacturing strategy of Sri Lankan furniture industry. A questionnaire survey ...