As the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 (Coronavirus 2019) outbreak as a pandemic, many countries have declared national lockdown in 2020. This unexpected lock down situation has mainly restricted ...

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is currently a widely discussed topic all around the world since most of the population spend majority of their time indoors. However in Sri Lanka, there is less discussion on SBS. Among the ...

The bridge construction industry in Sri Lanka has been severely affected by the time overrun events in the past. The trend is continuing and the requirement of taking mitigation measures in the industry is a high priority. ...

With the view of wining the global economic race and achieving inspiration of the nation, Sri Lanka is undergoing several number of major construction projects all over the country. It is one of the key ways of investment ...

Construction and demolition waste is a major problem to the environment as 40% of worldwide waste is generated from the construction industry. Waste material is generated in building construction sites as a result of ...

Eco-friendly materials have promptly grown worldwide with its demarcating benefits to the construction industry. However, in Sri Lanka, construction industry still primarily use traditional methods and standard materials ...

The clients are most important contributor and main participant for the successful construction project completion which depending on client’s behaviors and play major role that cannot be avoided. Client involvement is ...

The Sri Lankan construction industry went through a major boost within the last few decades, especially in high rise residential buildings which are coming up in Colombo and other urban areas. The growing number of local ...

Building construction projects are inherently complex, dynamic, and involve challenges due to lots of uncertainties. It is difficult to produce a complete solution to manage such projects successfully. Therefore, to achieve ...

The economy of a country highly depends on its investments in the construction industry. The construction industry has been widely described as a very competitive industry (Shen and Cheung 2017). In this context capacity ...