Value Management (VM) and Environmental Sustainability (ES) are increasingly becoming important tools to be considered in construction. VM is one of the recognized techniques that made substantial cost savings on construction ...

The landslide is one of the major disaster event in Sri Lanka, which has increased its frequency and after it strikes leave people homeless than any other disaster event. However, setting of pre and post disaster activities ...

The task of assessing cement blocks represents an important strategy in the sustainable design and construction of a building. A principal challenge is the identification of assessment criteria based on the concepts and ...

Major cities have been condensed after decades of rapid urban development. The rapid urban developments of industrial activities have transformed cities into concrete jungles causing severe impacts on the natural ecosystem. ...

Customer Relationship Management in Business to Business Organizations Businesses are in a constant race to increase profits, keep the current customers and gain or poach new ones, competing for customers on the globalised ...

There is now a growing propensity to apply the “condition precedent” notice provision to the contractor’s claim clause in standard forms of contracts throughout the world. Accordingly, valid and meritorious claims of the ...

Sri Lanka is a developing country, which is experiencing of acceleration in the construction development at present, after 30 years of civil war. Construction industry is the fourth largest economic sector, which contributes ...

Effective Management of Utility Condominiums Condominiums have become new phenomenon in Sri Lanka. Because of the recent devastation and destruction caused by Tsunami in 2004, the need for housing has become critical ...

The construction industry is complex and involves several activities. The construction industry and projects are linked with time, cost, and quality constraints to ensure project performance. Although the application of ...

Plan outcome evaluation (POE) is very significant rather than focusing on planning process, usefulness of plan, content and quality of plan .POE has been ignored in the field of planning due to lack of proper POE method. ...