The construction industry, being the largest industry, it generates massive quantities of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. In order to eliminate C&D waste, the Zero waste concept emerged as a potential solution. ...

Refurbishment projects are characterised with uncertainty and complexity that result in subvert of value for money. In this context, value management (VM) is endorsed as an approach to optimise value for money of construction ...

It was more than 40 years ago that Sri Lanka last established a wind loading map after the severe cyclone that struck the country in 1978. It is strongly believed that statistical methods had not been used in developing ...

After seeing and hearing (vision and audition), tactile sensing (feeling of touch) is the third most utilized sensation. We use our fingertips to examine properties of objects such as weight (heavy or light), shape ...

The integration of DERs into the transmission and distribution grid introduces new consequence for distributed network operators (DNOs). Although distribution network was considered as a static system without major control ...

Parboiled paddy of two varieties namely Samba and Nadu were dried in a lab scale spouted bed dryer. Spouting behaviour, drying kinetics and heat and mass transfer characteristics of parboiled paddy were investigated. The ...

Information Systems in the Universities provide an amazing service to make educational activities run smoothly. Student Information Systems, Learning Management Systems, and Document Management systems are getting priority ...

Local governments are the main grassroots unit close to the local community as it provide comfort, convenience, democratic values and accelerate economic development. Though it has the power to maintain its budget by ...

Buildings should be visualized for operation and maintenance at the early stage life cycle. The building structure is noticeably influenced by design variables. Past studies show that design variables like building shape, ...

The following research paper was published from the above-mentioned title " Sri Lankan public hospital space utilization where to next"