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Towards a secure nation: how safe are we against cyclone-induced sea surges?
(2016)Several severe tropical cyclones have hit Sri Lanka in the past century, with those in 1964 and 1978 being the worst, resulting in loss of lives of the order of several hundred as well as considerable damage to housing and ... -
Towards Dispute Resolution in Construction Contracts in Sri Lanka: What is Quantity Surveyor’s role on Dispute Avoidance rather than Dispute Resolution?
(2016)This article considers the Quantity Surveyor?s (QS) role from inception to close-out of the final account by achieving holistic approach on commercial, contractual and contract administrative advice from inception to ... -
Urban Traffic Control Method for Sri Lanka
(2016)Traffic congestion is a major problem in many cities of Sri Lanka. Failures of uncoordinated signal points, poor law enforcement and bad physical management of traffic are the leading causes for congestion. One of the major ... -
Usage of Quarry Dust and Lime as a stabilization agent for Fine grained soils
(2016)From recent past, a great amount of attention has been given to the use of alternative materials, which provide higher engineering quality than conventionally used materials as well as the financial affordability. Engineers ... -
ZigBee Based Wireless Sensor Network for Fire Alarm Monitoring in Naval Vessels
(2016)Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been developed recently with the ZigBee protocol for different applications. Few papers have been investigated on utilizing WSN into the maritime environment with ZigBee protocol. Many ...