Browsing 2022 IRC Articles by Faculty "Faculty of Built Environment and Spatial Sciences (FBESS)"
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Analyse Factors Affecting the Delay in Building Construction Projects in Sri Lanka; Through the Interaction of the Project Team
(2022-09): Constructions are undergoing with an unfavourable situation with their cost overruns due to the delay issues and are exposed into the risk because of the inappropriate identification and minimizing of th ... -
Analyzing the effects of land use and land cover changes on paddy cultivation using Remote Sensing: A case study of Sooriyawewa, Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Land-use and land-cover (LULC) change research is a type of environmental research that is intimately linked to socioeconomic development. At present, the LULC changes are mainly occurred due to physical deve ... -
An Assessment of RTK and PPK Solutions in a CORS Network
(2022-09)Recently, Sri Lanka has developed a greater interest in surveying applications based on Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) technology. CORS Real Time Kinematic (RTK) can perform well ... -
Barrier Analysis to Implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) Execution Plan in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2022-09)Building Information Modeling (BIM) can bring the project team significant advantages. BIM can be used to improve the project's delivery and usage throughout its life cycle. The concept of BIM is ... -
Barrier Analysis to Implement Building Information Modeling (BIM) Execution Plan in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2022-09)Building Information Modeling (BIM) can bring the project team significant advantages. BIM can be used to improve the project's delivery and usage throughout its life cycle. The concept of BIM is ... -
A Case Study on Detecting and Mapping Individual Coconut Trees using YOLOv3 in Conjunction with UAV Remote Sensing for Smart Plantation Management
(2022-09)Location and number data of individual coconut trees are important for surveying planting areas, predicting coconut yield, and managing and planning coconut plantations. This data had usually ... -
Challenges Encountered in Teaching English in Rural Sri Lankan Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Bandaranayake Secondary School in Kiriibbanwewa, Moneragala District
(2022-09)English language competency is a necessary skill in Sri Lanka. With this in mind, successive governments have implemented various approaches to strengthen English Language Education in the rura ... -
Challenges Allied to the Effectiveness of the Environmental ImpactAssessment in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Environmental Impact Assessment is a structured program for evaluating and inspecting environmental factors, in order to support and aid the decision-making or the planning stage of a development ... -
Contribution of green buildings towards achieving sustainability: A perspective of LEED-certified buildings in Sri Lanka
(2022-09): Recently, the focus on green buildings has fore fronted in countries. However, in the context of Sri Lanka, the number of green certified buildings seems to be still at a minimal level and the ... -
The Effectiveness of Health & Safety Training and its Impact on Construction Workers’ Attitudes in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Construction accidents happen due to defects on site environment or else defects on health and safety system. In the recent years, Sri Lankan construction industry experienced a considerable number of ... -
The Existing Sustainable Features in the Sri Lankan Road Construction
(2022-09)One of the world's greatest natural resource exploiters relies on the building and materials sectors for physical and biological support. The concept of sustainable development has been around for ... -
Factors Affecting the Implementation of E-Procurement for Government Sector in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Procurement is known as a substantial instrument in both public and private sector organizations. However, the manual procurement system creates considerable issues, and it can affect to ... -
Feasibility Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Survey for Outer Boundary Surveys
(2022-09)Cadastral surveying is the intellectual and technical process by which the boundaries of each of the land parcels within a given area are defined in a consistent manner. The main problems of the Sri Lank ... -
Foreign funding construction projects in Sri Lanka: review challenges on Technology Transfer with the local stakeholders
(2022-09)Technology is an integral part of construction and domain factor with cost. Most of modern materials, plant, equipment and services are innovated by developed countries and their aim is to ... -
Impact of Flood on the Built-up Environment - A Case Study of Baddegama DS Division
(2022-09)Floods, a recurring phenomenon primarily in low-lying basin areas can be interpreted as beneficial for improving soil structure and cropland products, but they can also be viewed as one of ... -
Impact of Material Management on Cost Overruns in the Construction Projects in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)The construction industry is considered to be a main contributor for development of an economy of a country. Accordingly, in Sri Lanka also the contribution of the construction sector plays ... -
The Impact of Urban Morphological Transformation on Legibility of Old Neighbourhoods; with special reference to old Colombo – Kandy Main Road in Mawanella
(2022-09): Mawanella is a small suburb in Sri Lanka, has been developed as a transitional town since the colonial period. The historical layers of the town were reflected as traditional buildings on either side of ... -
Implementing 6R Principles of the Circular Economy Concept in Sri Lankan Construction Industry
(2022-09)This study is focused on implementing 6R principles of the circular economy concept in Sri Lankan construction Industry and provides a criteria, that can be applied to uplift the adaptation towards the ... -
Investigating the potential of using an alternative finishing material for counter top construction as a cost-effective solution
(2022-09)Current economic situation, material price hikes and shortage of materials have directly and indirectly caused an unprecedented price increment in finishing materials and the total cost of constructi ... -
Investigating the Potential of Utilising Simulation Studies to Identify UHI Mitigatory Strategies in Proposed Cities
(2022-09)Rapid development of urban areas catalyzed the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas. This led for the demand of more dwelling places. Urbanization and industrialization cause for the replacemen ...