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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 ... -
The Impact of Cost Overrun Factors on the Project Performance in the Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
(2022-09)The construction sector is an extremely vital business for the sake of the economic growth of the nation. However, this sector has been suffering significant issues by the inability to finish ... -
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 ... -
Investigating the Thermal Comfort and Well-being of Differently Abled War Veteran’s Housing in Sri Lanka
(2022-09)Wellbeing inindoor built environment has become a crucial research topic in relation to thermal comfort which help to improve sustainable builtenvironments. Thus, thermal comfort requirements ... -
An investigation of the resource finding issues in highway construction projects in Sri Lanka with COVID-19 pandemic situation
(2022-09)The construction resources are most necessary for running the construction projects consistently up to their finishing stage and construction resource planning and management compulsory to ensure pro ... -
Mapping the pattern of distribution of Threatened Marine Species from the X-Press Pearl Ship explosion using GIS techniques
(2022-09): Over 90% of global trade is done by shipping the world, the marine sector supports the transportation of a variety of critical items while balancing the global economy and keeping countries ...