The governments of most developing countries face a challenging situation with resettling of people residing in unauthorized structures in urban areas. Literature reveals that low-income family condominiums (LIFC) can use ...
It is assumed that licit and illicit drugs are commonly used by construction workers. The risk profile for alcohol and drugs on construction sites varies, from catastrophic accidents that result in severe injury or death ...
The study, titled "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Price Fluctuation in Construction Materials in Sri Lanka," aims to investigate the impact of the global health crisis on the construction sector, which has seen ...
The goal of this study was to identify the key competencies of a client who is responsible for the success of a health sector project in Sri Lanka. A literature review was carried out to determine the client's competency ...
Sri Lankan construction industry is experiencing a boom. The lack of skilled labor in the construction sector causes numerous problems for projects. Many medium sized construction projects heavily rely on skilled labor to ...
As the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 (Coronavirus 2019)
outbreak as a pandemic, many countries have declared national lockdown in 2020. This
unexpected lock down situation has mainly restricted ...
The world is leading to an Industrial revolution by automating and integrating novel
construction technologies for efficient decision-making. However, the local Construction
industry lacks to adopt state-of-the-art digital ...
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is currently a widely discussed topic all around the
world since most of the population spend majority of their time indoors. However in
Sri Lanka, there is less discussion on SBS. Among the ...
Completion of projects on time is one of the major challenge faced by the construction
industry. There are many studies conducted on construction project delays focusing on
causes and effects of delays and mitigation ...
The bridge construction industry in Sri Lanka has been severely affected by the time
overrun events in the past. The trend is continuing and the requirement of taking mitigation
measures in the industry is a high priority. ...
Productivity of construction equipment refers to the value of work done in a period as a piece
of individual equipment or as a fleet of equipment. Estimating the actual productivity of
construction equipment requires ...
With the view of wining the global economic race and achieving inspiration of the
nation, Sri Lanka is undergoing several number of major construction projects all over
the country. It is one of the key ways of investment ...
Main reasons for the failure of construction projects in Sri Lanka are the lack of an effective
Monitoring and Evaluation. Because project management is such an important component of
the planning and execution of a ...
Construction and demolition waste is a major problem to the environment as 40%
of worldwide waste is generated from the construction industry. Waste material is generated
in building construction sites as a result of ...
Construction industry is identified as one of the most asset intensive industries. The
dependance on fixed assets such as construction machinery, equipment, plant and vehicles
has made industry vulnerable to failures due ...
Eco-friendly materials have promptly grown worldwide with its demarcating benefits to the
construction industry. However, in Sri Lanka, construction industry still primarily use traditional
methods and standard materials ...
Managing resources effectively in all fields including Construction and Project management
industry is essential for the development of the country. Many countries have tended to adopt
modern technologies such as mobile ...
In the Colombo Metropolitan Region (CMR), sustained productivity development is
key to Sri Lanka's 2022 growth as a middle income economy. One of the most valuable
growth engines in Sri Lanka is the increased productivity ...
Sri Lanka is a developing country and the construction industry plays a vital role in the contribution of the GDP. From the previous research, it was found, the construction workers play an important role in the project ...
The clients are most important contributor and main participant for the successful
construction project completion which depending on client’s behaviors and play major
role that cannot be avoided. Client involvement is ...