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 ...
Construction of concrete bridges gained popularity after the introduction of pre-stressed concrete in 1950s, due to low cost of maintenance and locally available construction material. The concrete bridge industry was ...
Among the concrete strengthening applications, Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) systems offer better mechanical properties than other alternatives, such as stronger tensile strength, stiffness, and durability. Most ...
Due to their superior qualities in contrast with the alternatives, Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strengthening techniques have proven great performance in externally strengthening Reinforced Concrete (RC) elements. ...
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strengthening techniques have gained
popularity compared to other retrofitting methods due to its superior performance.
While ample research had been done regarding retrofitting of ...
Over three thousand people die annually on the roads of Sri Lanka due to traffic crashes. This
is a massive socio and economic problem faced by the country. Road crashes globally cause
more than 1.3 million fatalities ...
Deployable structures play a vital role in a variety of applications such as aerospace
structures, rapid development civil engineering projects, medical devices,
reconfigurable robotics and many other engineering ...
Landfilling has now become a prime concern all around the world, not only
because it squanders usable land, it causes major environmental issues such
as contamination of soil, water, and air, as well as an impact on ...
Thin Asphalt surfacing (TAS) is an innovative idea that has the potential to lower
construction and maintenance costs of road construction in Sri Lanka. Laboratory based
studies conducted in Sri Lanka have shown that the ...
The Box Culverts are drainage structures that allow to cross, small to medium scale water paths.
They generally founded in soil where scouring is not an issue. The advantage of the box culvert
is that it can be rested ...
Hydrological modelling plays a vital role in understanding the hydrological system of
any watershed and providing reliable data to manage the water resources of the relevant
watershed in a sustainable manner. Among the ...
Watershed, Sri Lanka
An accurate representation of spatial precipitation is significant for hydrological studies.
Spatial precipitation is also the basic input for distributed hydrological models and the
accuracy of ...
Streamflow variability is important in basin water resources management to analyze and plan
for the present and future hazards and vulnerabilities affecting effective water management.
The unique feature of soil to hold ...
Drought is an creeping hazard that is least understood and the most complex of all-natural
hazards. The drought study requires large historical climatological and meteorological datasets
and their complex inter-relationships. ...