This research study compares and analyses the running costs between sustainable and conventional construction in the context of economic crises. The research methodology adopts a case study strategy with a mono-method ...

Construction industry plays a major role in the Sri Lankan economy. This research has been conducted to examine whether the construction industry of Sri Lanka is corrupted and is there any cost amplification due to corruption. ...

The rapid development of the technology paved the way towards the new trends and innovations in each and every industry. This is a universal truth which has no any exceptions to the construction industry which faces rapid ...

Academic research in built environment consists 0[ cognitive, affective as well as behavioural components. Existing built environment research does not reveal maf!J encouraging signs 0[ changes in the wqy that the ...

This study identifies severe cost factors that define the construction project cost in order to reduce costs and cost overruns in public sector building projects. A comprehensive literature survey was followed by two ...

An Unsolicited Proposal (USP) is a privately initiated process that is an alternative to the solicited procurement method. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) that are launched on an unsolicited basis, become popular among ...

A university is a scholarly organism committed to inquiry, investigation and discovery at all levels with an embedded symbiotic relationship between teaching, research and also practice. Lecturers receive a number of ...

Academic research in built environment consists of cognitive and affective, as well as behavioural components. There is a broad consensus in the literature that successful communication between researchers and research ...

Occurrence of conflicts, claims and disputes within the construction projects is very frequent. Conflicts cause to inefficiencies and losses to the final project in all three terms of cost, quality and time. Poor procurement ...

Construction is the ultimate objective of a design, and the transformation of a design by construction into a useful structure which is accomplished through proper management of human, material, machineries and equipment ...