Incorporating warm colours in the interiors of tropical uplands characterissed by a cold climatic condition, was hypothesised to help the inhabitants to perceive the indoor thermal environment as comparatively warmer, ...

Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste is one of the fastest growing waste stream in Sri Lanka due to the construction boom after three decade of war. Thus, C&D waste management has become an environmental problem due to ...

Construction bidding is the procedure for submitting comprehensive proposals by bidders for undertakingconstruction projects. Contractors often procure projects through competitive bidding and the bid/no bid decision making ...

‘Practice-based education (PBE) offers the students an invaluable experience to gain knowledge and improve their skills towards diverse fields which prove the realities in the social and physical context.’ (Clifford, Macy, ...

The quality of the neighboring environment plays a major role in encouraging people to walk when attending to their daily needs. Although many previous studies identified a relationship between different factors of the ...

This study explores the possibility of urban water body induced city cooling in the Sri Lankan context, with special reference to the Beira Lake, Colombo. The research method utilises the computer simulation tool ENVI-met ...

Building a house is a life time venture and a dream of many individuals. However, constructing a house is a complicated process which involves interpreting various ideas and collection of number of people’s effort. In ...

The enormous complexity built into cities makes them difficult to understand for any purpose. The ever changing land uses in any city is not an exemption, despite its importance for planners to know at some level of ...

Payment issues to main contractors and the subcontractors have been a major concern in the construction industry. This research therefore, investigates the payment issues to constructors in the Sri Lankan construction ...

Floods are a prominent issue and the challenge of urban flooding can be turned into an opportunity by adopting rainwater harvesting practices. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) works asa more reliable, cost effective and sustainable ...