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  • Suitability of traditional procurement system for green buildings in Sri Lanka 
    Rubasinghe, K; Disaratne, V; Mahinkanda, MMMP [Conference-Full-text]
    Green building construction is a momentous process of sustainability. It signifies the environmental credibility of sustainable. Further, it addresses the energy performance, overall cost of the construction product and ...
  • Typologies of offsite construction 
    Ginigaddara, B; Perera, S; Feng, Y; Rahnamayiezekavat, Payam [Conference-Full-text]
    In the 21st century, where smart and modern technologies are developed at an expeditious rate, construction industry has survived over centuries, despite its slow rate of technology adaptations, poor productivity, lower ...
  • Understanding liveability: related concepts and definitions 
    Tennakoon, TMMP; Kulatunga, U [Conference-Full-text]
    The rapid unplanned urbanization of metropolitan areas has manifested number of challenges in terms of infrastructure, energy consumption, health care, waste management and resilience. Thus, forming “liveable” city for ...
  • Untapped potentials of built environment professionals in national disaster resilience action plans in Sri Lanka 
    Palliyaguru, R; Nawarathna, A; Jayalath, C [Conference-Full-text]
    Even though many governments have ambitious plans for speedy and effective post disaster recovery a less success rate has been recorded in many parts of the World including Sri Lanka. In light of this situation, a growing ...
  • Use of bim solutions to facilitate value management 
    Punnyasoma, JAG; Jayasena, HS; Tennakoon, TMMP [Conference-Full-text]
    Value management is a practice of generating innovate alternative ideas to improve the value of a project where the goals are to achieve a more efficient design, identify alternative methods of constructions, identify ...
  • Use of shipping container housing concept as a low cost housing solution for resettlement projects in urban areas 
    Ishan, JRP; De Silva, N; Withanage3, KT [Conference-Full-text]
    Today, one-third of the world’s urban population live in slums and shanties., while prioritizing adequate housing as their basic need. They face a lack of basic needs such as clean air, water, sanitation and healthy ...
  • What differentiates a smart city? a comparison with a basic city 
    Samarakkody, AL; Kulatunga, U; Bandara, HMND [Conference-Full-text]
    Distinctive nature of the problems a city holds, baptise a “smart city”, which is a term, at the same time, is blamed for being befogged. Although defining the term “a smart city” is worth taking a risk, the maturity of ...
  • Workers’ behaviour towards noise pollution control on construction sites 
    Kaluarachchi, MS; Waidyasekara, KGAS; Rameezdeen, R [Conference-Full-text]
    Noise pollution is a noticeable hazard in construction sites, which can cause severe damage to the health and safety of workers and the neighbouring community. Number of studies have investigated control measures for ...