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Applications of design for excellence in prefabricated building services systems

Samarasinghe, T; Mendis, P; Lu, A; Vassos, T [Conference-Abstract]

Prefabrication is a sought after area in the AEC industry for manufacture of building components in an off-site controlled environment. Although, most of the structural element such as panels and modules are efficiently ...

Effects of shading design options on thermal and daylighting performance of a modular house in melbourne

Naji, S; Samarasinghe, T; Aye, Lu [Conference-Abstract]

Prefabrication of houses is a growing industry in Australia. Although prefabrication does not negatively affect the building quality, the potential to provide acceptable indoor environment quality with high energy efficiency ...

Maintenance of building structural systems

Sofi, M; Zou, Z; Lumantarna, E; Mendis, PA; Aye, L [Conference-Abstract]

The aim of this paper is to review the current literature on maintenance of building structural systems. It emphasises the importance of maintenance as an item for consideration from the beginning of the conceptual design ...

Identifying wider economic benefits of prefabricated houses in australia

Yokota, AK; Lu, A [Conference-Abstract]

Prefabricated houses have been at the forefront for the delivery of buildings with less onsite construction time and safer for the workers. Significant savings in terms of cost and reducing waste are some of the primary ...

Investigation on a method to assess road condition based on vibration measurements

Gayan, UKA; De Silva, GHMJS; De Silva, S [Conference-Abstract]

Transportation has become a critical measure of development in most of the developing countries. Building and maintaining transport infrastructure is essential for economic and social development of a country. The high ...

Assessment of ride comfort of passengers based on whole body vibration

De Silva, GHMJS; Lakmali, DKLC [Conference-Abstract]

Today the ride comfort plays an important role in the vehicle design as well as in vehicle judgment. There, the whole-body vibration transmission influences on comfort, performance and health condition of the passengers. ...

Comparison between ground vibrations induced by impact piling and bored piling.

Achuhan, R; Subashi De Silva, GHMJ; Sudhira De Silva [Conference-Abstract]

During piling activities, vibration is generated from the pile driver to the pile then it transferred at the pile-soil interface. However, the level of ground vibration induced by piling may depend on several factors ...

Utilization of fine fraction of construction and demolition masonry waste for mortar

Ranasinghe, HNK; Subashi De Silva, GHMJ; Sudhira De Silva [Conference-Abstract]

Construction and demolition waste plays a major role of the waste production in developing countries and there is scarcity of natural resources also, due to rapid development projects. This research is focused on the ...

Development of expert system for the seismic vulnerability of existing masonry structures

Padmal, HMSS; De Silva, S; De Silva, S [Conference-Abstract]

The collapse of unreinforced masonry structures, that are distributed around the earthquake prone areas of the world, is one of the main causes of death in earthquake disasters. Due to improper methods, lack of knowledge ...

Performance of finger jointed timber boards with different joint configurations

Sathesrajkumar, S; Sudhira, DS; De Silva, SGHM; Muthumala, CK [Conference-Abstract]

Timber is one of the construction materials commonly used in Sri Lanka. When using timber for construction purpose waste timber is also produced. This is being used in a useful manner with finger jointed system. But in Sri ...

Finger joints and their structural performance in different exposure conditions

Vievek, S; Sudhira, DS; Muthumala, GHMJ; De Silva, SGHMJ; Muthumala, CK [Conference-Abstract]

Timber is widely used as a construction material in Sri Lanka for different application. Finger joint is one of the efficient method to minimize the timber wastages arising in the timber industry. In this study main ...

Incorporating recycled pet fibers for green roof slab panel

Prasanthan, T; Sudhira, DS; Subashi, DS; De Silva, SGHMJ [Conference-Abstract]

High consumption of plastics leads to production of large amounts of plastic waste in today’s world and plastic is non-biodegradable so its disposal has been a problem. In order to resolve this problem, recycled PET fibers ...

Fractured landscapes study on landscape fragmentation and degradation due to expressways

Upekshika, UJD; Dharmasena, J; Weerakoon, D [Conference-Abstract]

Landscape fragmentation and degradation is an emerging issue in Sri Lanka, which is a result of the rapid development and inadequate concern on the visual and the environmental factors. Linear developments such as roads ...

Bond performance of CFRP/steel composites: state of the art review

Perera, UND; Gamage, JCPH [Conference-Abstract]

Over the past decade, CFRP (Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer) has been established as an excellent strengthening material to use in the metallic structures. Performance of CFRP strengthened steel members is directly dependent ...

Early age thermal crack control in mass concrete

Girihagama, AWRMGWDB; Nanayakkara, SMA [Conference-Abstract]

Early age thermal cracking due to temperature differential is one of the major issues related to mass concrete construction. Temperature differential is created due to heat of hydration of cement and heat loss from the ...

Alternative foundation system for piles with soft toe condition

Chinthoory, G; De Silva, GTR; De Silva, A [Conference-Abstract]

This paper presents an alternative foundation system implemented for a 17 storied mixed development building at Kollupitiya. Initially, the foundation system of above building was designed to contain bored cast insitu piles ...

Transfer of construction project knowledge throuh lessons-learned practices in Sri Lanka

Thilakarathna, N; Senaratne, S [Conference-Abstract]

The knowledge gained on a particular project is a highly valuable organizational resource. Lessonslearned (LL) practice can be viewed as a key mechanism in capturing and transferring project knowledge created during project ...

A Literature synthesis: merging academic research and industry development requirements for a better responsive construction sector

Hadiwattege, C; Senaratne, S [Conference-Abstract]

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 ...

Effect of construction project team on its leadership: case studies in Sri Lanka

Samaraweera, A; Senaratne, S [Conference-Abstract]

Construction industry adopts different project team settings within its product deliver process with the construction project manager as the leader of such a project team. These construction project teams possess unique ...

Accounting of water footprint in substructure in a typical Multistory concrete building

Jain, H; Shrivastava, S [Conference-Abstract]

In last few decades, the building construction sector of India has become an important indicator of the development as it contributes a fair amount in GDP (gross domestic product) of nation. The fast growing construction ...

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