The growing need and competitive nature of firms in the modern world have been directed the organisations in discovering new solution to improve their business value and performance. E-procurement (EP) system is realised ...

Many Asian countries have adopted Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology in their projects. But BIM Level 2 has not been adopted by Sri Lankan construction industry yet. While there are number of studies on BIM ...

The study focused on developing a cost recovery model to evaluate the profitability of installing solar panels in buildings in Sri Lanka to address the growing demand on the electricity supplied from the national grid. The ...

The basic characteristics of built environment activities are complexity and disputability in its own nature. This complexity drives most of the construction projects and contracts towards disputes between parties. Construction ...

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the highest number of countries that did not meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expired in 2015. Meeting the newly established Sustainable Development Goals ...

Commercial and residential buildings account for almost 40% of the world total energy demand. In order to fulfil that energy requirement, large amount of fossil fuels are used and it has made a greater impact on the ...

PPP projects are often complex, unique and dynamic due to high sunk-in costs and long concession period making it vulnerable to risks (known-unknowns) and uncertainties (unknown-unknowns). Previous researches focus on ...

Sewage treatment plants are the major consumers of energy throughout the world and most of the studies consider completely self-sufficient treatment plants or off-grid solar PV. This study presents the findings of the ...

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) as a sub-set of broader procurement approach of Public Private Partnerships (PPP), uses private sector capacity and public resources in order to deliver public sector infrastructure ...

The Non-Value Adding Activities (NVAAs) generated in a construction process are recognised as one of its major weaknesses since they adversely affect performance and efficiency and produce unwanted cost. Lean construction ...