Use of cement stabilized rammed earth (CSRE) walls is one of the popular method which has been introduced as an alternative walling material for single storey houses. These walls are made with mixture of laterite soil and ...

Reinforced concrete structures often have to face modification and improvement of their performance during their service life. The main contributing factors are change in their use, new design standards, design errors, ...

Application of reinforced concrete as a construction material was first found in the middle of the 19th century. Over the last one and half centuries it has become a popular and widely accepted construction material. Its ...

The results of a comprehensive study on the hydraulic performance of rock armoured rubble mound breakwaters are presented. Based on an extensive literature review, results from selected previous investigations were re-analyzed ...

Steel and concrete composite systems are generally used as major structural components in multi-storey buildings. Composite construction in buildings is more popular with profiled steel sheeting (steel decking) since it ...

This thesis describes a study conducted to produce compost using vegetable market garbage, as the main ingredient .The main objective was to reduce the time of production and to produce good quality compost by inoculation ...

Construction Cost Management encompasses and embraces estimating, scheduling, cost control, resource costing, and interim billing, which are highly interconnected to each other, and share data. Also produces very large ...

Theoretical modeling of the flow field in the vicinity of a porous coastal structure was carried out to investigate the hydro-geotechnical behaviour of such a structure. The area of interest consists of the regions in front ...

There is a great need to construct more durable roads such as concrete roads in Sri Lanka since the government is spending a considerable amount of money every year to maintain the national road network which has been ...

The main thesis examined in this research is that "the embedded energy of construction is much more significant than the operational energy for buildings in a tropical country such as Sri Lanka". All building elements ...