Earth retaining structures are a key component in most engineering constructions. The present design practice as per the standard procedure is limited to analysis the structure under anticipated permanent design loads. ...

Vehicle ownership is a chief determining factor in many country’s economy. In the Sri Lankancontext, the vehicle ownership rate is expressively increased, over the last decade. The roadcongestion in urban and suburban areas ...

The world is leading to an Industrial revolution by automating and integrating novel construction technologies for efficient decision-making. However, the local Construction industry lacks to adopt state-of-the-art digital ...

The study's main aim was to develop a lightweight walling panel for apartment buildings by employing coconut [coir] fiber with waste polyethylene. In this study, the flexural performance of coconut fiber reinforced polymer ...

ABSTRACT Along with the celebrated history in the field of construction in the world, wood has been a building material for hundreds of years. The stability of timber structures is influenced by their reliance on ...

Completion of projects on time is one of the major challenge faced by the construction industry. There are many studies conducted on construction project delays focusing on causes and effects of delays and mitigation ...

Productivity of construction equipment refers to the value of work done in a period as a piece of individual equipment or as a fleet of equipment. Estimating the actual productivity of construction equipment requires ...

Main reasons for the failure of construction projects in Sri Lanka are the lack of an effective Monitoring and Evaluation. Because project management is such an important component of the planning and execution of a ...

Construction industry is identified as one of the most asset intensive industries. The dependance on fixed assets such as construction machinery, equipment, plant and vehicles has made industry vulnerable to failures due ...

Construction of concrete bridges gained popularity after the introduction of pre-stressed concrete in 1950s, due to low cost of maintenance and locally available construction material. The concrete bridge industry was ...