The landslide is one of the major disaster event in Sri Lanka, which has increased its frequency and after it strikes leave people homeless than any other disaster event. However, setting of pre and post disaster activities ...

The task of assessing cement blocks represents an important strategy in the sustainable design and construction of a building. A principal challenge is the identification of assessment criteria based on the concepts and ...

Major cities have been condensed after decades of rapid urban development. The rapid urban developments of industrial activities have transformed cities into concrete jungles causing severe impacts on the natural ecosystem. ...

Customer Relationship Management in Business to Business Organizations Businesses are in a constant race to increase profits, keep the current customers and gain or poach new ones, competing for customers on the globalised ...

Effective Management of Utility Condominiums Condominiums have become new phenomenon in Sri Lanka. Because of the recent devastation and destruction caused by Tsunami in 2004, the need for housing has become critical and ...

Some extensive researches have been undertaken on raw concrete, structural use of concrete and concrete production although a less concern has been given on the aspects of optimizing cost, quality and time (CTQ) objectives ...

Vertical alignment in high-rise building is a very important aspect. In order to manage the growing demand for spaces in urban cities, the people are now interested in construction of super high-rise buildings. The architects ...

The World Bank has it's own procurement procedures and documentation to be followed by the borrowers of the bank. The Bank dictate these procurement procedures to safeguard their interests. By this act, the benefit gained ...

Previous studies have concluded that interior design parameters have an influence on the productivity in office environment. However this fact does not attract sufficient and significant emphasis in Sri Lankan setting. ...

Aggregates product is one of the main contributors to the construction industry. According to the GSMB records, the total annual production of crushed and broken rock is about 10 million cubic meters. Due to the rapid ...