Project Management

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Project management team studies techniques and tools used by a vast number of industries and organizations. In civil engineering, project management is important in controlling costs, scheduling, and efficient use of resources. Project initiation, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, code of professional conduct and use of computer-based tools and techniques are studied by the project management team. 

PUBLICATIONS
JOURNALS
  1. Rathnayake, A. and Ranasinghe, M.  (2020), Evaluating Cost and Time Performance of Sri Lankan Construction Projects, Engineer, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Vol. LIII(3), July 2020, pp. 79-90
  2. Daluwatte, L. and Ranasinghe, M.  (2018), Effects of Inputs from the Pre-Construction Activities on the Design Phase of Construction Projects, Engineer, Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, LI(2), pp. 31-42.
  3. Siriwardana, C. and Risath, A.L.M. 2018. Assessment of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for the Deployment of Construction Risk Management Practices in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Civil Engineering.7(5), pp 1-12.
  4. De Silva, N., Ranasinghe, M. and De Silva, C.R. (2016), Risk Analysis in Maintainability of High-Rise Buildings under Tropical Conditions Using Ensemble Neural Network, Facilities, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Vol. 34 (1/2), pp 2-27.
  5. Halwatura, R.U. (2015) ‘Effectiveness of Contractors All Risk (CAR) Insurance Policies in Road Construction Projects’ Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, 9(1), 56-67.
  6. Halwatura, R.U. (2015) ‘Critical Factors Which Govern Labour Productivity in Building Construction Industry in Sri Lanka’, PM World Journal, Vol. IV, Issue IV, 1-13.
CHAPTERS
  1. Thoradeniya, B. and Ranasinghe, M. (2016), Community Stakeholder Viewpoints on Issues     of Urbanisation along the river Ma Oya, Sri Lanka, Chapter 9, Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Livable Cities, Editors; Basant Maheshwari, Vijay P Singh, Bhadranie Thoradeniya, Springer,Water Science and Technology Library, Volume 72, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-319-28110-0 (Print) 978-3-319-28112-4 (Online), pp.135-149.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  1. Daluwatte, L. and Ranasinghe, M.  (2020), Minimising risk of exceeding cost and time in construction projects, Annual Transactions Part B, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 2020.
  2. Rathnayake, A. and Ranasinghe, M.  (2020), A KPI Based Performance Measurement Framework for Sri Lankan Construction Projects. In Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), Sri Lanka, pp. 348-353, doi:10.1109/MERCon 50084. 2020.9185304
  3. Daluwatte, L. and Ranasinghe, M.  (2019), Effects on Construction Project Completion due to Inadequate inputs at the Design Stage. Annual Transactions Part B, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, October 2019, pp. 159-167.
  4. P.L.A.I Shehara and M Ranasinghe (2019), "Assessing the Key Drivers for Cost Overruns in Construction Projects", 2019, IESL Young Members Technical Conference 113th Annual Sessions, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, October 2019.
  5. P.L.A.I Shehara. and M Ranasinghe (2019), "Inadequacies of analysis of preconstruction activities on cost overruns in construction projects", 2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), SriLanka.
  6. Daluwatte, L. and Ranasinghe, M. (2017), Contributory factors for Cost and Time overruns of Construction Projects. Annual Transactions Part B, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, October 2017, pp. 89-96.
  7. Asanka, W.A. and Ranasinghe, M.  (2017), Sub-Contracting and Accident Risk in Construction Industry: A Case Study in Singapore, Annual Transactions Part B, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, October 2017, pp. 97-104.
  8. W.A. Asanka and M. Ranasinghe (2016), Distribution of Responsibilities and Applicability of Risk Assessments in Construction Safety, Annual Transactions Part B, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, October 2016, pp. 455-463.
  9. Thoradeniya, D.L. and Ranasinghe, M. (2016), The Colombo Port City, its major issues and the road to successful implementation, Annual Transactions Part B, Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, October 2016, pp. 429-436.
  10. Palihawadana, M.P. and Jayasinghe, C. ‘Effectiveness of community involvement in development projects in Sri Lanka’, in International Conference on Civil Engineering Applications’, Sri Lanka, 2019.
  11. Nanayakkara, N.H.V.T.N., Udawattha, C.D. and Halwatura, R.U. ‘Investigation on Elements and their fraction of Housing Construction Cost’ in 3rd International Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2017.
  12. Jayasooriya, N.K. and Ekanayake, L.L. (2014) ‘Local Construction Companies and Mega Projects: Foreign Presence in Sri Lanka Construction Industry’. In Proceedings of Civil Engineering Research Symposium, Sri Lanka.
  13. Karunarathna, D.M.T.G.N.M. and Siriwardana, C.S.A. (2019). Productivity and Performance Threats for Local Construction Companies in Sri Lanka. In International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. Kandy: Springer.
  14. Dharmawardhana, M.Y.R., Karunarathna, D.M.T.G.N.M. and Siriwardana, C. (2019). An Activity Analysis to Investigate the Root Causes of Worker Productivity Losses in Sri Lankan Building Construction Project. In Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference. Sri Lanka. , pp. 412-417, doi: 10.1109/MERCon.2019.8818942
  15. Karunarathna, D.M.T.G.N.M. and Siriwardana, C.S.A. (2019). Errors and Reworks Reduction Framework for High Rise Building Construction Projects. In IESL Annual Sessions. Sri Lanka
  16. Siriwardana, C.S.A. and Ranasinghe, D. (2018). Evaluation of Critical Risk Factors (CRF) in local Condominium Developments through Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). In Annual Sessions of IESL. Sri Lanka, pp 387-393.
  17. Siriwardana, C.S.A. and Risath, A.L.M. (2018). A Study to Investigate the Application of Risk Management Techniques in Sri Lankan Construction Projects. In Annual Sessions of IESL. Sri Lanka, PP 643-653.
  18. Siriwardana, C.S.A. and Perera, K.E.S. (2018). Assessment of Electronic Document and Communication Management Systems in Construction Projects. In Annual Sessions of IESL. Sri Lanka, pp 627-632.
  19. Siriwardana, C.S.A. and Karunarathna, D.M.T.G.N.M. (2018). A Tool to Assess Construction Worker Productivity. In Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference. Sri Lanka. pp. 577-582, doi: 10.1109/MERCon.2018.8421909..
  20. Haigh, R., Randil, C., Jayasiri, G., Perera, C., Siriwardana, C., Liyanage, C., Weerasinghe, K.D.N., Hettiarachchi, S.S.L. and Amaratunga, D. (2018). Need for strong university-industry partnerships: a case study in Sri Lanka. In MATEC Web of Conferences. France: EDP Sciences.
  21. Siriwardana, C.S.A., Titov, R. and Ruwanpura, J. (2017). A Study to Investigate the Relationships Between Work Sampling Categories and Productivity for Concrete Slab Formwork. In International Conference in Construction Management and Structural Engineering. Sri Lanka.
  22. Nandapala, M.P.K.C. and Halwatura, R.U. (2014) ‘Construction safety issues related to telecommunication tower, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, Sri Lanka, Volume 4, 101 – 111.
THESES
  1. Karunarathna, D.M.T.G.N.M., (2019) ‘A Tool to assess and improve the construction worker productivity’.
  2. Palihawadana, M.P. (2018) ‘Effectiveness of Community Involvement Development Projects in Sri Lanka’.
  3. Jayawickrama, J.K.T.A. (2016) ‘Comparison of Programme Based Delay Analysis in Road and Building Construction Sector in Sri Lanka’.
  4. Kamaladeepan, K. (2016) ‘Reviewing the Application of Performance Based Maintenance Contracting for Roads’.
  5. Kollalpitiya, K.M.D.D.B. (2016) ‘Identifying and Analyzing Factors that cause for turnover of Construction tradesmen in Military Services in Sri Lanka’
  6. Karunaratne, L.C.K. (2016) ‘Measure the effectiveness of ISO 9001 based Quality Management Systems (QMS) Maintenance and Practices by using Project Performance in the State Sector Construction Organization’.
  7. Dasanayake, M.G.C.B. (2016) ‘Problems Faced by Small Scale Construction Companies in Sri Lanka’
  8. Liyanagama, P.M. (2016) ‘Barriers faced by Civil Engineering graduates to become entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka’.
  9. Pasqual, I.R. (2017) ‘A Win-Win Approach to Subcontracting in Building Construction of Sri Lanka’.
  10. Mendis, L.B.S.K. (2016) ‘Assessment of Key Competencies for Project Managers in Road Construction Industry of Sri Lanka’.
  11. Gamage, L. (2016) ‘A Study on applicable Delay Analysis Techniques of the Building Construction Industry in Sri Lanka’.
  12. Perera, K.E.S. (2016) ‘Assessment of Electronic Document and Communication Management Systems in Construction Projects’.
  13. Ahmed Lebbe, A.J. (2016) ‘Evaluation of Critical Risk Factors at the tendering Stage which Impact the Successful Completion of Building Construction Projects’.
  14. Ranasinghe, A.R.M.D.N.B. (2016) ‘Evaluation of Critical Risk Factors in Local Condominium Developments Through Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)’.
  15. Risath, A.L.M. (2016) ‘Investigation of Risk Management Systems in Sri Lankan Construction Projects’.

 

PROJECTS
  1. Investigation of cost spent / quality of the structure to hold a plaque at Negombo, Presidential Commission of Inquiry, Presidential commission of Enquiry, June 2015.
  2. Investigation on cost spent/ quality on Refurbishment of International Arbitration Centre, World Trade Centre, West tower, Presidential commission of Enquiry, February 2016.
INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATIONS
  1. Dr. C.S.A. Siriwardana has collaborated with International Construction Consortium (ICC) in the investigation of Productivity, Safety, Fire Risk Assessment and Performance improvement of construction projects.