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Embodied carbon in commercial office buildings : lessons learned from Sri Lanka (2021)
Journal Article
Nawarathna, A., Alwan, Z., Gledson, B., & Fernando, N. (2021). Embodied carbon in commercial office buildings : lessons learned from Sri Lanka. Journal of Building Engineering, 42, 102441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102441

Growing concerns over the importance of reducing the embodied carbon (EC1) of buildings have led to a greater focus on EC-related research and policymaking. Nevertheless, the Sri Lankan building sector is currently lagging behind on this issue. While... Read More about Embodied carbon in commercial office buildings : lessons learned from Sri Lanka.

Merging academic research and industry requirements for innovative construction management practices in Sri Lanka : a study on critical success factors (2020)
Journal Article
critical success factors. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 18(1), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2020.1781303

The application of a ‘knowledge-based economy’, which is a mainstream theory in many sectors, is rarely visible in the construction industry, especially in developing countries. Accordingly, the negative consequence of weak academic-industry interac... Read More about Merging academic research and industry requirements for innovative construction management practices in Sri Lanka : a study on critical success factors.

Academic research in emerging knowledge-based economies : the case of Sri Lankan construction industry (2018)
Journal Article
Hadiwattege, C., Sandanayake, Y., Senaratne, S., & Fernando, N. (2018). Academic research in emerging knowledge-based economies : the case of Sri Lankan construction industry. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(4), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2017-0134

Purpose Knowledge-based economies are popular in the present world. Simultaneously, universities are becoming more responsible for leading economic development through research. As a key contributor to the national economy, it is vital for the con... Read More about Academic research in emerging knowledge-based economies : the case of Sri Lankan construction industry.

Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector (2018)
Journal Article
Gunarathna, C., Jing Yang, R., & Fernando, N. (2018). Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(2), 178-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2016-0233

The Sri Lankan commercial building industry is currently experiencing a construction boom after thirty years of civil war. Creating a dispute free environment through well conflict management is one of the main ways to keep the continuous demand and... Read More about Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector.

Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Fernando, N. (2018). Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review. Procedia Engineering, 212, 962-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.124

The rate of internal displacements and consequent resettlements are increasing rapidly and drawing the attention of the world. More often than not, the consequences of resettlement will have an impact on two different communities; the community which... Read More about Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review.

Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector (2018)
Journal Article
estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector. https://doi.org/10.1999/1307-6892/10008556

Global carbon reduction is not merely a responsibility of environmentally advanced developed countries, but also a responsibility of developing countries regardless of their less impact on global carbon emissions. In recognition of that, Sri Lanka... Read More about Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector.

Carbon and cost critical elements of buildings : a comparative analysis of two office buildings (2017)
Journal Article
Victoria, M., Perera, S., Davies, A., & Fernando, N. (2017). Carbon and cost critical elements of buildings : a comparative analysis of two office buildings. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 7(5), 460-470. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2016-0086

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to identify and compare cost and carbon critical elements of two office buildings and to propose an early design stage cost and carbon control strategy to achieve an optimum balance between building Capital Cost (CC)... Read More about Carbon and cost critical elements of buildings : a comparative analysis of two office buildings.

Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article
Senarath Jayasinghe, R., & Fernando, N. (2017). Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 7(2), 199-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-09-2015-0049

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to establish labour productivity norms (LPNs) on an elemental basis to investigate a measurement for the labour productivity (LP) of aluminium system formwork (ASF) in low-cost housing projects (LHPs) in Sri Lan... Read More about Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka.

Change management framework to enable sustainable outsourcing of facilities management services (2016)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., & Fernando, N. (2016). Change management framework to enable sustainable outsourcing of facilities management services. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 6(3), 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-08-2014-0041

Purpose: In this present globalised era, outsourcing has become a very popular and much sought after procurement strategy for Facilities Management (FM). Generally, a sustainable procurement system should be capable enough to deliver the services fre... Read More about Change management framework to enable sustainable outsourcing of facilities management services.

The career advancement of the professional women in the UK construction industry : The career success factors
Journal Article
Fernando, N., Amaratunga, D., & Haigh, R. The career advancement of the professional women in the UK construction industry : The career success factors. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 12(1), 53-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-04-2012-0018

Purpose – This paper aims to explore and investigate the career success of professional women in the UK construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – The aim of the research was set following the literature review and synthesis, after which... Read More about The career advancement of the professional women in the UK construction industry : The career success factors.