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Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: Investigation into the socio-economic impacts (2023)
Book Chapter
Siriwardhana, S., Kulatunga, U., & Ingirige, B. Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: Investigation into the socio-economic impacts. In Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries (55 - 69). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003160823

Resettlement has been adopted as a flood-preventive strategy to reduce the vulnerability of communities, especially those in flood-prone areas. While providing safe locations, resettlement needs to ensure long-term sustainability and satisfaction in... Read More about Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: Investigation into the socio-economic impacts.

An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective (2018)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., & Wedawatta, G. (2018). An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective. In S. Amir (Ed.), The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience : A New Perspective on Governing Risk and Disaster (245-264). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8509-3

This book considers the concept of resilience in a global society where coping with the consequence and long term impact of crisis and disaster challenges the capacity of communities to bounce back in the event of severe disruption. Catastrophic even... Read More about An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective.

Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends (2017)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., Perera, S., Ruikar, K., & Obonyo, E. (2017). Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

This chapter provides the concluding highlights of this book. Many past studies conducted in the construction industry confirm the positive impact of utilising ICTs, with an improving effect on costs, scheduling and quality. The various sections and... Read More about Conclusions – summary, the status quo and future trends.

Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations (2017)
Book Chapter
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2017). Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

According to Kenny (2007), construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, amounting to between 5% and 7% of GDP in most countries and accounts for a significant part of the global gross capital formation a little under one-third. As noted across... Read More about Innovation in e-business : issues related to adoption for micro and SME organisations.

Introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Perera, S., Ruikar, K., Ingirige, B., & Obonyo, E. (2017). Introduction. In Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

The construction industry of most countries is considered the growth engine of the economy often acting as the regulator of economic activity. This makes it important to continually innovate its practice and processes. One of the primary ways of infu... Read More about Introduction.

Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension Project : the BIM journey so far of a public sector client (2016)
Book Chapter
Underwood, J., Chomeniuk, J., Brady, L., & Woodcock, D. (2016). Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension Project : the BIM journey so far of a public sector client. In S. Perera, B. Ingirige, K. Ruikar, & O. Obonyo (Eds.), Advances in Construction ICT and e-Business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315690698

May 2011 witnessed the UK Government’s commitment to support a transformation of the construction industry through the launch of their Construction Strategy (2011), which mandates BIM (Level 2) on all public procured projects by 2016. Since its launc... Read More about Manchester Central Library and Town Hall Extension Project : the BIM journey so far of a public sector client.

Mobile computing applications within construction (2016)
Book Chapter
Aziz, Z., Harun, N., & Alaboud, N. (2016). Mobile computing applications within construction. In S. Perera, B. Ingirige, K. Ruikar, & E. Obonyo (Eds.), Advances in Construction ICT and e-business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315690698

Given the fact that construction sites comprise dynamic and unstructured work environments and hazardous work settings, it necessitates the use of intelligent ways to support mobile construction workers. In recent years, there have been significant d... Read More about Mobile computing applications within construction.

Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts
Book Chapter
Siriwardhana, S., Kulatunga, U., & Ingirige, B. (2023). Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts. In V. Oladokun, D. Proverbs, O. Adebimpe, & T. Adedeji (Eds.), Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries. Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003160823-6

Resettlement has been adopted as a flood-preventive strategy to reduce the vulnerability of communities, especially those in flood-prone areas. While providing safe locations, resettlement needs to ensure long-term sustainability and satisfaction in... Read More about Resettlement as a flood-preventive measure in Sri Lanka: investigation into the socio-economic impacts.