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Leveraging distance learning tools for broad basing education in construction industry disciplines: The importance of a continuous social disclosure (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Keraminiyage, K., Ingirige, B., Amaratunga, R., & Baldry, D. (2005, January). Leveraging distance learning tools for broad basing education in construction industry disciplines: The importance of a continuous social disclosure. Presented at RICS COBRA Conference (held as part of the QUT Research week), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Web- Enabled Project Management: An Emerging Paradigm in Construction (2003)
Journal Article
Alshawi, M., & Ingirige, B. (2003). Web- Enabled Project Management: An Emerging Paradigm in Construction. Automation in Construction, 12(4), 349-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0926-5805%2803%2900003-7

The paper addresses the emerging paradigm of performing project management over the web. It describes the pitfalls in current project management practices amidst the challenges they have to face due to increasing project complexities.At present, the... Read More about Web- Enabled Project Management: An Emerging Paradigm in Construction.

Guidelines for improving social outcomes gained through distance learning tools
Report
Ingirige, B., Amaratunga, R., Sexton, M., Ahmed, V., Baldry, D., & Aouad, G. Guidelines for improving social outcomes gained through distance learning tools

History of distance learning dates back to the late 1960’s. However, with the advent of the Internet it was repositioned as a major tool for course delivery so that students can undertake learning within a setting of their choice aligned with a pace... Read More about Guidelines for improving social outcomes gained through distance learning tools.

Climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka : a literature review
Presentation / Conference
Dasandara, S., Kulatunga, U., Ingirige, B., & Fernando, T. Climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka : a literature review. Presented at 9th World Construction Symposium, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (Online)

The earth’s climate has changed throughout history and climate change can be identified as an inevitable phenomenon which is being experienced by the whole world. When considering the Sri Lankan context, it is no different to the global context in th... Read More about Climate change challenges facing Sri Lanka : a literature review.

Building agrarian infrastructure resilience against climate change impacts : a case of Plateau State, Nigeria
Thesis
Goyol, S. (in press). Building agrarian infrastructure resilience against climate change impacts : a case of Plateau State, Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Agrarian infrastructures dominate development in the Nigerian agricultural sector and incorporate various systems of transportation, irrigation and agricultural services that aim to improve the effectiveness of agricultural production and the sustena... Read More about Building agrarian infrastructure resilience against climate change impacts : a case of Plateau State, Nigeria.

Coping strategies against extreme weather events: A survey of SMEs in the UK
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Jones, K. Coping strategies against extreme weather events: A survey of SMEs in the UK. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs); which generate more than one half of the employment
and turnover, form an important sector of the UK economy. In fact, SMEs are considered as the
backbone of the UK economy due to their significant economi... Read More about Coping strategies against extreme weather events: A survey of SMEs in the UK.

Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Projections into future increasingly suggest that the intensity and frequency of Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) will increase in the future. This has demanded the business organisations as well to be prepared to face the increasing risk of EWEs, in or... Read More about Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events.

Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events
Presentation / Conference
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events. Presented at CIB 2010, University of Salford

Wider scientific community now accept that the threat of climate change as real and thus acknowledge the importance of implementing adaptation measures in a global context. In the UK, the physical effects of climate change are likely to be directly f... Read More about Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events.

Key issues for implementing knowledge management in relational contracting project settings
Presentation / Conference
Bakri, A., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. Key issues for implementing knowledge management in relational contracting project settings. Presented at CIB 2010, University of Salford

The necessity of relational approaches or inter-organisational relationships in construction industry
might due to the nature of construction itself which often highly specialised, complex projects, involving various participants, and also with exte... Read More about Key issues for implementing knowledge management in relational contracting project settings.

Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings
Report
Ingirige, B., Amaratunga, R., Dowdle, D., Keraminiyage, K., Goulding, J., Baldry, D., & Lees, M. Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings

Distance education technologies have come into prominence during the last two decades of the 20th century. Propagation of these technologies, software development and methods of computer aided assessments have been fuelled by the advances in the Inte... Read More about Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings.