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    Constrains in integrating facilities manager in the project development process in construction industry
    (Ceylon Institute of Builders, 2017-06) Abeydeera, LHUW; Karunasena, G; Hussain, MCN; Sandanayake, YG; Ramachandra, T; Gunatilake, S
    The role of a Facility Manager is to optimize the building performance and ensure smooth operations. The importance of having a facility manager in the development phase of construction projects has been recognised by a majority of the construction companies around the world. Sri Lankan construction sector is yet to recognize the full potential of the Facility Manager, especially in fine tuning a construction project and thus ensuring better operations later. The aim of this research was to identify the potential roles of a Facility Manager and constraints in integrating a Facility Manager in building project development process in Sri Lankan construction industry. In order to achieve the objectives of this research 9 semi structured interviews were conducted among FM and non-FM professionals of the building construction sector and 4 expert interviews were conducted among experienced building construction professionals. Through the interviews, it was identified that Facility Managers have several potential roles in a construction project such as facilities consultant, facilities manager, facilities advisor, facilities supervisor, maintenance advisor and lighting planner. Moreover, several constraints such as limited authority, financial constraints, communication lapses, lack of resources, cost variations and knowledge gap etc. which have restricted the involvement of a FM were recognized through the interviews. Finally, the expert opinions were used to recognize how to integrate the FM in to construction projects by mitigating the constraints and how to utilize the FM knowledge and competencies for building project development process.
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    Reducing accidents in large construction projects in Sri Lanka
    (Ceylon Institute of Builders, 2017-06) Anfas, MM; Seneviratne, LDIP; Abeydeera, LHUW; Sandanayake, YG; Ramachandra, T; Gunatilake, S
    Construction industry is considered as one of the leading industries in Sri Lanka, which contributes a significant percentage to the economy. At the meantime, it causes wide range of impact on health and safety of worker. On the other hand, construction industry is well known as an accident-prone industry. Nowadays, large scale construction projects are commonly distributed throughout the world. Hence, it is highly important to ensure proper safety management in the building process with the rising complexity of the projects. Different types of accidents, contributing factors to the accidents, causes for the accidents and control measure to reduce the accidents were identified through a literature review and it was substantiated through a pilot survey among five safety experts. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was carried out among the safety practitioner who are involving with construction safety, to assess the pre-identified causes, strategies and mostly occurred construction accidents. A quantitative research analysis was carried out to assess the factors which are assess through pilot survey. Specially, RII was used for data analysis to prioritize the factors and one sample t-test was carried out to identify the significant factors by using SPSS. Finally, the analysis results were used to develop the framework. Sixteen different types of accidents, thirty-four causes for the accidents and thirty-five control measure/ safety practices were identified in this study. Among them seventeen causes and nineteen control measures were finalized as critical factors and those factors were used to develop final framework in order to mitigate the accidents in large construction projects in Sri Lanka.