Browsing by Author "Ganeshu, P"

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Analysis of survival factors of subcontractors in economic recession
Misbah, ASM; Disaratna, V; Ganeshu, P; Nazeer, FS
Subcontracting is a term which means giving a portion of the work or obligations to another party called as subcontractor (SC) under a contract. This was used in several industries but in the construction industry, it plays a vital role to complete the project with a higher quality of output. In gross domestic product (GDP) calculation of the national economy, the significance of the construction industry is very high. When a country faces an economic recession, it has a direct impact on the construction industry and the stakeholders of that industry. A small number of researches was available regarding how the construction firms handle the external changes like economic recession. In this respect, this research analyses the key strategies used by the SCs when they face an economic recession. Purposive sampling method was used for data collection and a questionnaire survey was selected as the basic technique to collect data. The respondents were first asked about their profile and then about the effect of recession and survival strategies in economic recession. Relative Importance Index (RII) method was used to rank the effects and the strategies according to its importance given by the respondents. Findings of the research were that there are various strategies which are most important to the survival of subcontracting firms “Increasing the focus on forming relationship with main contractors”, “maintain goodwill to get additional financial support from bank”, “Implementing stricter site management to reduce material and time wastage”, “Implementing stricter financial management on company cash flow”, and “bidding for more projects that are within the firm’s resources and capabilities”. Finally, practicable suggestions were identified for SCs to survive in the construction industry during the economic recession period.;.
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Comprehensive study about Sri Lankan contractors’ estimation practice
(Ceylon Institute of Builders, 2015-06) Ganeshu, P; Disaratna, PAPVDS; Francis, M; Sandanayake, YG; Fernando, NG; Karunasena, GI
The “estimating process” is a significant element within the circle of construction due to the lack of financial resources available. Tender cost estimating in Sri Lankan construction industry requires extensive knowledge and expertise. This research proposed a best estimation practice to the Sri Lankan construction industry. This study expects it will fulfil the research gap and uplift the Sri Lankan contractors’ current estimation practice. The aim of this research is to suggest solutions to address the limitations of current estimating practice prevailing in the Sri Lankan construction industry comparing to the proposed best estimation practice. This research has been conducted through literature reviews, questionnaire survey and interviews. The questionnaire included sixteen steps identified as the best estimation practice through literature review and interviews, with a view to find out the current estimation practice of Sri Lankan contractors. The analysis of data revealed although they are following all sixteen steps, they couldn’t able to gain the maximum benefit of those steps owing to some limitations. Therefore in order to find out the solutions for those limitations Seventeen interviews were carried out. Among those, nine interviews were from contractors and eight interviews were from consultants. These conclude that limitations and solutions identified by the contractors were similar with those identified by the consultants. In the comparison of their opinions the degree of agreement on most of the factors between them is high. It shows consultants’ understanding about contractors’ works are quite high. The study recommended that both contractors and consultants give more attention to the cost estimating process to manage the projects in a better way and to hire qualified technical staff in order to obtain an accurate estimate. Contractors were requested to keep databases and to make relevant changes and modifications in their existing estimating practices in their future projects.
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Comprehensive Study about Sri Lankan Contractors’ Estimation Practice
(2015-08-20) Ganeshu, P; Disaratna, PAPVDS; Francis, M
The “estimating process” is a significant element within the circle of construction due to the lack of financial resources available. Tender cost estimating in Sri Lankan construction industry requires extensive knowledge and expertise. This research proposed a best estimation practice to the Sri Lankan construction industry. This study expects it will fulfil the research gap and uplift the Sri Lankan contractors’ current estimation practice. The aim of this research is to suggest solutions to address the limitations of current estimating practice prevailing in the Sri Lankan construction industry comparing to the proposed best estimation practice. This research has been conducted through literature reviews, questionnaire survey and interviews. The questionnaire included sixteen steps identified as the best estimation practice through literature review and interviews, with a view to find out the current estimation practice of Sri Lankan contractors. The analysis of data revealed although they are following all sixteen steps, they couldn’t able to gain the maximum benefit of those steps owing to some limitations. Therefore in order to find out the solutions for those limitations Seventeen interviews were carried out. Among those, nine interviews were from contractors and eight interviews were from consultants. These conclude that limitations and solutions identified by the contractors were similar with those identified by the consultants. In the comparison of their opinions the degree of agreement on most of the factors between them is high. It shows consultants’ understanding about contractors’ works are quite high. The study recommended that both contractors and consultants give more attention to the cost estimating process to manage the projects in a better way and to hire qualified technical staff in order to obtain an accurate estimate. Contractors were requested to keep databases and to make relevant changes and modifications in their existing estimating practices in their future projects.
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Deciding on the consultancy fee for re-measurement contracts in the Sri Lankan construction industry
Madushani, SDA; Seneviratne, LDIP; Ganeshu, P
Construction industry is the necessary national backbone in developing countries. Consultants are the stakeholders who supplies objective and independent external service to the client. Consulting is gradually becoming a more standard service, price being the main factor in clients’ contracting decision so consulting firms continually strives for cost reductions to provide a competitive pricing advantage. By conducting a comprehensive literature synthesis history about consulting fee decision criteria and IQSSL fee proposal were determined. Subsequently, expert interviews were conducted. Semi structured interviews and reviewing documents were used as data collection methods. Collected data was analysed using code based content analysis. It was revealed that, procurement methods and the consultancy fee have a relationship. Construction management contracts and the re-measurement contracts has the highest consultancy fee. There are number of factors to be considered when deciding on the consultancy fee. Findings suggested that independent quantity surveying consultancy fee is within the range between from 0.4% to 1.2% of the contract sum and IQSSL proposal has to accommodate number of improvements for it to be practiced in the Sri Lankan construction industry.
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Developing a pre-task plan for the Sri Lankan construction industry
Madhuwanthi, HAS; Seneviratne, LDIP; Ganeshu, P
Earlier planning outputs a larger impact against unprecedented changes in construction projects. Pre-task planning (PTP) is a collaborative process that allied prior planning and safety together at the site in the daily basis. PTP allows task-based planning in the sense of associated hazard identification, mitigation and resource allocation. PTP starts with the task definition and moves with job hazard analysis while mandating the scheduling and a pre-job briefing. Therefore, the research was aimed at investigating the use of PTP in the construction projects in Sri Lanka. The study adopted a qualitative research approach. An extensive literature review was conducted and twelve, semistructured interviews involving project managers, safety engineers, site supervisors and site engineers were carried out to investigate the application of PTP in the construction industry, process of PTP, responsible parties to conduct pre-task planning and proposing a suitable format for a pre-task plan. The collected data through the expert interviews were then subjected to a content analysis. Findings confirmed that Construction industry of Sri Lanka is practicing the pre-task planning as safety and resource allocating technique. Further, tasks identification, recognition of potential hazards associated with the tasks, mitigation measures, record, and report were identified as key steps in the process of pre-task planning. Site supervisor was the key responsible party over others in conducting pre-task planning. Primary components that need to be included in the pre-task plan as emphasized by the respondents are; equipment, material, labour, personal protective equipment, work plan and hazards and precautions.
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Enhance the collaborative involvement of stakeholders through cloud-based BIM in the Sri Lankan construction industry
(Ceylon Institute of Builders - Sri Lanka, 2022-06-24) Mohanaraj, R; Ganeshu, P; Gowsiga, M; Sandanayake, YG; Waidyasekara, KGAS; Gunatilake, S
The construction industry relies on the collaboration of stakeholders for a successful outcome, as most the stakeholders are from multidisciplinary organisation to achieve a particular goal. In addition, information in the construction industry must be more accurate and on time to increase the project performance. Even though cloud-based collaboration can be a useful tool for working with the stakeholder, is not being used widely yet. Therefore, it is required to analyse the feasibility of collaborative stakeholders’ participation on cloud-based Building Information Modelling. Hence, this paper outlines: the level of stakeholder collaborative involvement in cloud-based Building Information Modelling; the benefits of stakeholder collaborative involvement through cloud-based Building Information Modelling; limitation for the cloud-based Building Information Modelling; as well as strategies to overcome these limitations. Findings of the study indicated that even though, the benefits derived from the stakeholder collaboration are high, the collaborative involvement level in cloud-based Building Information Modelling is very low due to several limitations. therefore, this study propose some strategies to overcome the limitations such as: the government can provide training and awareness programmes; formulate regulations allowing for electronic-data processing to lower tax; develop Building Information Modelling execution plans with assistance from the Construction Industry Development Authority; and improve Building Information Modelling Execution plans with the technology.
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Impact of ineffective tendering processes on construction projects
(Ceylon Institute of Builders, 2018-06) Srimal, NAJN; Disaratna, V; Ganeshu, P; Sandanayake, YG; Gunatilake, S; Waidyasekara, KGAS
Tendering process is the method adopting in procurement for the selection of the contractor, who is responsible for carrying out the construction works. The tendering process is built up with several functions, performed by main tendering stakeholders. Certain substandard practices of the stakeholders during the tendering process create an ineffective tendering process. It directly results in adverse outcomes during the post contract stage of a construction project. Due to the high involvement of these ineffective tendering outcomes, the construction project is impacted adversely and may fail in fulfilling the project objectives effectively. The research investigated the impact of the ineffective tendering process to the construction project and it was equipped by questionnaire survey while the analyses are carried out in a specific analysis method developed for this research. Initially the research found the contribution of the substandard practices to cause the ineffective tendering process. Then the probabilistic impacts to the construction project were investigated through the probabilistic outcomes from the ineffective tendering process. Additionally, the research has brought some effective solutions to mitigate ineffective tendering process. The findings of the research indicated that the effect from the ineffective tendering process to the construction project can be mitigated by properly following the governing tender rules, adhering to good codes of conduct and ethics, managing the future risks during the estimating process by the bidders and maintaining better communication during tendering.