Post conflict housing reconstruction

Seneviratne, Krisanthi; Amaratunga, Rdg; Haigh, Richard

doi:10.1108/bepam-08-2014-0034

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“…Sri Lankan commercial building industry is currently experiencing a construction boom after 30 years of civil war (Seneviratne et al, 2015). The industry obtained a massive demand and development in the past few years due to the increment of new investments, tourism, infrastructure development and industrial development (The Report, Sri Lanka, 2016).…”

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Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector

Gunarathna

Yang

Fernando

2018

Eng, Const and Arch Man

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to understand the prevailing conflict management styles in Sri Lankan commercial building industry from the main stakeholders' perspective. The dual concern theory is applied to this study as a theory foundation. Design/methodology/approach -The Sri Lankan commercial building industry is currently experiencing a construction boom after 30 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 development of construction. However, the Sri Lankan construction sector is arranged in such a way that they directly approach the dispute resolution rather than avoiding the dispute initially through proper conflict management. Four cases are selected for this study with the intention of conducting meetings with three main stakeholders of each case who represented client, consultants and contractors, respectively. Findings -The research findings reveal that compromising is the most common conflict management style used by the industry. Forcing style obtained the second place in the ranking whereas obliging and avoiding received third and fourth places. Originality/value -This study is conducted to provide a full picture of conflicts faced by the Sri Lankan commercial building industry and their proper management so that the future projects will use this information to diminish the destructive effects of conflict situations and provide a real value for money.

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Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector

Gunarathna

Yang

Fernando

2018

Eng, Const and Arch Man

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“…Since the conclusion of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, the Sri Lankan construction sector has been progressively rising, resulting in a construction boom in the country (Seneviratne et al ., 2015). As indicated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan construction industry rose by 21.6%, while its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached Rs.…”

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Barriers to risk management in small construction projects in Sri Lanka

Lebunu Hewage,

Wadu Mesthrige,

Too

2024

BEPAM

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PurposeThis study explores the current status of risk management (RM) in Sri Lanka and the obstacles in implementing RM in Sri Lankan small construction projects.Design/methodology/approachThe current research study adopted a quantitative research method. Using a purposeful sampling strategy, 100 construction companies engaged in small construction projects in Sri Lanka were selected and a questionnaire was distributed among top managerial employees of these companies. Employees belonging to 47 companies responded to the survey which provided information relating to 812 construction projects. The collected data were analyzed using the RM implementation index (RMII) and other quantitative measures such as mean, median and percentages.FindingsThe research findings indicated that RM incorporation was at a lower degree in small construction projects in Sri Lanka. The findings further indicated that RM incorporation was relatively high in the public construction projects compared to the private construction projects. The main obstacles identified through the survey for RM implementation were: “lack of funding”, “lack of time”, “low profit margin”, “not economical” and “lack of knowledge”.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was limited to exploring RM implementation in small construction projects in Sri Lanka. The study was limited to the building construction companies under the 150-million-rupee (approx. below 450,000 USD) financial limit registered with the construction industry development authority in Sri Lanka.Originality/valueRM in small construction projects in developing countries is a relatively less explored domain. Sri Lankan construction industry is another relatively less explored domain in terms of new management technique implementation such as RM and value management. The quantitative approach used for the study revealed that RM implementation is at a lower degree in the small construction projects. Moreover, several obstacles pertaining to RM implementation were recognized through this study. These findings will be useful for the construction stakeholders to overcome the recognized barriers and effectively use RM in their respective construction projects.

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