Colombo plays host to 6th World Construction Symposium
View(s):The annual World Construction Symposium 2017 was held earlier this month at Hotel Galadari.
The World Construction Symposium is an annual international industry event taking place in Sri Lanka focusing on sustainable construction. The symposium provides a special forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of sustainable construction worldwide to share their knowledge, experience and research findings. It was jointly organised by the Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) and Building Economics Management and Research Unit (BEMRU) of the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa, the CIOB said in a media release.
Over 50 research papers were presented by academics and industry professionals from countries such as Sri Lanka, Turkey, Oman, India, Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Over 100 foreign delegates and over 200 local delegates attended the symposium which concluded with a panel discussion on ‘Public Private Partnerships’ where representatives from the private sector, state officials and officers from donor agencies took part and aired their views.
Chandima Weerakody, Minister of Skill Development and Vocational Training was the Chief Guest while Prof. Akintola Akintoye from the University of Central Lancashire, UK and Prof. Srinath Perera from the Western Sydney University, Australia delivered the keynote addresses at the inaugural session of the symposium.
Other notable participants of the symposium were Prof. Ananda Jayawardena, Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa; Prof. Lalith De Silva, Dean, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa; Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy, Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong and Editor in Chief of Built Environment Project and Asset Management Journal, Academics and Research Scholars from Liverpool John Moores University, University of Hong Kong, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Northumbria University, Robert Gordon University and Western Sydney University.