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Preparation and Establishment of a Unified National Building Code for Sri Lanka
Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL), a team lead by National Building Research Organisation (NBRO), Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA) and Urban Development Authority (UDA) is in the process of development of a Unified National Building Code for Sri Lanka. Accordingly, as per the request of GoSL team, the World Bank initiated a Technical Assistance to conceptualize the Sri Lankan Building Code and the conceptualization phase to conclude in December 2023. The conceptualization of Sri Lankan Building Code to be performed along with reviewing current building approval process and reviewing existing capacity of officials and practitioners with the consultation of wider stakeholder group representing public sector agencies, academia, professional institutions and practitioners. The final validation workshop of the task was successfully conducted by Arup International Projects Limited, the World Bank commissioned technical consultant, on 13th and 14th of December 2023 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka. The validation conducted under four phases of the building code conceptualization process as listed below;
1) Setting out code technical requirements
2) Organization of code document delivery
3) Updating approval and enforcement processes
4) Planning awareness raising, training and capacity building
With the conclusion of conceptualization phase of the building code by December 2023, the next step involves the initiation of actual code development with the consultation of all the stakeholders. It is expected to be complete the actual code development within two years of time.
Figures: Final Validation Workshops held in December 2023
බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කයේ හල්දුම්මුල්ල ප්රදේශයේ නායයෑමක්. ආපදා පෙර සූදානම හේතුවෙන් ජීවිත රැසක් ආරක්ෂා වේ.
හල්දුම්මුල්ල ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයට අයත් කලිපානවෙල ග්රාම නිළධාරී වසමේ කඳුකර, බෑවුම් සහිත ප්රදේශයක 2023.12.09 දින නායයෑමක් සිදුවී ඇත.
2023.12.08 වන දින මෙම ප්රදේශයේ නායයෑම් පූර්ව ලක්ෂණ නිරීක්ෂණය වීමෙන් අනතුරුව පළාතේ රාජ්ය ආයතන නිළධාරීන් විසින් අදාළ ස්ථානය පරීක්ෂා කර නායයෑම් අධි අවදානම් ලෙස හදුනාගත් පවුල් 25ක් පමණ එම ස්ථානයෙන් තාවකාලිකව ආරක්ෂිත ස්ථාන කරා ඉවත් කර ඇත.
2023.12.09 දින වනවිට මෙම ස්ථානය නායයෑමකට ලක් වූ අතර නායට පෙර අවදානම් සහිත පුද්ගලයින් එම ප්රදේශයෙන් ඉවත්කර තිබීම හේතුවෙන් කිසිදු ජීවිතයකට හානියක් සිදු වී නොමැත. පෙර හඳුනාගත් නායයෑම් අධි අවදානම් නිවාස 6ක් මෙම සිදුවීමෙන් සම්පූර්ණයෙන් විනාශ වී ඇත. තවද, ඒ අවට ජනතාවට නාය පිළිබඳ ව අවධානයෙන් සිටින ලෙස ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානය විසින් උපදෙස් ලබාදී ඇත.
ඔබ ජීවත් වන්නේත් නායයෑම් අවදානම් සහිත කදුකර ප්රදේශයකනම්, නායයෑම් පූර්ව ලක්ෂණයන් පිළිබදව විමසිලිමත් වෙමු. තද වැසි සමග කණ්ඩි කඩා වැටීම් සහ නායයෑම් වලින් සිදුවිය හැකි ජීවිත සහ දේපල හානි අවම කර ගනිමු.
Source: Badulla District Office/ NBRO
Introducing Dispersion & Resin Tile Adhesive Test at NBRO
As one of the leading suppliers of testing facilities in Sri Lanka, the Building Materials Testing Laboratory of NBRO is happy to announce the expansion of our comprehensive tile adhesive testing services. As a reputed testing services provider, we have been providing cementitious tile adhesive testing to the construction sector & manufacturers since 2017. Today, we take pride in introducing new testing services specifically for dispersion and resin-based tile adhesives, addressing the evolving needs of construction material manufacturers.
Tile adhesives play a pivotal role in ensuring a durable and reliable bond between tiles and the underlying surface or setting bed. With a wide array of adhesives available in the market, understanding their properties is crucial for selecting the right one for your floor tiles.
Our building material testing laboratory now offers testing for dispersion and resin-based tile adhesives, encompassing the following key parameters:
1. Shear Adhesion Strength in Standard Conditions
2. Shear Adhesion Strength in Wet Conditions
3. Shear Adhesion Strength in Accelerated Heat Aging
4. Heat Resistance
5. Impact Resistance
6. Open Time
These parameters are tested in accordance with international standards such as ANSI 136.1, ISO 13007-2, and EN 12004-2, ensuring that the results are reliable and align with industry benchmarks.As NBRO, we are committed to providing accurate and insightful testing services to the construction sector. Our expansion into dispersion and resin-based tile adhesive testing reaffirms our dedication to staying at the forefront of industry advancements. We look forward to continued collaboration and growth, serving the construction sector with excellence in testing and innovation.
For inquiries or to schedule your tile adhesive testing, please contact us
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Tel – 0112588946, Extension No – 653
National Building Research Organisation Received President’s Awards for Scientific Publications
Aiming to build a vibrant scientific and technological community in the country, the National Research Council has designed and implemented the NRC President’s Awards since 1999. It recognizes a distinguished piece of Sri Lankan research and bestowing awards from the President of Sri Lanka, as a national honor to efforts of our scientists. This felicitates the authors and inventors of publications and patents of years 2019 and 2020.
The President’s Awards for Scientific Research (PASR) for publication years 2019 and 2020 was held on the 21st November 2023 at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exposition Centre of the BMICH, Colombo 07.
Eng.(Dr.) Asiri Karunawardena, the Director General of the National Building Research Organisation and Mr. R. M. S., Bandara, Project Director, RLVMMP and Mr. H. D. S. Premasiri, Director, Environmental Studies and Services Division received President’s Awards for three separate Scientific publications for years 2019 and 2020, organized by the National Research Council (NRC).
The awards were presented for following research publications:
1. Khang Dang, Kyoji Sassa, Kazuo Konagai, Asiri Karunawardena, R. M. S. Bandara, Kiyoharu Hirota, Qinwen Tan, Nguyen Duc Ha (2019), Recent rainfall-induced rapid and long-travelling landslide on 17 May 2016 in Aranayaka, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka Landslides, Vol 16,pp 155-164.
2. Qinwen Tan, Kyoji Sassa, Khang Dang, Kazuo Konagai, Asiri Karunawardena, R. M. S. Bandara, Huiming Tang, Go Sato (2020) Estimation of the past and future landslide hazards in the neighboring slopes in the 2016 Aranayake Landslide, Sri Lanka Landslides, Vol 17, pp 1727-17383.
3. Mahesh Jayaweera, Buddhika Gunawardana, Manju Gunawardana, Asiri Karunawardena, Viraj Dias, Sarath Premasiri, Janith Dissanayake, Jagath Manatunge, Nimal Wijeratne, Dhananjith Karunarathne, Saman Thilakasiri (2019) Management of municipal solid waste open dumps immediately after the collapse: An integrated approach from Meethotamulla open dump, Sri Lanka Waste management, Vol 95, pp 227-240.