The 10th World Construction Symposium 2022 concludes in Colombo

• Published date: 09 August 2022
• Publication title: Daily Financial Times

The 10th World Construction Symposium 2022 on 'Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment: Changed Perspectives' was successfully held recently.

This symposium, indexed by SCOPUS since 2019, provides a special forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of sustainable construction worldwide to share their knowledge, experience and research findings.

The Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) and Building Economics and Management Research Unit (BEMRU) of the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa jointly organised the 10th World Construction Symposium with associate partners: Western Sydney University, Australia; The University of Newcastle, Australia; Colombo School of Construction Technology (CSCT), Sri Lanka; and Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM): Journal, published by Emerald Group Publishing.

Further, BEPAM Best Paper Award and BEPAM Highly Commended Paper Awards were sponsored by Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM) and CIOB Best paper Award and CEOM Highly Commended Paper Award were arranged by Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB).

This year's symposium marks the 10th milestone of this symposium series, which has been held annually since 2012. Throughout the past decade, we are happy to see WCS grow in success and gaining recognition from academics and industry participants from around the world, providing a multi-stakeholder platform for those involved in the built environment and construction industry related research and practice to come together to share their knowledge and experiences.

Amidst the political and economic crisis prevailing in Sri Lanka that has critically impacted many industries including construction, this year's symposium was organised around the theme 'Sustainability and resilience in the built environment: Changed perspectives'. The crisis meant that this was the second year in a row that we organised this symposium as a mainly digital event.

Symposium was inaugurated with the presence of the Guest of Honour University of Moratuwa Faculty of Architecture former Dean Prof. Lalith de Silva. International Council for Research and Innovation in...