Baks Perera

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the risk responsibilities of contractual parties in order to improve their risk handling strategies with regard to Sri Lankan road projects and show that road construction projects in Sri Lanka are exposed to many risk sources while most risks are borne by parties who were assigned with risks via contract clauses.

TL;DR: A Delphi study was conducted among 33 Sri Lankan experts (consultants, project managers, contractors) in three rounds to identify the risks that are critical for risk management of road construction projects in Sri Lanka on a life cycle basis as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the suitability of available hedging techniques as remedial solutions in managing such financial risks to Sri Lanka contractors through three unstructured interviews and a questionnaire survey administered among financial experts resulting in 33 duly completed responses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the gap between the competencies of graduate quantity surveyors (QSs) and the ones that industry in Sri Lanka expects from them, using a hybrid approach consisting of desk reviews, expert interviews and a questionnaire survey.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified the occupational risks in maintenance work and the risk assessment methods in place and their drawbacks in the Sri Lanka context, through a study of three fast-moving consumer products manufacturing organisations.