The 14th World Construction Symposium 

The Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) and Building Economics and Management Research Unit (BEMRU), Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka are jointly organising the 14th World Construction Symposium from 10-11 July 2026. This annual symposium will provide a special forum for researchers and practitioners in the areas of built environment and construction industry related research worldwide to share their knowledge, experiences and research findings. The symposium is intended to be held physically. However, the international participants are given the opportunity to attend the symposium in hybrid mode.

WCS full papers are indexed in Scopus since 2019.

Papers accepted and presented at the symposium will be published in symposium proceedings with an ISSN.

Awards:
The Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) and the Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM), a journal published by Emerald Group Publishing, have arranged the following awards for the author(s) of outstanding papers of the symposium:
• CIOB Best paper award
• CIOB Highly commended paper award
• BEPAM Best paper award
• Two (02) BEPAM Highly commended paper awards

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