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WCS 2025
The Thirteenth World Construction Symposium (WCS 2025)
The 13th World Construction Symposium (WCS 2025), jointly organised by the Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) and the Building Economics and Management Research Unit (BEMRU) of the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa, was held on the 15th and 16th of August 2025. This year marked the 13th milestone in the WCS series, which has been held annually since its inception in 2012. Through its past iterations, the symposium has grown steadily, earning recognition among academics and industry professionals, both local and foreign, as a multi-stakeholder platform to share research, practical insights, and experiences within the built environment and construction domain. This year’s symposium was convened under the theme “Sustainable Futures: Shaping a Regenerative Built Environment for Future Generations,” envisioning a path towards sustainability and resilience for the industry.
Key international partners of the symposium included the Western Sydney University, Australia; The University of Newcastle, Australia; Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM) Journal, published by Emerald Group Publishing; Colombo School of Construction Technology (CSCT), Sri Lanka; Deakin University, Australia; Massey University, New Zealand; The University of Adelaide, Australia; Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India; and Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, India.
The full papers presented at WCS 2025 are indexed in Scopus.
The following awards were presented at the symposium:
BEPAM Journal Best Paper Award:
- Optimizing quality management in the construction industry: A COQ-based predictive analysis – Nandini Sharma, Rhijul Sood, and Boeing Laishram
BEPAM Journal Highly Commended Paper Award:
- Exploring perceptual mapping technique as an innovative method of representing construction cost information – N.L.S. Uduwage, Himal Suranga Jayasena, and S. Piranavan
- Exploring circular building material: Transforming industrial and agricultural waste into 3D printable construction material – Takale and V. Anagal
CIOB Best Paper Award:
- Serious games for disaster risk reduction: Enhancing community preparedness for sustainable futures – Kulatunga and H. Tariq
CIOB Highly Commended Paper Award:
- The impact of incremental vertical housing development on quality of space and residential environmental satisfaction: A case study of Swarna Place, Colombo, Sri Lanka – S.M. Senarathna and A.A. Hettiarachchi
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