Vajira Edirisinghe
School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: V.Edirisinghe1@ljmu.ac.uk
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Vajira is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Civil Engineering & Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering & Technology. She has over fourteen years of construction industry experience and nine years of teaching and research experience.
She graduated from Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka with a BSc (Defence) in Civil engineering. Her post-graduate degree is also from the Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka in Civil and Structural Engineering. Vajira holds a PhD from Liverpool John Moores, UK.
Vajira worked as a project manager, contract administrator, and an engineer is the Sri Lanka Army and State-owned construction companies in Sri Lanka. As per the academic experience she was the former program leader to the BSc Hons Quantity Surveying degree program at Sri Lanka institute of information technology, Sri Lanka degree offered by the Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Vajira has been involved in several prominent construction projects in Sri Lanka, including a specialized building project for differently abled children of the armed forces, the Tri-Forces headquarters building projects, and numerous other projects.
She served as Course Director at the Institute of Supply and Material Management in Sri Lanka. She also held the role of Secretary for Section C (Engineering, Architecture, Surveying) at the Institute for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka and contributed to numerous projects across the country focused on expanding scientific knowledge among school children.
Her research areas include construction dispute resolution, cement technology, waste management, and construction management.
Languages
Sinhala; Sinhalese
English
Degrees
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
Kothelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka, MSc in Civil and Structural Engineering
Kothelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka, BSc (Defence) in Civil engineering
Certifications
Institute for the Development of Commercial Law and Practice (ICLP), Sri Lanka, Diploma in Commercial Arbitration
Academic appointments
Academic Coordinator to the Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2018 - 2023
Chairperson, Accreditation Committee, Department of Quantity Surveying, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2017 - 2019
Program Leader, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2016 - 2020
Module Leader, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2016 - 2023
Representative to the Department of Quantity Surveying, Curriculum and Academic Committee, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, 2016 - 2019
Journal article
Edirisinghe V, Marsh D, Borthwick F, Siriwardena M, Cotgrave A. 2022. Attributes of ADR in the Sri Lankan Construction Industry Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, 1 :33-42 DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Tissera WDAC, Dahanayake R, Edirisinghe V. 2022. The applicability of regulations for the disposal of construction and demolition waste in Sri Lanka Proceedings of 10th World Construction Symposium 2022, 10th World Construction Symposium :821-832 DOI Publisher Url
Edirisinghe V, Perera AN. Comparative Study of Alternative Dispute Resolution Clauses in FIDIC Conditions of Contract and CIDA Standard Bidding Document Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science 79th Annual Sessions
Lakmali1 SWPR, Edirisinghe V, Kalugala C, Edirisinghe W. ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE CONDOMINIUM STRUCTURES IN SRI LANKA International Engineering Research Symposium - IERS
Rajapakse DNS, Edirisinghe V, Perera AN, Edirisinghe W. Statutory Adjudication for the Sri Lankan Construction Industry 4th SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities (SICASH) :246-254
Deshabik KEJ, Edirisinghe V, Siriwardena M, Edirisinghe W. Negotiation as an ADR technique in Sri Lankan construction industry: current practice and proposed improvements SLIIT International Conference on Engineering and Technology
Nawarathna W, Edirisinghe V, Edirisinghe W. Causes of disputes in the Sri Lankan construction industry based on the procurement system used 77th Annual Conference Sri Lanka Institute of Advancement of Sciences
Edirisinghe V, Premawansa C, Edirisinghe W. Review on Labour safety in new road construction projects in Sri Lanka 76th Annual Conference Sri Lanka Institute of Advancement of Sciences
Edirisinghe V, Premarathna E, Edirisinghe W. Review on the impact of Covid-19 virous to construction projects, Sri Lanka 76th Annual Conference Sri Lanka Institute of Advancement of Sciences
Edirisinghe V, Marsh D, Borthwick F, Cotgrave A. An Investigation into the Significant Causes of Disputes in the Sri Lankan Construction Industry EPiC Series in Built Environment, Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 56th Annual International Conference 1 :347-337 DOI Publisher Url
Edirisinghe V, Edirisinghe W. Review on quantifying the carbon footprint in construction project, supply chain management 73rd Annual conference of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Edirisinghe V, Kajendran K, Edirisinghe W. A Study on Limitations in Material Procurement Practice for Construction in Public Sector 4th World Construction Symposium 2015: Sustainable Development in the Built Environment: Green Growth and Innovative Directions