- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Building Economics
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Building Economics
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Fundamentals of Management -Undergraduate -2015
QS Project Study II -Undergraduate -2015
Organisational Management -Undergraduate -2014
Dissertation -Undergraduate -2015
QS Project Study IV -Undergraduate -2015
Construction Economics II -Undergraduate -2016
Project Appraisal -Undergraduate -2016
Principles of Management and Organisational Behaviour -Postgraduate -2015
Research Methodology -Postgraduate -2015
Research Dissertation -Postgraduate -2015
Research Dissertation -Postgraduate -2015
Research Methodology -Postgraduate -2015
Construction Industry -Postgraduate -2015
Research Coordinator -Coordination of post-graduate research student activities within the Department (2016 To 2022)
Quality and Accreditations Coordinator -Coordination of quality assurance and accreditations related activities within the Department (2014 To date)
Member -Faculty Higher Degrees Committee (2016 To date)
Faculty Coordinator -Coordination of iDiDE 2016, an international student collaboration event (2015 To 2016)
Faculty Coordinator -Coordination of iDiDE 2017, an international student collaboration event (2016 To 2017)
Director, Postgraduate Studies, FOA - (2022 To date)
Acting Director, Postgraduate Studies, FOA - (2021 To 2021)
CHAIRPERSON, BOARD OF STUDIES (POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT PROGRAMMES) - (2022 To date)
CHAIRPERSON, BOARD OF STUDIES FOR RESEARCH DEGREES of the Faculty of Architecture - (2022 To date)
COURSE COORDINATOR for modules GS5010: Language Skills and Research Communication and GS5020: Introduction to Research conducted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies - (2024 To date)
MEMBER of Curriculum Development Committee at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Moratuwa - (2024 To date)
MEMBER of the Faculty Board of Architecture - (2015 To date)
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTATIVE of the Programme Committee of Staff Training - (2020 To date)
MEMBER of the Senate Higher Degrees Committee - (2019 To date)
Member of the Senate Research Committee - (2022 To date)
MEMBER of Board of Graduate Studies of University of Moratuwa - (2022 To date)
MEMBER of Senate Curriculum and Evaluation Committee - (2022 To date)
MEMBER of Standing Committee on Quality Assurance - (2022 To date)
Research Activities
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelor, University of Moratuwa ,2007 B.Sc. (Hons) in Quantity Surveying
PhD, University of Central Lancashire ,2013 Construction Management
Institute of Quantity Surveyors Sri Lanka(2016 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Best Student Paper (Received 2010)
Publications*
Isuri Niwanthika Kurukulasooriya, Sachie Gunatilake,".Why Foreign Consultants?: Insights from the Sri Lankan Construction Industry.",2023 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),University of Moratuwa,2023,304-309
F.S. Nazeer, T. Ramachandra, and S. Gunatilake,".Sustainable facilities management practice and its perception in health care organisations: A Delphi survey.",The 10th World Construction Symposium,Online,2022,806-820
W.P.M. Silva, Sachie Gunatilake and M.F.F. Fasna,".Optimising value during construction schedule acceleration. .",The 9th World Construction Symposium,Online,2021,433-444
KHI Wasana, Sachie Gunatilake, MFF Fasna,".Performance Comparison of Prefabricated Building Construction Projects vs. Traditional On-site Construction Projects.",2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),UoM,2019,169-174
FS Nazeer, S Gunatilake, T Ramachandra,".Significant Sustainable Facilities Management (SFM) Practices in the Health Care (HC) Sector.",Central Europe towards Sustainable Building (CESB19) - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science,Prague, Czech Republic,2019,012055
Adikari, A.; Seneviratne, L.D.I.P. ,".Application of technical knowledge for the effective practice of quantity surveying.",19th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS) Congress,Japan,2015,
Theivendran, J.,".A study on the impacts of schedule compression techniques on construction projects in Sri Lanka.",The 4th World Construction Symposium 2015: Sustainable Development in the Built Environment,Colombo,2015,
MFF Fasna, Sachie Gunatilake, Andrew Ross, Anupa Manewa,".Implementing energy retrofits in existing hotel buildings using in-house teams: The decision-making process.",Journal of Facilities Management,21/3,2023
C. S. R. Perera & S. Gunatilake,".Value chain management in Sri Lankan construction industry: contractor’s perspective.",International Journal of Construction Management,Volume 22, Issue 16,2022
Malka Nadeeshani, Thanuja Ramachandra, Sachie Gunatilake, Nisa Zainudeen,".Carbon Footprint of Green Roofing: A Case Study from Sri Lankan Construction Industry.",Sustainability,13 (12),2021
M.F.F. Fasna and Sachie Gunatilake,".Towards successful strategies to overcome BPR implementation issues: case of Sri Lanka.",Business Process Management Journal,Vol. 26, No. 6,2020
Sabrina Fathima Nazeer, Thanuja Ramachandra, Sachie Gunatilake, Sepani Senaratne,".Emerging sustainable facilities management practices in health-care sector.",Journal of Facilities Management,Vol. 18, No. 1,2020
M.F.F. Fasna and Sachie Gunatilake,".Overcoming barriers for building energy efficiency retrofits: insights from hotel retrofits in Sri Lanka.",Built Environment Project and Asset Management,Vol. 10, No. 2,2020
M.F.F. Fasna, Sachie Gunatilake,".Involvement of stakeholders in the adoption and implementation of energy retrofits in hotel buildings.", International Journal of Energy Sector Management,Vol. 14, No. 6,2020
M.F.F. Fasna, Sachie Gunatilake,".Roles and functions of stakeholders in implementing energy retrofits in the hotel sector.",International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation,Vol. 38, No. 5,2020
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