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Mr. Hemantha Bandara

Senior Lecturer

CAREER SUMMARY

    1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, SLIIT Malabe Campus, July 2021 to date

    19 years industry experience including senior managerial level experience in  Contracting, Consultancy, Financing and Developing organizations.

    2. Senior Project Manager,Qserve PMU Pvt. Ltd/Qserve Pvt. Ltd.,Sri Lanka,May 2012 to June 2021 (Project management and overall coordination and supervision of project management aspects)

    3. Project Relationship Manager/ Project Analyst,Hatton National Bank PLC,Colombo,Project Finance Division,Colombo,Sri Lanka,March 2006-May 2012 (Specialized financing in the sectors of Real Estate [Condominium apartments and other developments], Power & Energy [Mini & Village Hydro Projects, Bio Mass and Wind Energy], and Leisure Sector Developments [Hotel & Resort projects in Sri Lanka & Maldives])

    4. Project Engineer,Singapore Piling & Civil Engineering Pvt. Ltd.,Feb 2005-March 2006

    5. Planning Engineer,International Construction Consortium Pvt. Ltd, Sri Lanka, Aug 2003- Feb 2005

    6. Project Engineer,Kelsey Development Pvt. Ltd.,Sri Lanka,May 2002-July 2003

     

    Teaching Experience (Part time basis)

    7. Senior Lecturer (Part Time),Colombo School of Construction Technology,Sri Lanka in partnership with the University of Salford, UK (franchise programme), Sept. 2014- to date

      Degree programme

    • BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying
    • BSc (Hons) in Construction Project Management

      Conduct lectures on following modules

    • Project Management
    • Construction Process Management
    • Procurement and Contract Administration
    • Lean & Offsite Manufacturing
    • Construction Project Management

     

    8. Senior Lecturer (Part Time),Colombo School of Construction Technology,Sri Lanka in partnership with the Birmingham City university, UK (franchise programme),March 2014- Feb 2016

      Degree programme

    • BSc (Hons) in Construction Management

      Conducted lectures on following module

    • Project Management

     

    9. Lecturer (Part Time),University of Vocational Technology,Sri Lanka,March 2014- March 2016

      Degree Programme

    • BTech in Building Services Technology

      Conducted lectures on following module

    • Construction Planning and Controlling

     

    10. Visiting Lecturer,NorthShore College,Sri Lanka in Partnership with the University of the West of England, UK (franchise programme),Oct. 2013 – April 2014

      Degree programme

    • BSc in Civil Engineering
    • MSc in Civil Engineering

      Conducted lectures on following module

    • Construction Planning and Economics

     

    11. Lecturer (Part Time),Colombo School of Construction Technology,Sri Lanka,July 2013- October 2015

      Diploma Programme

    • HNDE in Construction Management and the Built Environment
    • HNDE in Building Services Engineering and Management

      Conducted lectures on following modules

    • Supply Chain Management
    • Project Management

     

    12. Lecturer (Part Time),Advanced Construction Training Academy,Sri Lanka,Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

      Diploma programme

    • HNDE in Quantity Surveying

      Conducted lectures on following module

    • Economics

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

    Master of Science (MSc) in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution (March 2018), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

    Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Project Management (March 2010), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

    Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons) in Engineering (Civil Engineering) (May 2002), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

    • Construction Project Management,
    • Carbon Estimating,
    • Change Management and
    • Capacity Building

     

     

Memberships

    Chartered Project Manager/Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor (RICS), Since 2017(Membership Number 6753884)

    Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, Since 2003(Membership Number A/M 6690)

    Member of Institute of Project Managers Sri Lanka, Since 2016 (Membership Number 2016/M/41)

    Hon Secretary to the Executive Council of RICS Sri Lanka from 2023 upto date

MY PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

  • Rathnaweera, P.H.S.B. "Understanding and Evaluating the Risk Factors Affecting in Financing of Mini Hydro Power Projects in Sri Lanka"
  • Dissanayake, D.M.S.M., Fernando, N.G., Jayasinghe, S.J.A.R.S, and Rathnaweera, P.H.S. B. "Preliminary project cost estimation model using artificial neural networks for public sector office buildings in Sri Lanka"

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