Mr. Hemantha Bandara

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Engineering | Civil Engineering

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.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Research Interests and Memberships

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

Ongoing Research

Fernando, N.G.,Jayasinghe I.D. and Rathnaweera, P.H.S. B. Effective Stakeholder Management Framework for the Construction Projects in Sri Lanka, International Journal of Construction Management (Under review).

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" " 2010,

Conference Proceedings

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 in FARU international, research symposium 2015 , year 2015, Colombo, pp.344-358, Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, 11 Dec 2015,