Civil Talks – 2017 (Phase 01)

The first phase of the annual panel discussion was held on the 18^th of May 2017 at 4.30 pm at the Civil auditorium. The discussion was titled “Civil Talks 2017”. The event was chaired by Engineer Jayanath Raveendra, the head of Marketing and new product development at the International Construction Consortium (ICC). 

The gathering was addressed on the topic “Current trends in Civil Engineering”. 

The panel discussion was well attended by the lecturers and students in the Bachelor’s program of the department of civil engineering, in overall around 150 participants were presented for the discussion.

The panel discussion commenced by the welcome speech delivered by Anushka Dassanayake, the president of the civil engineering society(CES). 

As the topic implies the purpose of this discussion was to provide exposure through conversation on both recent literature reviews and the personal experience of the panelist who is working on developing reinvigorated methods that can be implemented in construction.

After the introductory speech on the panelist which was delivered by Osanda Muthuhewa, the chairman of the panel discussion committee of the civil engineering society (CES) the panelist went on discussing a series of contemporary competencies in construction and the attendees were encouraged to embrace the novelty, gullibility, development and maturation of them as the attendees will have to collaborate with these methods as they move forward in the field.

The panelist also went on discussing a range of perspectives and methods of facilitating the incorporation of new engineering concepts into individual engineers and the industry in general. 

The layout of the discussion was about 90 minutes followed by a brief Q&A session to engage audience and panelist for about 10 minutes. In overall the discussion is highly appropriate and appreciated by the attendees as the knowledge gained by the discussion will be in greater assistance when providing consensus for projects that will come forth. 

The attendees were served with refreshments as the discussion came to an end with the vote of thanks that was delivered by Achala Isuru, the secretary of the civil engineering society (CES).

Civil Pedura 2017

Sri Lanka is a country which is deeply influenced by traditional forms of art, dance and music. Nourished by Buddhism in the early centuries followed by many foreign invasions latter, as at present our nation is enriched with diversified customs and traditions that holds great dignity and pride in every possible way. 

The ‘Civil Pedura’ which was held on the 8th of May organized by the undergraduates of the Department of Civil Engineering corroborated how profoundly they, as engineering undergraduates are radicated by such great creative values by showcasing their talents on folk dance and music. 

With the dazzling traditional attire along with a traditional paddy house against the backdrop of a traditional Sinhalese man or which was put together at the Civil ‘meda midula’ in front of the Civil Department premises succeeded to generate so genuine and heartfelt vibes to the night illuminated by lanterns which added more color to the overall setting.

The event commenced with the lightening of the oil lamp and the welcome speech delivered by Dimuth Jayathilake with an open invitation the event was attended by many, both students and the academic staff not only they were present to witness the performances and enjoy but also to entertain the gathering with their talents as well. 

TheFormer Head Prof. S.M.A. Nanayakkara also addressed the gathering and admired the talents of the all who contributed to the event. The synchronization of folk dance and music was at its best and well tuned with the collaboration of mind blowing performances were able to astonish the gathering with much joy and satisfaction. 






During the break ‘kadala’ and ‘beli mal’ were served as refreshments to all who were present at the event. The Head of the Department Professor J.M.S.J. Bandara also went on appreciating all the hard work that was put together to make the event a great success. 

Finally, after the vote thanks which was delivered by Kushan Chandimal the song ‘Ahasa Usata’ was sang demarcating the end of ‘Civil Pedura2017’, one of the most excellently creative events organized by the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Moratuwa.