In search of the standard brick – The mission impossible
There are no ifs, buts or short-cuts; the only option available for Sri Lanka is to develop a unified building code and a mechanism to issue conformity certificates for the materials and products used for the construction industry – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara
ContextThursday, 2 November 2017
Benjamin Franklin is known as the Father of United States of America. He was witty and intelligent. Once he said: “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” I am no prodigy. However, this is an attempt to follow his advice.
An inquisitive engineer made a valuable comment on a previous column I published ‘The need of the hour – A b
