The Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) and Building Economics and Management Research Unit (BEMRU), Department of Building Economics, University ofÌýMoratuwa, Sri Lanka are jointly organizing theÌý5thÌýWorld Construction Symposium on 29-31 July 2016. The Symposium will provide a special forum for researchers and practitioners in the area of sustainable construction worldwide to share their knowledge, experience and research findings. The symposium is co-sponsored by International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). Liverpool JohnÌýMooresÌýUniversity, United Kingdom, Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Development (CICID), The University of Hong Kong, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITÌýMadras), Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand andÌýNorthumbriaÌýUniversity, United Kingdom are the Associate Partners of the Symposium. Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM), a journal published by Emerald Group Publishing, has arranged for the following two awards:
- BEPAMÌýBest Paper award (with a certificate and a prize of 6 months online subscription for the author(s) of this paper)
- BEPAMÌýHighly Commended Paper award (with a certificate)
Papers withinÌýBEPAMÌýscope and coverage will be shortlisted by the Symposium Panel and the final selection will be made byÌýBEPAMÌýEditorial representative(s). Authors of shortlisted symposium papers will be invited to develop their papers further based on any other findings and submit such rewritten papers for the possible publication in theÌýBEPAMÌýJournal, subject to the usual full double blind peer review process.