Objectives

Engineering Materials Division provides a supporting service to the Irrigation Department as well as to other organizations such as Provincial Councils, Statutory Boards and Authorities, to assure the quality of civil engineering works in the following stages,

• Planning.
• Designing.
• Construction.
• Maintenance.

Functions

The main activities performed under the above stages are:

• Foundation investigation for earthen dams (new constructions as well as rehabilitation), anicuts and other irrigation related structures and buildings.
• Locating borrow areas for earth works and selecting sources of material for concrete works.
• Design of earth embankments and foundations.
• Performing quality assurance tests for concrete, cement, steel bars and earth works.
• Providing consultancy services to private sector and semi government organizations, for site investigations and quality assessment in concrete and earth works.
• Providing Laboratory services to Private parties.

Head of Section

Eng. Laksiri Silva
Director of Irrigation - Engineering Materials

Office: +94 112 585 128

Mobile:+94 714 100 311

Fax:     +94 112 585 128

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