2018

Brief of Prime
Residential
Development
Mount Lavinia- Colombo
Developer: Amanda Property Developer

Group K
5/18/2018
Table of Contents

Brief Meeting Attendees.................................................................................................................................... 2

Introduction and Terms of references: .............................................................................................................. 3

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3

Terms of References ....................................................................................................................................... 3

The purpose of the Development ...................................................................................................................... 4

Site Details and Development Challenges ......................................................................................................... 5

Site Detail ........................................................................................................................................................ 5

Geography Challenges .................................................................................................................................... 5

Constructability Challenges ............................................................................................................................ 6

Governing Laws and Ordinance ...................................................................................................................... 6

Financial and other ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Three Development Options.............................................................................................................................. 7

Option 1 -Shopping Mall ................................................................................................................................. 7

Option 2 – Cinema & amusement park .......................................................................................................... 7

Option 3 – Commercial / office ...................................................................................................................... 7

References ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

Appendices......................................................................................................................................................... 9

Word Count ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

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BRIEF MEETING ATTENDEES

Designation Name Stu. No

Developer LAP Amanda 1633439

Quantity Surveyor JAD Madura R 1633069

Project Manager ULA Al Uzri 1633407 (Leader)

Architect AP Madurangha 1633316

Contractor A Chanaka 1633402

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INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCES:

INTRODUCTION

The Prime Residential development is a modern eco-friendly development project, proposed to be

developed in Mount lavinia. It has been observed that there is a high demand for residential

buildings. According to the World Bank collection of development indicators, the Srilankan urban
population growth is 1.4015% in 2016 and urban population is expected to double in the next 50

years, driving cities to undertake a sustainable transformation of their model in order to meet the
demand for building and civil engineering products, and to support sustained national economic

and social development objectives. (Tradingeconomics.com, 2018)

TERMS OF REFERENCES

Amanda Property developer has expressed his interest on an investigation and a feasibility study

of a property development in this area which in return gives him and his shareholders a nice return
on their investment. The developer has come with few development options such as residential,

commercial, recreational, health and care, educational institutional buildings, etc. and ultimately
proposed to a development of residential block, the Prime Residential Development. Also the

developer is very keen of building an environmental friendly low operating cost structure. The
development plot of 200 perch is owned by the developer and the amount of the development is

100 million LKR, allowed project duration is twenty four month time.

The envisaged development of Gross Floor Area is 20,000 Square meter. The seventy (70%)

percentage of the investment from Amanda developer and remaining from financial institutions

and investors. The proposed residential development comprises of three stories of subterranean
parking plus ten stories of building.

Envisaged Cost of Construction Excluding 20 000 Sqm x 5 000 LKR/Sqm =

land value, land acquisition cost, other cost 100,000,000.00 LKR

in relation to the land (stamp duty, legal)

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THE PURPOSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT

The development plot is situated in a densely populated area and the exploding population in this

area creates an increasing demand for residential, commercial and recreational developments and
the supply has not yet met this strong demand. On the other hand Property development

promotes increased value for money to industry clients as well as environmental responsibility in
the delivery process. (Ofori, 2018)

The immediate vicinity includes schools, malls, parks, residential buildings, banks, offices, hospitals

etc. and the supply of residential spaces are way below than required, and as a result students,
workers, patients etc. are forced to spread and live in nearby suburbs and spending most of the

time in traveling. By spreading to surrounding suburbs due to insufficient supply of residential

spaces, arable land areas are consistently being misused (by construction) by urban spreading

through suburban developments where arable lands are scarce (Ali and Aksamija, 2008). The
selection of a tall construction is due to the government policy of plot ratio or FSI (Floor space

index) in announced density zones of the urban areas.

The sustainable approach, all over the country there is an increasing trend of building that build to

demolish and the over consumption of electricity, solid waste management, emission of carbon

dioxide, heat, water wastage etc. posing huge threats to the environment and as well as to our
future generations. Therefore, there is void for residential developments which seek through and

adopt sustainable and environmental friendly structure that offers the occupiers and the public a
low cost of living under healthy and high quality living space.

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SITE DETAILS AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

SITE DETAIL

The development plot is of 2023.43 Square meter green field, located in densely populated urban
area of Mount Lavinia, surrounded by a public park, mall and a construction site (see appendix 1).

The immediate vicinity includes schools, hospitals, financial institutions, law enforcement
authorities, courts, bus stands and more. The coast is 750m away from the development plot on

the east. The location used to be a marshy area and after the irrigation works in near side, the land
stood up from the water table and that land is now suitable for high-rise buildings and the water

table is 6.3m below existing ground level. The proposed development plot is adjacent to a newly
built residential building in one side and the reaming sides are adjacent to A4 grade roads.

GEOGRAPHY CHALLENGES

 Location of the development gives lots of restrictions, compare to the other areas, since its

sits mid of an urban city surrounded by noise and pollution sensitive institutions such as

schools, parks, courts, hospitals etc., generates serious difficulties and limitations in
selection of construction method, working hours, difficulties in logistics, entry restrictions to

concrete trucks, noise control, high level of health and safety procedures and more. All
these limitations and difficulties may end up in cost and time overrun.

 As well as the salty wind taken in to consideration when steel elements are on the building
needs high level and expensive of protective coatings. Hauling wind from sea shore need

some extra precaution steps as in the recent past a pile of steel sheet of shutter sweep to
damage properties and lives. Tower crane collapse etc.

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CONSTRUCTABILITY CHALLENGES

 Limitations on method of construction due to its surroundings for an example driven pilling

cannot be used since its make noise and vibrations.

 The adjoining building is to be underpinned, existing services needs to be protected,

subterranean services not interrupted and sheeting piles to be placed to adjacent roads
preventing from collapsing.

 Limitations in available space of storage for materials and equipment

 A dense built environment (the need to perform deep excavation, height limits for
buildings)

GOVERNING LAWS AND ORDINANCE

 The height of the structures is restricted by urban zoning and determined in the spatial

development plan of the city. Oftentimes, this result in the necessity of building several
subterranean levels those are to use as parking lots and the logistics hub of a building.

(Zielina and Kania, 2017)

 Limitations and restrictions on designing of the development imposed by laws and

ordinance in this vicinity

FINANCIAL AND OTHER

 Sudden price increases, inflation

 Financial difficulties
 Natural disasters (Tsunami effected area)

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THREE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS

OPTION 1 -SHOPPING MALL

Oftentimes, malls are not tall structures and it does not need heavy subterranean construction as

may other constructions needs. The critical roles of shopping malls are as town centers and
promoters for area development. When the shopping malls built, it creates jobs; the retailers will

employ people from the direct community. This area badly need for a shopping mall because of

the existing one across the street already ran out of space to accommodate more shops, weakened
structure, old look and costly utility bills to the tenants in lacking to adopt sustainable and soft

landing approach when the structure was on the drawings gives an opportunity to property
developers a chance to yield more return on their investment.

OPTION 2 – CINEMA & AMUSEMENT PARK

The "need to do something for recreation" is a vital element of human biology and psychology.
Cinema and amusement parks offers such recreational and relaxing service. For last 15 years in this

area, there is no technologically advanced cinema (the cinemas in this area operate with outdated
technologies and equipment) and no single amusement park in the near vicinity. A research report

says that lacking of recreational entertainment in this area made an impact on people living in this
vicinity, specially kids and young that they have to travel miles and spend hours in traveling to see

cinema or to do recreational activity in neighbor cities. This lack of supply triggers the opportunity
for such developments as well.

OPTION 3 – COMMERCIAL / OFFICE

Mount Lavinia is becoming popular for quiet and calm working and living environment. The area,

neighborhood, surroundings and the easy transportation provides a perfect living and working
environment. The law supply of commercial and office spaces and already congested neighbor

cities offers, as the development plot well located near the capital and commercial city of
Colombo, with 360 degree transportation services, to property developers an opportunity to build

a commercial or office block through which a nice return is appreciated while supplying the
required development to boost the country’s economy.

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REFERENCES

Ali, M. and Aksamija, A. (2008). Towards better urban life: Integration of cities and tall buildings. [ebook] Available at:

http://global.ctbuh.org/paper/303 [Accessed 17 May 2018].

Ofori, G. (2018). Challenges of Construction Industries in Developing Countries: Lessons from Various Countries. [ebook]

pp.1-2. Available at: https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB8937.pdf [Accessed 11 May 2018].

Tradingeconomics.com. (2018). Urban population growth (annual %) in Sri Lanka. [online] Available at:
https://tradingeconomics.com/sri-lanka/urban-population-growth-annual-percent-wb-data.html [Accessed 10 May

2018].

Zielina, E. and Kania, E. (2017). Problems in Carrying Out Construction Projects in Large Urban Agglomerations on the

Example of the Construction of the Axis and High5ive Office Buildings in Krakow. [ebook] Available at:
https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2017/31/matecconf_rsp2017_00144.pdf [Accessed 10 May
2018].

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APPENDICES

Site Drawing

WORD COUNT

Words - 1467

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