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CONTENTS
Lead Project 01
Projects in Progress 02
Projects in Progress 03
Recently commenced
Project 03
Recently commenced
Project 04
Completed Projects 04
Subsidiary Companies 05
Events 06
Article 07
........Article Continued 08
Management Systems 09
......Management Systems
Continued 10
Miscellaneous 10
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Vo l u me 0 8 I s s u e 0 3 December 2013
HOUSE OF FASHION SHOPPING MALL
House of Fashion (Pvt) Ltd
extending their margins with one of
the largest shopping mall in South
Asia.
The new House of Fashions Mega
Mall, located at 101, D. S.
Senanayake Mawatha, Colombo 8,
and the mall covers over 250,000
square feet of land facilitating over
350 parking spaces and with six
floors containing retail products.
Project Value - LKR 1,130,500,000.00
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Commenced Date - 25 May 2011
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Completion Date - 15 March 2013
Project Management Team
Manager (Projects) : Mr. Arjuna Gunatilaka
Project Manager : Mr. B.U.I. Bodinagoda
Site Manager : Mr. U.C.I. Guruge
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Project Management
Project Management & Engineering
Consultants (Pvt) Ltd
500/126, Thimbirigasyaya Road,
Colombo 05.
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Project Name : On 320 condominium Project
Location : 320, Union Place, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka.
Client : John Keels Residential Properties (pvt) Ltd
Consultant : Surath Wickramasinghe Associates Consulting
(Pvt)Ltd
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Commencement : 7 June 2011
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Completion : 6 October 2014
Value of the project : RS.5, 548, 275, 000.00
Floor Area & No of Floors (if any) :- 37 stories with 3 towers &
2
84, 666 m
Project Management Team
DGM/Executive Director :- Mr. Rohana Wannigama
DGM (Projects) :- Mr. K.Jagath R.P.Silva
Manager (Projects) :- Mr. Sanjeewa Karunarathne.
Project Manager :- Mr. Suranimala Weerakoon
Site Managers
Mr. Samantha Francisco (Tower 1)
Mr. Bandula G. Jayawardhana (Tower 2)
Mr. W.S. Anurudda (Tower 3)
Progress as on 2013.11.14
Structural Work Progress.
Tower 01, Tower 02 & Tower 03 Structural work
100% Completed.
Zone 4 - 55% completed in structural works.
Finishing Work at Zone 4 Area on Progress.
Finishing Work
Tower 1 48% completed in finishing works.
Tower 2 46% completed in finishing works.
Tower 3 49% completed in finishing works.
All three towers completed Mock-up floors.
Facilities Contain in the Building (if any)
Covered car parking for each apartments,Visitor
parking slots, BBQ pits, over half an acre of
landscaped garden on the podium level. Swimming
pool , Lap pool , kids pool Large business centre,
Gymnasium with aerobics area squash court standby
power large clubhouse & 2 multi-purpose function
rooms,Steam room Indoor Games room Etc.
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
On 320
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BRITISH COUNCIL - JAFFNA
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
Structural, Civil & General Contractor (Structural Works, Civil & Interior, HVAC, Electrical, Landscape,
Plumbing, IT & Cabling, Security, Fire Fighting & Detection Systems) Works for the Refurbishment Works of Blue
Haven Hotel
Project Management
CBRE Ltd, Global Corporate Services
St Martin's Court, 10 Paternoster Row | London EC4M 7HP
Architects & Consultants
HW Architects,
410/111A, Bauddhaloka Mw, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka
Project Management Team
Director (Special Projets) - Mr Siva Nalaiah
Manager Northern Projects - Mr T Ramesh
Site Manager - Mr Nilantha Pathmasiri
RECENTLY COMMENCED PROJECTS
TRINCOMALEE UNIVERSITY - HOSTEL
Construction of Four Storied 100 Rooms Hostel Building for Trincomalee Campus
Location :Trincomalee University, Konesapuri , Nilavelli
Client : Ministry of Higher Education
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Commencement Date : 10 October 2013
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Completion Date : 09 October 2014
Contract Value : RS.196,427,600 + Vat
AGM2 : Mr.Philip Jayathilake
Coordinating Engineer : Ms.Dilini Perera
Site Manager : Mr.Nandana Ekanayake
Project Management Team
WAYAMBA UNIVERSITY - HOSTEL
Construction of Four Storied 100 Rooms Hostel Building for Wayamba University (Makandura Hostel No.3)
Location : University of Wayamba, Makandura, Gonawila
Client : Ministry of Higher Education
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Commencement Date : 14 September 2013
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Completion Date : 13 September 2014
Contract Value : RS.196,427,600 + Vat
AGM2 : Mr.Philip Jayathilake
Coordinating Engineer : Ms.Dilini Perera
Project Manager : Mr.Ranjith Ariyasena
Site In Charge : Mr.J C B Wickramasinghe
Project Management Team
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RECENTLY COMMENCED PROJECTS
OPEN UNIVERSITY - HOSTEL
Project Name - Extension & Refurbishment to the VVIP Building at BIA (SKAP-III)
Client - Airport & Aviation Services (SL) Limited.
Contract Sum - 151 Million
Manager Projects - Mr. Bimal H. Kuruppu
Project Manager - Mr. K. N. S. Senadeera
Site Manager - Mr. Janaka Wijesundara
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Commencement Date - 20 August 2013
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Contractual Completion date - 18 November 2013
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Practically Completed On - 26 October 2013
COMPLETED PROJECTS
VVIP BUILDING AT BIA
Construction of Four Storied 100 Rooms Hostel Building for Open University of Sri Lanka
Location : The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala , Nugegoda
Client : Ministry of Higher Education
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Commencement Date : 28 November 2013
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Completion Date : 27 November 2014
Contract Value : RS.196,427,600 + Vat
Project Management Team
AGM2 : Mr. Philip Jayathilake
Coordinating Engineer : Ms. Dilini Perera
Site Manager : Mr. H G P Priyankara
Wish you and your family a joyful, bright, healthy, prosperous,
Happy New Year
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SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
SANKEN OVERSEAS
Ongoing Projects
Seychelles
Northolme Project
Project Name - Northolme Hilton Seychelles Extension Project
Location - Beau Vallon, Mahe, Seychelles
Project Value - 3,975,690.00 USD
Scope of work - Construction of 15 No's Pool Villas & 1
Presidential Villa including total MEP work.
Commencement - September 2013
Completion - August 2014
Project Management Staff
Project Manager - Mr. Janaka Hewapathirana
Site Engineer - Mr. Sanka Dharmakeerthi
Savoy Hotel & SPA
Project Name - Savoy Staff Accommodation
Location - Beau Vallon, Mahe, Seychelles
Project Value - 1,500,000.00 USD
Scope of work - Structural work
Commencement - February 2013
Completion - November 2013
Maldives
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Kanuhura Mock-up 1 Phase / 100 Villas - 2 Phase
Project Name - Kanuhura Mock-up
Location - Lhaviyani Atoll - Maldives
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Project Value - 1 Phase - 208,487.44 USD & 2 Phase - 20 M USD
Scope of work - Building 2nos. mock-up with all finishes.
Commencement - October 2013
Completion - December 2013
Project Management Staff
Site Manager Mr. EAIL Edirisinghe,
Site Engineer Mr. DR Mallawarachchi
Project Management Staff - Site Engineer Mr. KMP Chathuranga
Ground Breaking Ceremony
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EVENTS
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On 11 December 2013, we've got the opportunity to celebrate
birthday party of our respected and lovable Managing Director,
Mr. Ranjith Gunatilleke with managers. It was a surprise party and
was a simple yet enjoyable celebration. By God's wish, he is
pushing on his blessed and fruitful years of existence on this day.
He has many more years to live and to work.
NATIONAL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD 2013
The National Business Excellence Award is an annual award competition
conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL)
with a view to recognizing business enterprises, which have demonstrated
excellence in business, whilst contributing to the economic progress of the
country.
NBEA was introduced by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka
as an overall business bench-mark competition where business
organizations could bench-mark their performances against others in
similar business.
The NBEA which is held for the ninth consecutive year recognizes
businesses that contribute to the socio-economic development of the
country while adopting exemplary business practices. The award conducted
by the NCCSL was first held in 2004.
We are proud to announce that Sanken Construction has been honored by a
Merit Award in the construction sector at National Business Excellence
Awards (NBEA) 2013. This was awarded at the award ceremony held on 27
mber 2013 at Colombo Hilton.
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The Management of Sanken Construction (Pvt) Ltd wish
to extend their gratitude to all its employees for their
valuable support in making such recognition possible.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Mr.Rohana Wannigama (Executive Director/Deputy
General Manager) received the award on behalf of
Sanken Construction (Pvt) Ltd.
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ARTICLE
CRACKS IN STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
By Chinthana Sandun Bandara (Structural Designs Department)
Table 1 Types of Cracks
INTRODUCTION
Concrete is one of the major construction material used in the construction industry, contracts and expands
depending on the moisture and temperature conditions (both internal and external) and it deflects according to the
load and support conditions. If provisions to accommodate above movements are not made in design and
construction, cracks can occur.
ASSESSMENT OF CRACKS
Cracks are regarded as a failure if they are aesthetically unacceptable, make the structure non watertight, affect the
durability of the structure and are structurally significant. BS8110 and BS8007 are among some of the documents
which limits the crack width and similar limitations for the width of cracks are provided in other design codes. The
most common methods currently available to measure the crack widths are graduated magnifying devices,
templates and feeler gauges. According to BS8110 cracks up to 0.3 mm wide are generally aesthetically accepted.
In addition to that 1 mm wide cracks are defined as fine cracks, from 1 mm to 6 mm wide cracks called wide cracks
and over 6mm wide cracks called fractures. Above mentioned measuring equipments are accurate for wide cracks
but for crack limitations given as 0.1 mm and 0.2 mm in BS8007 are unlikely to measure using them.
TYPES OF CRACKS
Cracks can occur even before and after the hardening process of concrete. They can be either active or dormant. If
they are active, they show some movement in direction, width or depth over a measured period of time. If cracks
remain unchanged they are called dormant cracks. Some dormant cracks are of no danger for the applied loads on
them , but they provide channels for moisture penetration if not repaired, which can lead to future damage.

Concrete cracks usually occur due to improper design and construction practices such as improper sub-grade and
form work preparation, inadequate or no curing, omission of isolation and construction joints, not controlling the
temperature while pouring and use of high slump concrete, etc... But concrete has a tendency of cracking and it can
be reduced by following basic concrete practices.
Plastic Shrinkage Cracking
This is occur when surface water in the new concrete evaporates much faster than it is replaced by bleed water. Due
to restraint presence below the drying surface layer, weak stiffening plastic concrete subjected to tensile stresses
results shallow cracks and they are fairly wide at the surface. Reducing bleeding, Re-vibration and add air
entrainment are the remedies.
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ARTICLE
CRACKS IN STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
Plastic Settlement Cracking
These type of cracks caused when reinforcement or form work restrained the
settlement of fresh concrete. After the placing concrete, the solid aggregates
settle down and the mix water rises up to the surface. When local restraints like
a reinforcing bar, duct or insert present while the adjacent concrete continues
to settle, there is a risk of forming a crack over the restraining element.
Subsequently it will lead to form a void under the restrained element and local
bonding failures can also occur. sizes these types of cracks can be minimized
by using mixes with lower bleeding characteristics, by increasing the cover
and by decreasing the size of the bar.
Figure 1 Plastic settlement cracks
Early Thermal Contraction
Main reason for these cracks are the temperature rise specially
in mass concrete, results from the heat of hydration of
cementitious materials. As a result temperature in interior
concrete increase and expands while surface concrete in
relative low temperatures and contracting. If this temperature
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difference is higher than 20 C, aggregates have different
thermal expansion rates expands in different rates. Most
aggregates can absorb a degree of strain from temperature
movements, therefore it does not automatically follow that
aggregates with different thermal expansions are going to
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cause or influence cracking. 20 C taken as a conservative limit.
Figure 2 Early thermal cracks
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When mass concrete is pouring, the quality of cement Willinferior at elevated temperatures (>70 C) and mechanical
strength tends to be lower. Furthermore a phenomenon known as Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF) may affect
durability of the structures. DEF is expansion and cracking of concrete associated with the delayed formation of the
mineral ettringite (a hydrated calcium sulfoaluminate). This will lead to visible displacements and cracking.
Structural collapse without the warning signs of displacement and cracking is most unlikely and secondary
Alkali-aggregate reaction
This is a type of concrete deterioration occurs when mineral constituents of aggregates react with the alkali
hydroxides in the concrete . This will occur in two forms called alkali-silica reaction (ASR) and alkali-carbonate
reaction (ACR). Alkali-aggregate reactivity is indicated with a network of cracks, closed or spalling joints, or
displacement of different portions of a structure.
Crazing
This is a pattern of fine cracks that do not penetrate much below the surface. Primary causes of these types of cracks
are use of impermeable form works and over trowel-ling. Other than that poor curing and thermal shock (application
of cool water on hot surfaces) will lead to form these cracks.
REFERENCES
BS 8110: Part 1 (British standard - Structural Use of Concrete)
BS 8007 (Code of Practice For Design of Concrete Structures for Retaining Aqueous Liquids)
Concrete Society Technical Report Number 22, NON STRUCTURAL CRACKS IN CONCRETE 1992, ISBN 0946691
MPA Cement Fact Sheet 3 " Delayed ettringite formation of Concrete (DEF)" by C.A. Clear
CONCRETE CRACKING-WHO IS TO BLAME? by Christopher Stanley (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, UNIBETON READY MIX)
National Ready Mix Concrete Association Report CIP4 - CRACKING CONCRETE SURFACES
Cement concrete & Aggregates data Sheet PLASTIC SETTLEMENT Cracking, June 2005
Website of Portland Cement Association
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MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
WHAT IS I.S.O.9001:2008
The Eight Principles of Quality Management is as follows.
(1.)Customer Focus
(2.) Leadership
(3.) Involvement of people
(4.) Process Approach
(5.) System Approach to management.
(6.) Continual Improvement.
(7.) Factual Approach to Decision Making
(8.) Mutually Beneficial Supplier Relationship.
Benefit of conforming to ISO. 9001:2008
(1.)Improved customer satisfaction.
(2.) Improved customer retention.
(3.) Improved Market Share.
(4.) Increased productivity through continual improvement achieve in process effectiveness.
(5.) Reduction in Error Rates instilling a culture of prevention.
(6.) Reduction in cost of Quality is achieved by the emphasis of prevention
(7.) Improved participation across different levels in an organization in process improvement activities.
(8.) Improved Bottom Line.
Reference: Quality Management System Manual Sanken
Five Clauses.
(1.) Quality management System.
(2.) Management Responsibility.
(3.) Resource Management
(4.) Product Realization.
(5.) Measurement, Analysis & Improvement.
I.S.O 9001:2008 is an International standard for Quality Management Systems and this standard can be adopted by
any Organization.
The current standard includes Eight Principles for Quality Management and Five Conformity Clauses. The Quality
Management principles encourages organization to pursue best practices and the Five Clauses guides the
organization to develop a Management System to Achieve Quality Performance which is consistent and continually
improving.
It is an Occupational Health and Safety Management system.(OHSMS) that promotes a safe & healthy working
environment by providing a frame work that allows your organization to consistently identify and control its health
& safety risks, reduce the potential for accident,aid legislative compliance & improve overall performance.
The following key areas are addressed by OHSAS 18001:2007.
(1.)Planning for hazard identification, Risk assessment & risk control.
(2.) OHSAS management programme.
(3.) Structure & responsibility.
(4.) Training, awareness & competence.
(5.) Consultation & communication. Operational control.
(6.) Emergency preparedness & response.
(7.) Performance measuring. Monitoring &improvement.
ISO 18001:2007 can be adopted by any organization wishing to implement a formal procedure to reduce risk
associated with health and safety in the working environment for employees, customers & the general public.
Reference: Occupational Health & Safety Manual Sanken
WHAT IS OHSAS 18001:2007
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WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
ISO 14001:2004
ISO - 14001:2004 is the world's most recognized frame work for Environmental Management System (EMS)
That helps organizations both to manage better the impact of their activities on the Environment & to demonstrate
sound environmental management.
The following key areas are addressed by Environmental Management system-I.S.O -14001.
! Resources, roles, responsibility and authority Section 4.4.1
! Environmental policy
! Environmental aspects
! Legal and other requirements
! Objectives, targets and programme(s)
! Operational Control
! Emergency Preparedness and Response
! Control of documents
! Communication
! Monitoring and measurement
! Evaluation of compliance
! Nonconformity, corrective Action and Preventive action
! Competence, training and awareness
! Internal audit
! Control of records
! Management Review
Basically the impact from followings shall be managed by the organization in accordance
with the standard requirements of the ISO 14001:2004.
(1.) Occupational Air. (H S, NH3 Particulate matter etc.
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(2.) Noise level. (Noise level -dB.)
(3.) Light intensity.(Light intensity Lux )
(4.) Waste water disposal.( PH, Sulfides ,Oil and grease, Flow rate etc.)
(5.) Water quality. (P.H. Value, Chloride, Fluoride, Color, Sulfate etc.)
(6.) Air emission. (CO, Nox, Sox etc.)
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(7.) Water consumption.(M per day)
(8.) Solid waste management.(Production Kg/day)
Company issued School
Books for children of all
employees requirements for
t h e y e a r 2 0 1 4 a s a n
encouragement for their
studies.
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