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DrBiyanka Ekanayake

Lecturer

Discipline of Construction Project Management

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  • Lecturer
    Discipline of Construction Project Management
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  • University of Technology Sydney, CB06.05.20, School of Built Environment, 702-730 Harris Street, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
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FUNDED RESEARCH

Funded Research Projects

Biyanka currently conducts research projects within her 03 core research areas - 1. AI-based solutions for addressing building defects; 2. AI-based housing construction progress monitoring; 3. Ethical and innovative AI for professional practice and capacity-building

 

2026 Research Projects (as Lead Investigator)

 

  • From Data to Decision: A Framework for Ethical and Responsible Generative AI Use in Property Valuation (March - December 2026) - Intelligence Property Solutions Pty Limited
  • Cracking the Code : Vision–Language AI for Linking Visible Building Defects to Building Code Requirements (March - December 2026) -
          UTS Collaboration Scheme
  • Accelerating Housing Delivery through AI-Enabled Monitoring of Prefabricated Construction (June - December 2026) -
         Key Technology Partnership seed funding wth IIT-Madras
  • Understanding the Infrastructure Requirements of Small-scale Data Centres within Commercial Buildings: A Pilot Study (May – September 2026) - Funded by 2025 UTS Early Career Teaching Award

 

2025 Research Projects (as Lead Investigator)

  • The use of GenAI tools by Real Estate Agencies (July - December 2025) - Faculty of Design & Society Research Support Scheme
  • Ethical and innovative use of AI in education (July-September 2025) - Education Centre Australia


2024 Research Projects (as Lead Investigator)

  • Vision-Language models for AI driven building defects diagnosis (May - December 2024) - DAB Faculty Research Strategic Support
  • CracksGPT: Generative AI model for building cracks detection (May - December 2024) - UTS ECR Funding
  • Harnessing Generative AI in Property Technology Education (April - December 2024) - DAB Faculty Research Support Scheme

2023 Research Projects (as Lead Investigator)

  • Computer vision - AI based progress monitoring web platform for construction project managers (18 July 2023 - 31 December 2023) - School of Built Enviornment Research Day Prize


Please check "Google Scholar" to refer to the outputs arising from these projects. 

 

 

PhD student supervision (As the Lead-supervisor)

 

1. Data-driven Proactive Schedule Control: AI-based Intelligent Framework Using Weekly Productivity Data (2026 - 2030)

PhD student supervision (As a Co-supervisor)

2. Human-centric Framework for Manging Project Complexity (2024 - 2028)

3. Data-driven Digital Platforms for Timber Prefabricated Housing Projects (2024 - 2028)



FUNDED RESEARCH

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    From Data to Decision: A Framework for Ethical and Responsible Generative AI Use in Property Valuation
    Intelligence Property Solutions Pty Limited16 Mar 2026 - 16 Mar 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ekanayake B
    Intelligence Property Solutions
  • GRANT
    Cracking the Code : Vision–Language AI for Linking Visible Building Defects to Building Code Requirements
    University of Technology Sydney3 Mar 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    UTS Collaboration
  • GRANT
    ECR Capability Development Plan
    University of Technology Sydney22 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    UTS ECR Research Capabilities Development Initiative