The Civil Engineering Laboratory Building, which houses Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory and Building Materials and Construction Engineering Laboratory was ceremonially declared open by General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc MPhil, the Secretary, Ministry of Defence at the invitation of the Vice Chancellor, Major General Milinda Peiris RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc MPhil on 10th March 2021.
The new laboratories enhance the facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research in the areas of the properties and quality control of building materials as well as soil testing and non-destructive testing of building and Civil Engineering structures.
Also, the new laboratories open up opportunities for conducting laboratory testing for outside organizations.