 1939 |
*Passed
the Intermediate in Engineering (London) examination and awarded
the Sri Chandrasekera Scholarship Followed the Final Part I course
for B.Sc (Engineering), London at the Ceylon Technical College,
as the Sri Chandrasekera Scholar.
*Joined the Ceylon Hydro-electric Scheme, Norton Bridge, as Technical
Assistant to the Chief Resident Engineer. Carried out hydraulic
model tests for the Norton dam spillway. (Probably the first hydraulic
model tests in modern times in the country). |
| 1942 |
*Passed
AMICE (London) Part I examination. |
| 1943 |
*Passed
the AMICE (London) Part II examination. |
| 1944 |
*Appointed
as Junior Assistant Harbour Engineer, -Colombo Port Commission department. |
| 1946 |
*Passed
Part C of the AMICE (London) examination and elected.
*Corporate Member (AMICE) of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
London.
*Marriage to Dulcie de Silva. |
Family Photograph,
1974
|
| 1947 |
*Promoted
Assistant Harbour Engineer (Maritime).
*Birth of elder son, Upul. |
| 1949 |
*Introduced
Prestressed concrete to Ceylon. Carried out construction of jetties,
quays, and slipways in prestressed concrete. Manufactured transmission
line poles and railway sleepers in prestressed concrete. |
| 1951 |
*Set
up Hydraulics research laboratory in Colombo Port Commission and
started hydraulic wave model studies for CPC development works.
*Set up Structural engineering laboratory in Colombo Port Commission
and started research studies on shell structures.
*Construction of the third locks of the Lake to Harbour canal.
*Construction of Marine drive at Colombo including sea walls, new
lighthouse and concrete roadway in prestressed concrete. |
| 1953 |
*Birth of second son, Harith |
| 1956 |
*Appointed
Chief Assistant Harbour Engineer. |
| 1957 |
*Appointed
Deputy Chief Engineer, Colombo Port Commission.
*Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science - Section
C President.
*Bachelor of Science (Engineering) B.Sc. (Eng) Hons. (London) Fellow
of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London (F.I.C.E.)
*Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London (F.I.Mech.E.) |
| 1960 |
*Fellow
of the Institution of Engineers, India. (F.I.E. India). Fellow of
the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (F.I.E. Sri Lanka)
*President's Prize, the institution of Engineers India, for best
invention in prestressing. |
Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan,
Vice President of India, presenting the Institution of Engineers,
India, Award to A N S Kulasinghe, in 1960, for his paper "Recent
Developments in prestressed concrete in Ceylon" with Dr KL
Rao, the famous engineer watching in the foreground. Dr Rao was
later the Union Minister of Irrigation and Power. |
| 1960-1970 |
*Development
of Galle Harbour including breakwaters, deep-water quays, transit
sheds etc. Dredging and rock removal.
*Design and construction of shell structures, GalIe Harbour.
*Fishing ports at Galle, Mirissa, Tangalle, Jaffna, and Beruwela.
*Coast protection works around the island.
*Reclamation of low lying land, making use of cutter-suction dredgers
for obtaining the fill material.
*Manufacture of Dredgers, Cranes, etc. |
| 1961 |
*The
Institution of Engineers India Prize for the paper "Recent
Advances in Prestressed Concrete in Sri Lanka" |
| 1962 |
*Founder
Chairman and General Manager,State Engineering Corporation of Sri
Lanka.
*Director,
1. State Hardware Corporation
2.Ceylon Steel Corporation
3.Lanka Leyland Ltd.
4.Colombo Low Lying Areas Reclamation Board
5.Ceylon Tyre Corporation
* Member of Council, Ceylon Bureau of Standards
*Member, Board of Regents Vidyalankara University
*Construction of Steel Rolling Mills for the Ceylon Steel Corporation.
*Construction of Tyre factory for Ceylon Tyre Corporation. 1963
Appointed Chief Engineer, Colombo Port Commission. |
| 1964 |
Construction
of Colombo Planetarium |
| 1965 |
*Construction
of Cement factory at Puttalam, Stages I and 2 capacity
400,000 tons/annum.
*Construct ion of the 50,000-ton capacity flourmill for the Flour
Milling Corporation of Ceylon.
*Construction of New Board Mill for Eastern Paper Mills Corporation.
Construction of Hardware factory for the State Hardware Corporation.
*Construction of Narahenpita flats using factory produced components
in concrete. |
As Port Commissioner,
being escorted as guest of honour, on board a visiting battleship
in Colombo harbour, by the ship's Commanding Officer |
| 1967 |
*Construction
of the State Engineering Corporation Headquarters building. |
| 1968 |
*Appointed
Port Commissioner Colombo Port Commission.
*Design and execution of the drainage, sewerage and water supply
at Mahiyangana Hospital.
*Chairman, National Science Council, Sri Lanka. |
| 1969 |
*President
of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka,
*Chairman of the General Research Committee of the Sri Lanka Association
for the Advancement of Science.
*Construction of the Integrated Textile Factory at Thullhiriya (the
largest in south East Asia) for the National Textiles Corporation.
*Construction of the Woodworking complex (chipboard, plywood and
furniture factories and sawmills) for Ceylon Plywood Corporation.
*Construction of the Labour Secretariat office building.
*Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (FRINA). |
As President of the Institution
of engineers, Ceylon, addressing the institution of Engineers,
Australia t the Silver Jubilee celebration in 1969. |
| 1970 |
*General
President of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dredging and Reclamation Projects, (Crow Island).
*Construction of the Polgolla Dam on the Mahaweli River, Stage I
of Mahaweli Ganga Multi Purpose Scheme.
*Released full time on no-pay leave from post of Port Commissioner
1970 Design and construction of the enlarged taxiway parking area,
maintenance building, water tower and other ancillary buildings
of the Bandaranaike International Airport at Colombo. |
| 1971 |
*Construction
of Kalutara Bodhiya Chaitiya.
*Resigned from State Engineering Corporation on October 26, 1971.
Premature retirement from Colombo Port Commission with effect from
1972
*21 December 1971 left Sri Lanka for Malaysia. |
| 1972 |
*Engineering
Manager and Consultant of Chendering Port Project, Malaysian International
Consultants.
*Consultant, United Nations, Economic Commission for Asia and Far
East.
*Consultant on Modular Co-ordination and Standardization in the
Building Industry, United Nations, Economic Commission for Asia
and Far East. |
Delivering a lecture at
Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee t0 an appreciative
audience in 1972. |
| 1973 |
*Consultant
on the Civil Engineering Works on Paddy Drying and Milling Complexes
Lembaga padi dan beras Negatra East Asiatic Company Ltd. Malaysia. |
| 1975 |
*Fellow
of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka (F.N.A.Sc. SL) |
| 1978 |
*Chairman,
National Engineering Research and Development Centre.
*Chairman, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau:
Supervised the construction of Victoria, Kotmale, Maduru oya, Randenigala,
and Rantembe dams, including associated tunnels, and powerhouses,
under the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project.
*Chairman, Bureau of Ceylon Standards. |
| 1979 |
*Conferred
the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the University
of Moratuwa |
| 1981 |
*Commissioner
of the Inventors Commission of Sri Lanka.
*Elected Vice President of International Federation on Prestressing
(FIP). |
| 1982 |
*Founder
President of the Association of Consulting Engineers, Sri Lanka |
| 1983 |
*Construction
of Kotmale Maha Seya, involving design and construction of a 200
ft. diameter hemispherical concrete shell. |
| 1986 |
*National
Honour "Vidya Jyothi Class I" conferred by His Excellency
the President on the Independence Commemoration Day, February 4,1986. |
Playing the thabla
during a musical programme at the NERD Centre in April 1991. The
Regional Environmental and Natural Resources information Centre
(RENRIC) held a South Asia Comparative Environment Programme (SACEP)
conference at the NERD Centre. |
| 1987 |
*President,
National Academy of Sciences. |
| 1994 |
*Resigned
from the position of Chairman, National Engineering Research and
Development Centre. |
| 1995 |
*Awarded
the title of "Visva Prasadhini" form Scientific Research. |
| 1996 |
*Resigned
from the position of Chairman, Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau.
*Appointed Additional Director General, of the National Building
Research Organisation. |
| 2000 |
*Conferred
the degree of Doctor of Engineering (1-Ionoris Causa) by the Open
University of Sri Lanka. |
| 2003 |
*Awarded
the "Sri Lankabhimani" from Swarnawahini |
| 2004 |
*Honorary Fellowship by the Society of Structural Engineering |
| 2005 |
*Awarded the title “Deshabandu” by her Excellency, the President |
