By Ruvini Jayasinghe
Engineer S. S. P. Ratnayake, as Director General of the Urban Development Authority, heads an institution at the forefront of the Sri Lanka’s emerging urban transformation. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer having vast experience in implementation of multi-disciplinary Major Civil Construction Contracts.
He has an extensive experience in planning facilitating and managing large scale urban development, real estate and infrastructure initiatives in the country. Eng. S. S. P. Ratnayake worked as the Divisional Engineer at the Road Construction and Development Company (Pvt.) Ltd., Planning Engineer at the M/S Hyundai Development & Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd., Senior Project Manager at the International Construction Consortium, and the General Manager at the RR Construction (Pvt.) Ltd.
He is graduated from the University of Moratuwa, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Civil) Hons. with a Second Class Upper Division and also he is having a Postgraduate Diploma in Highway and Traffic Engineering from the University of Moratuwa.
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