D E De Silva & Sons Pvt Ltd

14/04/2026

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous Sinhala & Tamil New Year, May all your dreams will be fulfilled!

17/08/2025

Our Director S. Gihan De Silva participated in 2025 World Aquatics Championships on 13th August in Singapore. He represented Sri Lanka in 50 meter breaststroke event, 35-39 age group.

16/08/2025

Our Director S. Gihan De Silva participated in 2025 World Aquatics Championships on 13th August in Singapore.

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23/05/2025

Why We Must Rethink the Way We Build Houses

Construction industry is everlasting industry which alters its nature as time passes. Currently in Sri Lanka due to the economic crisis, construction industry has emerged in a way that approaches the consumers with different cost effective alternatives. Therefore the clay bricks are very rarely or the least used materials among the all other alterative bonding blocks. Soil bricks, fly ash bricks, cement blocks are main alternatives to the standard clay brick used for wall bonding.

However, cement block standouts among most of the bricks and blocks for wall bonding due to several reasons including strength, cost, availability and usability. On the other hand when considering floor finishes, floor tiles are not the most cost effective and attractive modern material. Titanium floors, epoxy paint floors and cut cement floors have been considered as modern and affordable flooring materials.

However you as an individual consumer, should also consider these options when building your house as they play very vital roles in cost analysis of your housing project. After all, your ability to think differently makes a great advantage in general life as well as getting done your house built.

When a man starts to think differently, he will search and read new things. Not only then he or she gets new knowledge by the freshly gathered information but also views them differently by analysis with an open mind.

An open mind is very crucial in many aspects of life as it open ups many doors and leads us in many paths in life which helps us to ultimately find solutions to our problems. Contrary to the traditional materials and methods of building a house, one should be able to think uniquely to accomplish the goal of building a house with less time, money and effort.

When considering the designs of a house, modern boxed type designs are more spacious and economical in its nature. Some of the other modern designs also reap these benefits as they take less time to build and less material cost due to modern materials being used.

Completion of a construction project (house building) on time is also very critical as it saves our money because less time makes less sacrifices in general. Image you being on rent, more time you get to start building your house and also more time your construction company gets to complete the house will result in more monthly rentals for you to pay.

My dear reader, you may think of building your dream home with cost and time efficiency. Therefore we as a construction company can guide you from concept to construction and finally build your house as per your preference. We are pleased to serve you exclusively with our experience over six decades in the Sri Lankan private construction industry.

- Shehan De Silva -
Director, D. E. De Silva & Sons (Pvt) Ltd - Building Contractors
http://dedesilvansons.lk

16/05/2025

Build Your Dreams

Life is what we create and we become what we believe. When we work on our dreams, we first acquire the knowledge to build our dreams. In some cases we get the consultation of a highly knowledgeable and well experienced party to help us out because that seems to be the most wise and appropriate decision one can make in order to achieve the goals in less time. Otherwise we may have to figure things out by ourselves by spending more time and effort in the process.

The same way, we should find a good construction company when we build our dream house because a reputed construction company will do a quality construction within the time frame. Quality control is also a very crucial aspect when doing a construction as most of the constructions are costly projects.

Therefore, money we spend on a construction should not be wasted on a low quality work due to any reason. Long lasting construction is slightly expensive but worth the cost as it actually saves money in the long run with low number of repairs throughout the years.

Normally a 2,000 – 3,000 sqft two story house will take 8 – 10 months to reach its completion. The time of construction largely depends on client’s budget and interference on construction. A client who makes the payments on time to the construction company and does not interfere too much with construction works will be able to get the job done on time.

Once the construction drawings are finalized with the architect as per client’s preferences, there’s no need to interfere with the construction other than the monthly site meetings because the sole purpose of handing over the construction project to a trusted construction company is to obtain a high quality construction on time.

Dear reader, you may think of building your dream home with cost and time efficiency or you may plan to build your office, shop, warehouse, or an apartment building in less time at a reasonable cost. Therefore, we as a construction company can guide you from concept to construction and finally complete your construction project as per your preference. We are pleased to serve you exclusively with our experience of over six decades in the Sri Lankan private construction industry.

- Shehan De Silva -
Director, D. E. De Silva & Sons (Pvt) Ltd - Building Contractors
http://dedesilvansons.lk

11/05/2025

Suba Vesak Poyak Wewa!

24/04/2025

Compact Construction Cohort

Compact Construction is the future of residential construction. This is also a unique approach to construction. Uniqueness is what distinguishes you from others. Therefore you being unique in life makes you unchallengeable to your competitors. Life is a never ending stream and it’s just you experience life for a few decades but life was there before you and life will always be there when you are gone.

We all know that we have limited time in life. Not only is time limited but for most of us the money and other resources are also limited. So why spend endless years on building your house or office building with all your energy, when you can think of a better option. That better option is the alternative or the solution to your construction needs through the compact construction cohort.

In compact construction, you get the opportunity to include most of your valuable aspects of the premises in a stylish way at a reasonable cost. This method of construction is also highly time efficient and cost effective mainly due to the time efficiency and space management. We would insist you to experience this new way of construction which will enhance your life experience and save both your time and money.

If you want to build a house, office or a shop which will function best in a limited space but yet exaggerate the used space to fullest, then the compact construction is the best thing you should try first. However, being compact doesn’t make you limited in any means with this construction system but makes you expand yourself in many ways due to its advanced space management techniques.

There are various subcategories of constructions under this compact construction cohort and that’s why it’s a comprehensive cohort which cannot be totally explained in a few minutes. The future of construction in year 2030 will begin with the compact construction cohort. We hope you will construct your life with a compact construction which will match the future trends of living.

- Shehan De Silva -
Director, D. E. De Silva & Sons (Pvt) Ltd - Building Contractors

We offer a full range of construction services, from the inception of project design to project completion; on residential, commercial and renovation projects.

18/04/2025

Time Matters the Most

In the modern world, we tend to get involved in many things at once. Therefore we live our lives with busy schedules and prioritize our work as per the importance. Depending on the skill level of our time management, we will be able to do things in the limited time we have in life. One person might be able to do many things in his or her lifetime whereas another person might be able to do very few things.

Successful people are capable of reaping maximum and multiple benefits of the time they get in their lives. Time for education, profession, physical exercises, family, social and spiritual life are all essential elements in one’s life.

After all, the only major factor we should efficiently utilize is time because managing time will help us manage our finances, assets, health, happiness and pretty much anything. We all live more or less a century of years in life but the first and last decades of years are mostly out of our control. Therefore we have around eight decades or 80 years of time which is 29,200 days. Building a medium sized house will require 10 months (300 days) out of that time.

As we clearly understand the value of limited time we all have in our lives, we would never delay our construction works of any project we undertake. Approximately ten consecutive months are sufficient to build a two or three story building (house or office building) which covers nearly 3,000 square feet.

We always work according to a project work program that we share with our clients and we evaluate every month with several milestones. We also review and discuss in great detail about the project progress in monthly site meetings with the clients and consultants.

My dear reader, you may already be thinking of building your dream home with cost and time efficiency or you may be planning to build your office, shop outlet, warehouse, factory or an apartment building in less time at a reasonable cost. Therefore, we as a construction company can guide you from concept to construction and finally complete your construction project as per your preference with value added services inclusive of maintenance. We are pleased to serve you exclusively with our experience of more than six decades in the Sri Lankan private construction industry.


- Shehan De Silva -
Director, D. E. De Silva & Sons (Pvt) Ltd - Building Contractors

We offer a full range of construction services, from the inception of project design to project completion; on residential, commercial and renovation projects.