Dona Enfreeda Rangani Chitra Weddikkara (1947), known as Chitra Weddikkara, is a Sri Lankan professor of building economics,[1][2][3] a chartered architect, a chartered quantity surveyor, an external examiner, an administrator,[4] and a frequent speaker at construction-related professional venues.
In 1987, she took over the position of Head of the Department of Building Economics at the University of Moratuwa, managing the newly created degree course in Quantity Surveying.
Weddikkara has researched and written about space planning and management in higher educational institutes, sustainability in quality survey professional culture, skills and competencies required for facilities managers in the Middle East, the importance of trade unions to construction workers in Sri Lanka, the design of buildings towards environment sustainable construction, financing of infrastructure and leisure facilities in developing countries, and, more recently, the maintainability of highrise buildings.
In 2005 she prepared an evaluation and assessment of tsunami damages to health facilities for the World Bank and also completed consultancy work for contract administration of 108 schools for NCCSL through the Building Economics research unit.
[12] Weddikkara began her professional career in 1971 as a junior assistant architect in the Department of Buildings, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Weddikkara was the project Quantity surveyor for the Ramada Renaissance hotel in Sri Lanka, Housing Complex at Colombo-8 for Dart Express, Air Lanka Peacock Lounge at Bandaranaike Airport, Katunayake, Deer Park Hotel at Giritale, New Zealand Milk Product factory & office at Biyagama, Ella Rest house at Ella, South East University at Oluvil, Mendis Apartments at Colombo-7, Renuka city Hotel at Colombo-3, Crescat Development, Bank of Ceylon Kandy, Peoples Property Development Ltd., Ceylinco Development Projects, in addition to cost assessment and insurance claims related to Damage to Twin Towers due to bomb blast, Assessment of Hotel Intercontinental, Assessment of Liberty Plaza (for Colombo Lands), Assessment of reinstatement of Medhufushi Island Resort at Mulaku Atoll, Republic of Maldives.
She has also conducted seminars and workshops at BMICH, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Institute of Architecture, CCI, and RICS.
She has also taught short course in Effective Financial Control in Construction, (Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa: ETA Learning Center Dubai), Construction Claims (Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa: ETA Learning Center Dubai) and Value management (for M.Sc.