TE Civil students visit Zuari bridge site and Alcon Green Building Centre and R&D lab

A field trip was organized on 08th February 2019 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Don Bosco College of Engineering for the students of the Third Year to the Zuari bridge site followed by a visit to the Alcon Green Building Centre and R&D Lab Centre in Kundaim, Ponda.

Zuari Bridge Site:At the Zuari bridge site the Students were made aware that the proposed bridge would be an eight lane 640 m cable stayed bridge , having a total length of 13.635 km which included the bridge and its approaches. They were later taken to the water front where they got an opportunity to see the construction of the piles, pilecap and pylons. The students were briefed about how the piles were constructed and were made aware that 78 piles of 42 m height were constructed using M55 grade of self-compacting concrete. They were also made aware by the officials that the piling work that was done at the water front was the most critical part of the project as yet.
Alcon Green Building Centre and R&D Centre in Kundaim, Ponda: In the latter half of the day the students visited the Green Building Centreand Alcon Research and development (R&D) Centre in Kundaim, Ponda. It was made known to them that the plant prides itself in the creation of better quality concrete in association with ACC Cement.
Here the students were explained and shown the various equipment used for concrete testing. The students also got to see Water permeability apparatus, Rapid Chloride Permeability Testing Apparatus used for testing the durability of concrete, Heat Hydration Apparatus etc.

They also got to see the chemical testing lab where various tests are being conducted on the cement to improve the quality of cement and concrete. The students also got an opportunity to see the fully automated plant that supplies concrete bricks, pavers, kerbs etc. They also got an opportunity to see the two separate process of wet and dry that the plant is divided into.

61 students were accompanied by Prof. Akshata Kudchadkar, B.R Anirudha and Prof. Jeffrey Valadares