DBCE SE MECHANICAL students visit NIT Goa Permanent Campus site at Cuncolim

Second Year students of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Don Bosco College of Engineering (DBCE) made a site visit to the NIT Goa permanent campus situated at Cuncolim. The visit was conducted on April 4, 2022

The NIT campus is developed at Cuncolim by Central Public Works Department (CPWD). The EPC contract is executed by B.G. Shirke Construction Tech. Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Pramod Yadav, Site Engineer and Mr. Sahil Desai coordinated the visit. Mr. Pramod Yadav briefed the students and faculty about the details of the project. Mr. Yadav emulated the different salient features of the project and mentioned that the project is developed PHASE wise. In PHASE I, the total site area is around 450000 sq,m and total built up area is approximately 70000 sq.m. The project has dedicated buildings for Administration, Library, Seminar halls, Hostels and staff quarters among others.

The students were taken to the construction site and the factory wherein the innovative pre-cast technology was explained. With the help of this technology, construction takes place faster and with lesser man power. Mr. Yadav also explained the project management aspects related to the contract.

The students had a fruitful learning experience through the site visit and interacted with the officials. DBCE signed a MoU with NIT Goa in 2019. The visit was arranged and coordinated by faculty of Department of Mechanical Engineering- Prof Swapnil Ramani and Prof. Raymond Joseph and was accompanied by Dr. Suraj Marathe.