FIELD VISIT TO VASCO PORT CONNECTIVITY PROJECT

The third year Civil Engineering Students were taken for a field visit to Vasco Port Connectivity Project on the 28^th September 2019.The students were accompanied by Prof. Oswyn Soares, Prof. Prachi Dessai and Prof. Akshata A.S Kudchadker. This project was undertaken by Gammon Infrastructure Projects limited in the year 2015.

Mr.Prakash Bramapurkar, Project In-Charge and Mr.Ashwin Karkigave gave an hour long session educating the students on their road to success starting with the Construction of the Gate Way Of India, which paved the way for a rich history of construction since the 1919’s. Some of their notable constructions in India have been the Cable Stayed Bridge in Sikkim, the Railway Tunnel in Maharashtra, the Nuclear Reactor in Kalpakkam and the notable one in Goa being the Zuari Bridge.

The students were informed about the lengths of different parts to be constructed; the type of  foundation used, the reasons why each of the specified foundations were used,the construction of the girders whether pre-stressed or post-stressing, the construction sequence, the site investigation, piles used,piers, pier cap, girders, deck sheet, slab, and water proofing. Some of the problems which they overcame were to provide girders to balance 45 tons; for the construction of the Sada road reinforced earth work was used, provided at a slope of 45⁰ each layer having a thickness of 250mm.

A video showing the map of the NH17B showing the roads and the elevated road, ramps about the site was shown, Mr Madhu Krishnan safety engineer explained about the safety precautions taken at the site .

Mr Ashwin toured the students around the site and identified the parts explained in the slide presentation. Thereafter the quality control lab which is located about 3km from the main office was visited. A demo was given in detail showing the Rapid Chloride Penetration Test (RCPT) which is used to assess the resistance of concrete to chloride ions. In all 50 students had visited the site.