Site visit to Zuari Bridge

On 08^th February 2019, the Second year Civil Engineering students of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda visited the bridge  site at Zuari.

At the start of the field visit the students were taken to the fabrication unit of the bridge .At the fabrication unit site the students were made aware that to make the two four lane bridge carriage way for the bridge, composite deck slabs of steel girder with precast concrete slabs on top were to be used. The steel girders would be fabricated at the unit at the site using advanced robotic welding equipment.

The students got to see the various machines and their working like cutting robot, CNC drilling machine ,fit up bed etc .The students were also explained different types of welding, like submerged arc welding (SAW) and metal active gas welding (MAG).They were made known that the  submerged arc welding (SAW)  is mostly  preferred as it requires less time and can be used for large scale welding.

The Students were then taken to the water front where they got an opportunity to see the construction of the 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.

65 second year students were accompanied by Prof. Shruti Desai, Prof. Kaushik Pai Fondekar and Prof. Madhuraj Naik.of Don Bosco College of Engineering.