Industrial Visit to Indiabulls Commercial Project
9th March 2018
ASCE Student Chapter, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon organized an industrial visit to construction site “Indiabulls commercial project” in Dwarka Expressway on 9th March 2018. 52 students from IV and VI semesters, Civil Engineering Department along with Mr. Gaurav Thakur (Assistant Professor, CE Department) went for the visit.
The main objective of the visit was to provide students various practical aspects of civil engineering.
The project named “Indiabulls One 09” is a commercial project in Dwarka Expressway. It is designed to offer everything from anchor stores, to hypermarket, high street retail shops, multiplexes, restaurants, food court, pubs and lounges, entertainment zone, fitness club and office spaces for rent in Gurgaon.
Project Manager of the site welcomed the students and accompanied them to the site and every student was provided with safety helmets. The site staff took the students for the site visit. Firstly, the students were taken to the RMC (Ready Mixed Concrete) plant where the students were explained the working of the plant. The students also cleared their doubts. The students were then taken to the Quality Control Lab where they learnt various tests conducted on building materials.
The students were then taken to the one of the towers of the site where they learnt the various structural and finishing works of building construction. The students learnt the various facets of building construction like layout of columns, concreting of beams, columns and slabs, expansion joint, gridlines, various types of tower cranes, blockwork, staircase and lift pits, waterproofing of roof, learnt about doors and windows, finishing works including flooring, plastering etc. They also learnt to read various drawings like coordinate drawings of columns, foundation drawings etc. The students were made also familiarized with various safety measures to be taken at the site while executing different kinds of works.
Overall it was a very good experience for the students as they learnt many new things and enhanced their knowledge.