Summer Training Report Final Edit
Summer Training Report Final Edit
In the organization
                 Training Duration:(15/05/2023 to
                30/06/2023)
I ARPIT KUMAR , do hereby solemnly declare that the work in this report was carried out by me as a result of
industrial training done at AFCONS INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. The work I have presented does not breach any
existing copyright and no portion of this report is copied or any part thereof has been submitted anywhere as an
industrial training report or otherwise; hence I the author am solely responsible for any mistakes or errors that may
occur. I also declare that any secondary information that has been used has been duly acknowledged in this report.
Internship is a field based practical training experience that prepares trainees for tasks they are
expected to perform on the completion of their training. Training is a prerequisite in order to
equip students with skills for future demands
As part of partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, the
department of Civil and environmental engineering under the college of engineering design art
 and technology of BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MESRA PATNA sends civil
engineering students for industrial training/internship at every end of academic year and this
course is mainly intended to introduce students to various technological skills in industries and
 provide on-the-job training and exposure and thereafter at end of program come up with a
report on the summary of activities done. This report is basically a presentation of what I did,
observations made, skills and different aspects learnt and discovered in my industrial training
with a construction firm called AFCONS INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. during the construction
of the three storied commercial building
Chapter one
basically covers the introduction about the training .
Chapter two
covers the problem statement
Chapter three
covers the training methodology part
Chapter four
addresses the observations made at the training.
                                ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. For giving me this invaluable opportunity to
learn so much practical knowledge which would have impossible to learn through only looking
at images from textbook. I have gained invaluable insights into how construction of any
superstructure is handled and how any difficulty comes in between is tackled. Apart from
technical knowledge, I have gain insights into construction management, efficient man power
management and lots of other thing.
I am deeply indebted to our training In-charge at site Mr. G.S.N.Murthy sir whose help
,stimulating suggestion and encouragement helped meall time at the training site and also for
writing the training report.
Especially, I would like to give my special thanks to my parents whose patient love enabled me
to complete this work. And at last, but not the least I would like to thank God for the successful
completion of my project.
We are thankful to The Project Manager: Mr.Sanjay Kumar to give us this opportunity to learn
about the construction activities in this project.
Table of contents
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………… 1
4. Introduction of organization………………………………………...... 2
Introduction to site……………………………………………………. 3
2. Problem Statement……………………………………………………….. 4
Lab Test……………………………………………………………… 15
5.2 Conclusion…………………………………………………………….21
5.3 Recommendation…………………………………………………….. 21
  Training Diary……………………………………………………………23
SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION
  1.   Objective of training
       The training was performed to gain practical knowledge and enhance the skills in a real
        time environment as it gave an exposure to actual work experience. The summer
       training helped in the understanding of the real time works and projects, industrial
       environmental, work culture, team work. Besides learning different new skills and
       different types of work in a company the summer training helped to clarify and choose
       the department where a student wants to work in future.
3. Project Background
       The ongoing project was on an Elevated Grade Road along Eastern Side of Patna –
       Gaya Railway Line from Mithapur to Ram Govind Singh Mahuli Halt Patna, Bihar and
       the project was taken by Afcons Infrastructure Limited. The project was considered by
       Afcons Infrastructures as the company has a leading presence in Engineering &
       Construction, Infrastructure also the company specializes in infrastructural
       development of tunnels, hydro works, railways, metro, light rails, highways, bridges,
       flyovers, viaducts, elevated corridors, dry docks, and slipways.
4. Introduction of Organization
   Afcons is an engineering and construction company. The group companies build mega-
    structures, develop iconic landmarks, drive innovative technologies in water
   management, renewable energy, oil & gas and power, with a focus on good
   governance, and, sustainable development, to engineer a better planet.
         The company vision is to build an environment that helps in the creation of
          knowledge and its application to work, and to excel in all of their business
          activities and strive to build Shapoorji Pallonji Group into a creative
          organization.
         And their mission is to be a Prominent Transnational Infrastructure Company
          recognized for Business Innovations, focused on Total Satisfaction and
          Enhanced Value Creation for all its Stakeholders.
5. Structure of Organization
                                            Project
                                            Manager
The site is located at Parsa Bazar, Parsa Sampatchak road, Patna, Bihar.
  The project is on an Elevated Grade Road along Eastern Side of Patna – Gaya Railway
  Line from Mithapur to Ram Govind Singh Mahuli Halt Patna, Bihar. The project is an
  8.86 km long elevated grade road on EPC mode.
     Construction planning involves identifying all the required steps to build a structure,
     splitting them into defined activities, ordering these steps logically, and determining
     the necessary materials, manpower, and equipment. The steps involved are:
   2. Land acquisition: Land acquisition simply refers to the process by which private land
     is acquired for some public purpose especially development like construction of roads,
     canal, dams, bridges, buildings, railway lines etc. The acquired land indirectly helps in
     development of society as well as Nation. The landowner may be left with the right to
     negotiate the amount of compensation proposed. This includes land or assets for which
      the owner enjoys uncontested customary rights.
   3. Soil testing: Soil testing is primarily done to test the bearing capacity. The chemical
     and physical composition of the soil is checked during this process. The soil must have
      the ability to withstand the weight of the building. Soil testing also determines the
     depth and length of the pillars that will be inserted into the soil to lay the building's
     foundation.    The results of soil testing are used to determine the likelihood of
     foundation problems and the best construction methods to use.
4. Barricading: Barricading in construction is a general term for a wide range of traffic
   control, pedestrian safety, and perimeter security equipment. This includes both
   permanent and temporary barricading, but most commonly temporary, as is the nature
   of construction sites.
   The main types of construction barriers used in the construction site are:
       Concrete Construction Barriers.
       Plastic Construction Barriers.
       Guard Rails.
                                         Fig: Barricades
5. Excavation: Excavation is the process of moving earth, rock or other materials with tools,
   equipment or cranes. It also includes trenching, wall shafts, tunnelling and underground.
   It is the preliminary activity of the construction project.
6. Surface profiling and compaction: After the excavation of earthworks the site is made
   compatible to be worked upon. The soil is made even and compacted by applying
   mechanical compactive effort to densify a soil by reducing the void space between soil
   particles. Compaction occurs when particles are pressed together to reduce the space
   between them. Soil compaction is necessary to increase the bearing capacity and stiffness
   of in-situ soils. Compaction increases the shear strength of soils by adding friction from
   the interlocking of particles.
2. Brief description of the site element
   Pedestal: concrete or built-up metal member constructed on top of a bridge seat for
    the purpose of providing a specific bearing seat elevation. A pedestal is used as a base
    to support columns, statues or other ornaments. A classical pedestal may be square,
    octagonal or circular and is usually made up of three elements: Plinth: This is the
    lowest part of the base of a column or pedestal.
   Bearing: A bearing is provided between the bridge girder and the pier cap. The
    main function of the bearing to allow free movement or vibration of the top
    superstructure and reduce effect stress to reach the bridge foundation.
   Segments: A segment is pre casted box girder type element of the bridge over which
    the deck of the bridge is made. The segments are joined together to make a continuous
    span.
                                           Fig:
                                           Segments
3. Brief description of practical training and office work
The practical work and office work that were carried out during the training are
   Ideally any road should not be traffic congested and the vehicles should be free to bypass
   the railway crossing hassle free and without any traffic jams.
   Currently due to the increased number of vehicles on the road with limited space for road
   and the increasing overrun on road by street vendors with most of the pedestrians walking
   on road covering up large areas of road and narrowing the road space for the running
   vehicles.
   The narrowing down of road causes traffic congestion relating to noise and air pollution to
   the environment. Long hours of traffic jams may arise dangerous situation at the railway
   crossings.
   The elevated grade road is being constructed to overcome these traffic issues and to
   decongest traffic on Patna Bypass, which serves as entry and exit points for vehicular
   movement. The Elevated Grade Road along Eastern Side of Patna – Gaya Railway Line
   from Mithapur to Ram Govind Singh Mahuli Halt Patna, Bihar would provide a viable
   alternative for vehicular owners to bypass likely congestion on Patna Gaya road near
   Ramchak Bairiya after the interstate bus terminal (ISBT) becomes fully operational later
   this year.
3. Training Methodology/ Site-Visit Documentation
      The elevated grade road project was Eastern Side of Patna – Gaya Railway Line from
      Mithapur to Ram Govind Singh Mahuli Halt Patna, Bihar and the project was being
      handled from casting yard area. The casting yard for the project was built in an area of
      around 25acres of land. The casting yard was like the main area of the project from where
      all the work was been handled, segments were built and stored etc.
      Inside the casting yard there were different offices and places where the construction
      works and management works were executed. Some of these are
             Wing area: The wing area were designated places where the casting work was
              done. Since the project follows the pre cast construction technology the segments
              of the bridge where casted in a step-by-step process in the wing area.
             Batching plant: The yard had a batching plant where all the cement, sand,
              aggregates, water, admixture was mixed to obtain concrete of desired mix design
              Once the quality concrete was prepared it was transported to the site on a truck
              with a revolving drum which is known as transit mixer which was later used in
              concreting of segments etc.
   Main office: The main office was a small single storeyed building where all the
    paper works, staff and project handling, project maintenance, decision making
    works were done.
   QA/QC Lab: The lab was a specified area for carrying out the lab tests on
    construction materials and set out the criteria for a quality management system
    according to ISO 9001:2015 reaffirmed 2018. These works include
        a. Checking the quality of materials which are to be used in construction
        b. Preparation of trial batch mix designs,
        c. estimation of mix design with documentation
        d. inspection test plan.
       Storage: All equipment’s related to construction and safety were handled through
        storage.
       Thermal power station: For powering and running all kinds of heavy machinery.
The site of the project was located approximately 2.5km away from the casting yard area.
At site the elevated road construction was being executed. These works included
At site the whole ongoing project was barricaded to provide safety for workers and ease
of convenience for pedestrians and vehicles. The engineers were responsible for the
supervising of the whole work along with the safety of workers.
The construction of 8.86 km long Mithapur-Mahuli stretch of road in the state capital
began with the following objectives:
   To decongest traffic on Patna Bypass, which serves as entry and exit points for
    vehicular movement.
   To serve as an exit route from Patna and connect traffic with the under-construction
    Patna-Gaya four-lane road along Patna-Gaya railway line. “It will originate from
    Mithapur flyover on Budh Marg and terminate at Parsa via Sipara in both at grade and
    elevated mode.
   Mithapur-Mahuli road would provide a viable alternative for vehicular owners to
    bypass likely congestion on Patna Gaya Road near Ramchak Bairiya after the interstate
     bus terminal (ISBT) becomes fully operational later this year. The ISBT, being
    developed on a 50-acre plot with a parking facility for more than 300 buses at a time,
    has been opened with a limited number of buses originating from there.
2. Machinery/Tools used in training:
    Gantry: A gantry crane is an overhead crane that has an overhead beam supported by
     freestanding legs and moves on wheels, a track, or rail system carrying a bridge, trolley,
     and hoist. Workshops, warehouses, freight yards, railroads, and shipyards use gantry
     cranes as their lifting solution as a variation of overhead or bridge cranes.
     The lifting capacity of gantry cranes ranges from a few hundred kilo to several hundred
     tons. They provide an efficient and economical means for lifting and moving equipment
     materials, and tools of any size or weight
                                          Fig. Gantry
   Launching        Girders: A launching gantry      called beam launcher,
    (also                                             girder
    launcher, bridge building crane, ) is a special-purpose mobile gantry crane used
    in bridge construction,   specifically segmentalbridges that   use            precast b
    bridge segments or precast girders in highway and high-speed oxgirder
                                                                 rail, bridge construction
    projects. The launching gantry is used to lift and support bridge segments or girders as
    they are placed while being supported by the bridge piers instead of the ground.
    Launching gantry machines are used to lift and support precast bridge segments and
    bridge girders, while movable scaffolding systems are           used for cast-in-place
    construction of bridge segments.
   Concrete vibrators: Concrete vibrators are utilized to remove air that can stay when
    flowing concrete that can decay the unity of the concrete. Without a concrete vibrator,
    concrete structures can back down or fail apart from weather, earthquakes, and wear and
    tear over time. The vibrators are of different types depending upon their uses
      a. Internal vibrator
      b. External vibrator
      c. Surface vibrator
      d. Vibrating table
   Rebar bending machine: Rebar bending machines are usually used for accuracy of
    bending angles. The machine is suitable for bending wide varieties of steel bars, TMT,
    and reinforcement bars etc used in construction. It is capable of bending the toughest
    rebars and its application is very extensive. The machine is suitable to carry out different
    operations on rebar according to their requirements. It contains long steel shafts that can
    require bending before being used in construction. Different types of bender machines
    are applied for bending the rebar in the construction industry. All the types of bender
    differ in design and engineering, strength, technology and use.
   Concrete pump trucks: The concrete pump truck is a kind of high-efficiency concrete
    conveying equipment that integrates the functions of driving, pumping, and distribution.
    The concrete is discharged into the hopper of the pump truck, the pumping system will
    press concrete into the pipeline, and then discharge from the end of pipe. During
    construction, the concrete pouring position can be controlled by moving the tail pipe or
    rotating the angle of the boom. This is used for concreting the segments, pile caps, piers.
3. Lab tests:
    Testing of concrete is vital to ensure the strength and resilience of built structures. Testing
    of concrete materials can be divided into two primary categories: Field testing and
    Laboratory testing.
          Fineness test
          Soundness test
          Compressive strength test
          Initial and final time test
          Impact test
          Crushing value test
          Abrasion test
Aim: To determine the aggregate impact value of a given sample of coarse aggregate
Apparatus:
4) Taping rod = 8 mm
5) IS sieve of 2.36mm
Observations:
                                            60
                                          =380 × 100 = 15.78
     Result: The obtained aggregate impact value is 15.78 which shows the sample is of
     strong nature.
   As an intern I was primarily in supporting role – at least in the beginning. When I join up,
   my main job was to assist, learn and grow. After I had settled in, I had pulled my own
   weight. In the beginning of my internship, I was simply trying to learn how the company
   works. The employees and engineers helped me to get an understanding of their role. After
   few days of learning the ins-and-out of the company I had started to assist and contribute
   more to the team.
    Almost half of the project work was being executed in the casting yard itself. All the
    paper work and desk job was handled in the office. These works include
           making DPR’s.
           planning of methodology of project for economical work output.
           Managing of contractors, team leaders.
           conference meetings to improve and speed up the ongoing project work.
           Lab tests for concrete, making new batch trial mixes.
           preparation of estimation for mix design.
           quality assessment works etc.
Work followed in the casting yard -
   1. The casting yard area has two wings where the segments of the bridge was being
       casted.
   2. First as per the drawing the reinforcements for the segments were made. The
       reinforcements used were TMT bars of 12mm and 16mm diameters and ISMC75
       channel sections were also used.
   3. The reinforcements were then lifted with the help of gantry girders and were
       placed in the area for concreting. Before concreting the reinforcements were put
   4. The whole structure called as segment was then cured for 7 days.
   5. After the segment had achieved the required strength, Post Tensioning was done
       in the segment. The post tensioning was done by HTSE cables.
   6. The final works such as grouting and sandblasting were performed before storing
          the segments in the storage yard.
   7. The segments were casted through long line method
   The engineers were responsible for the supervising of the whole casting of segments
   with the safety of the workers.
   After the casting of segments were finished they were sent on site with the help of
   launching girders where these segments were glued together and were placed between
   piers for the formation of elevated road.
On site
         At site the area under construction was barricaded for the safety of workers and
          for ease of public road use.
         The construction works of piles, pile caps, piers, pier caps & minor bridge were
          performed at site.
                                 Fig : Piling at site
Fig : Stressing
introduced when the element is loaded. Hence the concrete generally remains in
compression.
                 Cement Grouting
                 Chemical Grouting
                 Bentonite Grouting
        Working at heights
        Air borne dust and particles
        Noise
        Working safely around excavations
        Manual handling
        Slips, trips and falls
5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:
Gained a valuable exposure to how a company operates and runs also performed assigned
tasks   in a real world settings. Got an opportunity to reveal my personality and shown
deference and       respect whil seeking guidance and input . Gained a job experience by
introducing myself to daily rigors and task, it also helped me decide if the particular job fits
my personalities or not. It also helped me to build confidence about the particular base subject
which is definitely a beneficial thing for me.
2. Conclusion:
This training helped me gain knowledge by experiencing various works taking place in the
site.   By this training I had an opportunity to witness various situation in the site and
practically and       innovatively overcoming them. In brief I learned about various new
construction technologies and more importantly I experienced the whole construction of
laying out a span of a girder bridge. This helped me in clearing various theoretical and
practical doubts and made me somewhat realize the future scope of Civil Engineering.
3. Recommendation :
1. To the Institute;
             It is really appreciated that our institute doesn’t lag in the presence of any kind of
              lab equipment essential for improvising the study of the students but there is
              always a room to expand and need of more lab equipment is vital.
             The introduction to the new and latest lab equipment is necessary as now a days the
               equipment used in the construction sites are latest and sophisticated.
             The Computer Aided Designing lab must be accessible to the students for working
              and improving their skills in the software used in construction and designing .
             The equipment present in the laboratories must be repaired ( as due to COVID-19
              pandemic the equipment were remained unused for long time due to which the
              equipments are not functioning properly.)
2.       To the Organization
         There is a requirement of relaxation time for employees as the employees don’t get
          holiday regularly.
         The internal structural environment of the organization must be quite appealing
     TRAINING DIARY:
(15th May – 5th JUNE)    Taking an overview of the training place e.g)
                                    • Main office
                                    • Casting yard
                                    • Lab
                                    • Safety department etc.
(6th JUNE- 16th JUNE) . Performed and seen many lab experiment(e.g.)
                         • Fineness of cement
                         • Sieve analysis of coarse and fine aggregate
                         • Consistency of cement
(19th JUNE- 30th June)    Main site visit and final submission of the
                         project report to the training In- Charge