HINDUSTAN UNIVERSTIYDEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INERNSHIP PROGRAM AT THE HIGH COURT OF JURICATURE MADRASCONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNIQUES

By,

Vishnu Prasad .P

Sri Krishna . A

AN INTERNSHIP REPORT

Submitted to the Faculty

of the University of Hindustan

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

the degree of Engineering.

Chennai,Tamilnadu.

January,2014.

ABSTRACT

On the process of learning the techniques deployed in the construction of The new HighCourt Complex , Madras by the P.Manickam & Co Pvt Ltd , We learnt almost all theimportant techniques that were used to build a world class Auditorium and a Court StackComplex .We were helped by Er.Punyakodi, Chief Site Supervisor . We were given anopportunity to work as the Junior Site Supervisors . We were employed to work and CoOrdinate with the fellow staff members and the workers . We were instructed about theconstruction targets on an oral basis and we were responsible for the execution of thetasks under the guidance of Ass. Supervisors . We had a wonderful opportunity to witnessthe growth of a particular building in a step by step manner . We were trained with acourtesy of reporting to the Site Engineer after each and every target accomplishmentsand get them corrected in a right manner. Under the contract to the PWD, began theconstruction of the Museum cum Auditorium and a nine floor Court stack Building whichwas under the complete monitoring by the Government officials . Various basic tests forthe construction purposes were conducted for the basic construction purposes . TheFoundation laid was a Pile type foundation. This project is the first year in a longtermeffort, and PWD's future monitoring techniques will expand on this baseline information .I also include a discussion regarding the approach to future expansion of the High court ofMadras .

AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge the following people for their support and assistance withthis internship .From the P.Manickam & Co pvt Ltd., We would like to thank our immediatesupervisor, Er.Punyakodi, for allowing us to take on the additional job duties of thismonitoring project, and Mr., for his many contributions to this report and for being ourbrave field partner when faced with the fact we had shark, alligator and crocodile assistantsat a few of our monitoring stations.

From the Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science , we express much gratitude to ourgraduate committee: Dr.Jessy Rooby , Dr.Angeline Prabavathy , Dr.Pratheeba Paul andMr.Karuppiah who agreed to serve as one of our internship advisors and get to know us. . .again, Ms.Claudia Jeyapushpa who greatly inspired us throughout our internship program.And Ms.Saranya who continuously challenged us with new ideas!

The person we most wish to thank is Professor Dr.Pratheeba Paul, for whom our graduatecareer would not have been possible and who held faith in us and pushed us into Success !

Table Of ContentsAbstact...................................................................................................................... ...............

Acknowledgements.................................................................................. ...............................

Introduction................................................................................................................. ............

Background........................................................................................... ...............................

Project Description............................................................................................ ...................

Monitoring Methods........................................................................................................... ....

Data...................................................................................................... ...................................

Station Descriptions......................................................................................................... ..

Discussion.................................................................................. ..............................................

Conclusion................................................................................................................... ............

IntroductionBackground:

The location of the site is exactly inside the Madras High Court complex which isan UNESCO World Heritage monument . The renovation works in the maincourt complex were on and the Phase 2 project was undertaken byP.Manickam& CO . The permission for the entry into the High Court Complexwas through Gate 5 . The highly secured court complex was showcasing itsmajestic outlook amidst the Sea Breeze entering gently . The Main purpose ofthis Construction is mainly due to the In availability of space inside the Existingcourt complex . And the other reason was to have a safe location to preservethe judiciary files and folders . The project was sparkled up by the HonourableChief Minister of Tamil Nadu Selvi. J. Jayalalithaa . A sum of 5 Million ( IndianNational Currency) was allocated to push the project into the livelihood . A 9Storey Stack complex , A Two floor Museum Cum Auditorium are the keyDextrous zeal of the project . And a Multi Purpose Canteen inside the MainCourt complex which is in the stage of Completion . The project was kickStarted by the honourable Chief Justice of India and The Honourable ChiefMinister of Tamil Nadu in the month of January 2013 and the deadline of theProject has exactly scheduled to 18 Months from its start .

Project Description :

Site Identification and History:

Site Name : High Court of Madras ,Chennai,TamilNadu.

Site History :

In an effort to address concerns regarding the requirement of space to the existingCourt complex at Madras . The Public Works Department of The Government Of TamilNadu(PWD) has contracted with P.Manickam & CO to performmonitoring to assess thepossible effects to bring a change in Construction of the new court complex will haveambience quality and epibenthic habitat in The judiciary process in the High Court of

Madras . The monitoring will provide baseline data on existing benthic communities andhelp the Existing High Court Complex in congestion management.

Project Scope and Purpose :

3 .2 .1 Purpose of this Project : This plan is being a contract between PWD(PublicWorks Department) and CMDA(Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority),Chennai.

Intended End Use of the Data

Permit Compliane Feasibility Study Consent Order Compliance Remedial Action Assessment.

Internship Schedule:

Beginning Date: January 8,2014.

Ending Date : January 20,2014.

Monitoring methods :

Instruction to visit the nine storied High Court stack Complex was given . Thefooting laid was Pile cap footing since the Building is above 4 stories . Thestrength of the pile footing was learnt and the elevation of the building wasobserved and the flaws were noted . The footing for The Elevator section began, and the footing laid was a double footing . The water table of the particularsite was found to be abnormal and hence a pentanoid was previously used toexcavate the water table from that particular site and the basic foundationprocesses were carried out .Pentoroid is a chemical substance which is used torestrict the flow of water from the springs. Different compositions of

pentoroids have found a prominent place in modern constructions in the recentpast. The concrete laid was Plain cement Concrete (PCC) . Then the cadre of thesite engineers were explained which were AE ( Ass.Engieer, Ass.ExecutiveEngineer , EE (Executive Engineer) . And the instruction to supervise theconstruction of stairs to the Green Room in the Auditorium . We found theelevation towards the Green room from the floor level was pretty high andinstruction was given to alter the Tread and rise levels of the stairs inaccordance to the elevation level from the base line. A spirit level was used tocalculate the Base level and the stairs work was carried out . The normal Treadand rise is 150mm : 300 mm . But the elevation was comparitively higher . So ,we used the ratio 170mm:300mm . Hence the steps were perfectly aligned andthe later steps on the other side of the green room was also altered with thesame above . The Prestressed concrete slabs were used as beams in theauditorium . The ends of the beams were Bulged . This was because of theabsence of Columns in the middle of the auditorium for easy transmission ofsound .Hence these beams were responsible for transferring the load to thecolumns and its design also permits them to overcome the absense of columnsin the middle of the auditorium. The pre-stressed concrete slabs were observedwith a different texture and colour . The post tensioning slabs were used as theroof for the auditorium . The stage was built in a curved manner having adefined radius. A curvature towards the end of the podium allows properpropagation of sound throughout the auditorium. Though this design isoutdated, it has been implemented in this project to meet insufficient soundpropagation system, just in case. The basic plastering works were carried out ,We witnessed the Plastering work in a systematic manner and the mixture wasin the ratio of 1:3 . We were instructed to visit the over head tank which washaving a capacity of 20,000 litres . A leakage in the tank was observed and it wasmeasured and flow of water was stopped and then it was corrected byplastering it again . The day ended with the estimation works and the Muzdarfor the workers . We also learnt the estimation and the other billing worksbased on the worker's Hours of thriving .The works went on with the basic tilingworks on the terrace was carried out . The lime mortar mixture was used as thepaste for the tiling purposes . We witnessed the tiling process in a step by stepmanner and then the over all Level of the tiles were observed to be very much

proper and then the tiles were packed together . On the other side , the fixingof Door Frames were carried out . The door frames were measured to have a90cm stretch . we found few door frames not measured properly and werecorrected . The packing for the door frames were done with concrete . Theframe ring was held up with the brick work and then the concrete mixture waspoured into it and packed .

One of the most dangerous and challenging task in the construction of acommercial structure is the construction of lift(s). Here in this case, two liftswere constructed one next to another. Lifts were constructed close to the staircase and the electrical duct was just adjacent to it. Initially a duct was laid and afirm scaffolding was brought from the basement to the roof top. It was learntthat the safety of an employee working on the empty duct was purely vestedupon the stability of the scaffolding. At first, the ceiling of the duct was drilledand hooks were installed to hold the lift belts. At each floor, holes were drilledon the left and right side of the duct, on the left, a single rectangular opening ofone foot, has a set of two screws laid using a rectangular scale having two semi-circles at a fixed interval. After laying of the metal rods into the rectangularopening, plastering is done and the opening is finely packed. The dimension ofthe rod is 15mm.The gap between two rods is 100mm. The right gap had twoholes,first hole had a dimension of 180mm and the second hole had a diameterof 200mm.