Hi Friends, I am Sihara but you can call me @sishi. I am a newbie to the hive. Please do not hesitate to glance at me further on my introduction post if you wish to know me. 🤗
It's me @sishi 👋
This is the first post I am taking to you guys. So, hope I can collaborate with you dearly. I recently graduated as a Civil Engineer from a Sri Lankan University and now I am employed by a leading Construction Company in Sri Lanka.
It was the last weekend that I had a chance to visit construction sites. Today I am going to share one of my recent experiences from my field visit diary.
Image of the busy site of the Flyover. Image by @sishi
It was a site visit to the Construction of a Flyover at Gatambe Junction, Kandy in Sri Lanka. Kandy is the second-largest city on the island and the capital of the Central Province of modern Sri Lanka. Its geographic location has made it a major transportation hub on the island. Gatambe junction has become a bottleneck for the vehicles entering Kandy city from Colombo, Nuwara Eliya. Because of that, after considering several options, a two-lane flyover with a single-lane branch has been identified as the most effective and economical solution for this location.
You can see a railway track nearby the Road. Image by @sishi
After several up and down situations, the two flyovers are under construction now. I am going to share its status with you today.
Construction is one of the industries which is full of uncertainties, when it comes to the road construction project and if the road network is a major one, then the situation gets a lot worse due to heavy traffic flow and vehicle movements. This place is exactly one such location.
Considering the soil profile of the area, a deep foundation has been selected as the foundation type for the flyover. When it comes to the flyover as some of us know there are major parts of the structure.
•Foundation of the flyover
•Abutments – End span supports
•Piers – Intermediate supports
•Bridge deck
•Superstructure
•Retaining walls
Concrete pouring for the sceed of the pile cap. You can see the piles as well.
This flyover is constructed on the existing service roads, so here we are using hoarding boards to cover the construction area. Ready-mix concrete is used as the main material for the construction.
Let’s dig out the present picture of the site.
Picture of pouring concrete to retaining walls during rain. ☔👷👷♀️
Backfilling for constructing a pile cap. 👷♀️
Completed Reinforced Concrete Retaining wall. 👷♀️
That's how we are marking and separating our construction area using hoarding boards and safety boards ensuring safety. 👷
After a ton of works, here the engineers are chatting on a scaffolding.👷
Levelling and compacting after backfilling using vibrating rammer.👷
Finally an image of concreting a retaining wall using a pump car. 🚧
I hope you all had a chance to have a virtual visit to a flyover construction site.I will bring many weekend experiences of mine to taste to you guys.
Until then bye and Laters Hivers 😎