Department of Civil Engineering at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus has arranged a 2 weeks summer internship for current 4th and 6th semester students of B. Tech. in Civil Engineering and 2nd semester students of M. Tech. in Structural Engineering and Construction Management at L&T in the month of July 2023. The internship has allowed students to get an unambiguous view of working atmosphere of practicing Civil Engineers along with a knowledge and hands on training of the various softwares used in the field of Civil Engineering. Mentors at L & T have made a commendable effort to educate the students and guide them thoroughly during their internship.
DAY 1: An orientation session with an introduction to Concrete Technology, Structural Analysis problem solving), Transportation Engineering (pavement) and Geotechnical Engineering.
DAY 2 (Visit to L&T Innovation Campus Project Site): Session on safety aspects that should be follow ed in site and about the PPE s along with introduction to Formwork and MEP. Students get to visit an L & T project site.
DAY 3 (Visit to Research and Testing Centre): An overview on concrete mix (with and without admixtures), types of aggregates and its uses tests on concrete, cement and aggregates, Non Destructive Tests, Structural Analysis, Types of Rebars and experiment on rebars Tensile strength. A visit to Geotechnical Engineering laboratory Introduction to Triaxial test, Consolidation test and about hydrometers and Transportation Engineering laboratory Tests on bitumen.
DAY 4 (Visit to 3D BIM studio and smart world experience zones): S ession on Workman induction medical check (fitness assessment), monitoring their performance, transition from unskilled to skilled worker; Material consumption; RFIV; IOT Kit, Sensors and its different types . Visited BIM Studio: Session on what is BIM? Its uses and 3D view of real time complex projects (The Statue of Unity). Visited AI
DAY 5, 6 & 7 (Workshop on Design Thinking Principle for complex real-world problem solving): Started with the definition of design thinking; session on fundamentals and framework of design thinking, stages of design thinking, case studies, Tools and techniques used in design thinking; Started with a basic group activity then to real time complex project
DAY 8, 9 & 10 (Internship at Construction Skill Training Institute, Kanchipuram):
DAY 8: Introduction to formwork, visited CSTI campus, participated in bar bending and different types of ties.
DAY 9: Types of formworks, practically handled the dismantling and assembling of various components in different types of formworks
DAY 10: Visited L&T Innovation School Introduction on Safety aspects, Heinrich triangle theory, Safety culture, PPEs and Instruments used. Students participated in scaffolding works (dismantling and assembling).
DAY 11: Student presentations and feedback with closing remarks.
“An enlightening experience that can’t be found anywhere else. The internship exceeded my expectations in all ways. The expertise of the mentors and the facilities available were very impressive. It was a perfect mix of both theoretical and practical knowle dge and was of huge help in bridging the gap between these two. The three days in Kancheepuram offered us the best opportunity to receive hands on experience. The knowledge I’ve gained there is definitely something I will carry with me for a long time” – Ilavenil R. (2021 B. Tech. Joining Batch)
“Speaking about our internship in LNT from July 24th to August 4th it was far better than we expected. We thought it would be just an explanation of how the industry works but we were surprised to get a hands on session on every work in site plus they made the internship a fruit full one by providing us a specialist in e ach field in every part of the tour and made sure every arisen doubt from us were cleared on and at the moment” – Shaktheeswaran R. (2021 B. Tech. Joining Batch)
“It was a great honor to be part of the internship. They had explained briefly about what all the problems that we face on site are and how to overcome them ..” – Sri Sai Venkat Venkayla (2021 B. Tech. Joining Batch)
“We were able to learn how things were done in real life and got a hands on experience on various fields of Civil Engineering. We got to learn about the problems faced during the construction process . The internship at L&T has given an opportunity to apply the lectures of classroom in real field work ..” – Rajagopal S. (2020 B. Tech. Joining Batch)
“The summer internship at L & T was super inf ormative and packed with hands on experience on the differen t softw ares and technologies. technologies.” Pramarsha B. S. (2020 B. Tech. Joining Batch)
