Name of Faculty: Prof. Kinjal P. Rank
Name of Innovative Method Adopted: Learning Through Field Visit
Name of Course: Building Construction, Building and Town Planning
Topics Covered: Building Planning and construction methods.
Place of Visit: Virtual Field Visit at Swastik Prime, Rajkot on 21-09-2020 and 30-09-2020.
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn the Building planning, arrangement of spaces, development control regulations and innovative construction techniques.
Description of Methodology: Engineer explained Method of construction and building planning.
Significance of Method: To understand the concept of space design, arrangement of rooms, functional requirements, building services, construction methods and safety aspects, innovative construction techniques.
Name of Innovative Method Adopted: Learning Through Field Visit
Name of Course: Building Construction Technology
Topics Covered: Building construction methods and innovative construction technology, Building planning.
Place of Visit: Virtual field visit at Shurbhi heights , Rajkot on 7-3-2020
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn about building planning and building components, latest construction tools and technology.
Description of Methodology: After a thorough visit and explained construction of various components of the building in detail and briefed about the safety measures as well as precautions to be followed during construction.
Significance of Method: To understand various building components and various construction activities like excavation, plastering, concreting.
Name of Faculty: Keyur V. Nagecha, Dr. Hitesh Ashani, Vijay R. Dholariya, Gaurav K. Parmar
Topics Covered: Building Planning and construction methods of high rise building residential scheme.
Place of Visit: Shyamal Upavan & Decora west hill Rajkot for on 05-07-2019
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn about the Building planning, arrangement of spaces, Development Control Regulations and innovative construction techniques.
Description of Methodology: After a thorough visit and explaining various aspects of the residential scheme of the construction site.
Significance of Method: To understand the concept of space design, arrangement of rooms, functional requirements, building services, construction methods and safety aspects, innovative construction techniques.
Name of Faculty: Prajit C. Patel, Kajal R. Palan, Vijay R. Dholariya
Topics Covered: Jetty Structures for loading – unloading ships, conveyor belt and its working, operation of cranes, traffic regulation.
Place of Visit: Adani Port Mundra on 19-9-2019 to 20-9-2019.
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn about the conveyor belt system, structure of jetty, traffic regulation of vehicles and ships, storage of containers in yards.
Description of Methodology: During visit engineer explained about conveyor and its working and installation in ship, construction procedure of jetty, and traffic regulation of vehicles and ships as well as operational strategy of crane.
Significance of Method: Understand the concept and requirements of conveyor belt, maintenance of jetty on shore and offshore traffic regulation and functional working of crane.
Name of Faculty: Jignesh A. Shah, Hitesh R.Ashani, Kajal R.Plan
Topics Covered: High speed Conveyor belt and its working, Earthen Dikes, Jetty Structures for loading, unloading ships, Pile Foundation, RCC and Steel Structures.
Place of Visit: Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd. & Port – Dhrol on 27-01-2020.
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn about the working of conveyor belt system, Steel and RCC Structure for Jetty, Earthen dykes and its construction, Repair and Retrofitting of steel structure work.
Description of Methodology: During visit, the Technical manager of plant explained various aspects of the steel and concrete structures for jetty and how it repairing and retrofitting works are carried out.
Significance of Method: To understand the concept and functional requirements of conveyor belts, maintenance of steel and concrete structure of jetty, construction methods of earthen dykes.
Name of Faculty: Gaurav K. Parmar
Topics Covered: Climate parameters and its measurement.
Place of Visit: State water data Centre, Gandhinagar on 27-01-2020 to 28-01-2020.
Goals for Adopting Method: Students can understand hydrological, meteorological parameters and how it is measured using instruments. Description of Methodology: An expert gave field demonstration of working of various instruments and explained how its records the data of various climate parameters.
Significance of Method: Students get knowledge of what is the importance of various hydrological and meteorological parameters with its measurement. Information about the working of weather station, usefulness of data in various analysis and research work.
Topics Covered: Measurement of earthquake intensity at various locations in Gujarat by seismograph, Research work on different location soil for prediction of earthquake.
Place of Visit: Western dedicated freight corridor-Vadodara on 27-01-2020 to 28-01-2020.
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn measurement of earthquakes by earthquake measuring instrument.
Description of Methodology: An expert gave overview about Process of data collection of earthquakes, exposure of instrument to record earthquakes.
Significance of Method: To understand earthquake measurement process, earthquake measurement instrument.
Topics Covered: Construction of road, Construction of Railway Embankment and Construction Material testing.
Place of Visit: Western dedicated freight corridor-Vadodara on 27-01-2020 to 28-01-2020.
Goals for Adopting Method: To understand material testing methodology, construction of road, railway bridge and culvert.
Description of Methodology: Field exposure with explanation to laboratory testing, road construction, rail construction and bridge construction by Chief engineer of Dhorajia construction company.
Significance of Method: Students can understand ongoing construction activity of road and laying out of rail, bridge construction and material testing laboratory.
Name of Faculty: Keyur Nagecha, Kinjal Rank
Topics Covered: Design and Unit Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Place of Visit: Wastewater treatment plant- Madhapar, Rajkot on 20-2-2020.
Goals for Adopting Method: To learn and correlate the theoretical and practical aspects of unit operation and design of wastewater treatment plant.
Description of Methodology: After a thorough visit and explaining unit operations and design of the wastewater plant.
Significance of Method: To understand the unit operations of wastewater plant. Design of wastewater treatment plant and significance of the various design criteria.
Name of Faculty: Kajal Palan
Topics Covered: Design of connection.
Goals for Adopting Method:
- To engage students in their academic
- To create environment of collaborative learning
- To make students responsible
Description of Methodology: A peer learning interaction, where one peer help another to understand the concepts of control of groundwater in excavation and various methods to control the ground water with its key motivation being on students acting in a way where both or all depend on each other.
Significance of Method:
- Student work is improved through self-reflection and incorporation of comments/suggestions made by peers
- Development of social and communication skills such as verbal/written communication and accepting criticism
- Development of critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Development of a collaborative and participatory learning environment
- Promotion of independent learning and improved self-confidence
Name of Faculty: Bhargav Gokani
Topic Covered: Manufacturing process of cement.
Place of Visit: Hi Bond Cement at Patidad near Gomta on 11-02-2019.
Goals for Adopting Method: To understand correlate the theoretical and practical aspects of cement manufacturing plants.
Description of Methodology: After a thorough visit and explaining various stages of the cement manufacturing plant.
Significance of Method: To understand various stages of the cement manufacturing plant, importance of raw materials quality and testing of cement.
Name of Faculty: Kajal Palan
Topic Covered: Construction material testing and NDT.
Place of Visit: Stern Testing Laboratory – Rajkot on 29-09-2018.
Goals for Adopting Method: To train the students in the field of testing of common materials of construction and conduct the test as per standard procedure.
Description of Methodology: To observe live material testing, NDT performed.
Significance of Method: To understand the students about testing of construction materials to study their behavior when subjected to external loading and to obtain their mechanical properties which are used directly or indirectly in the design of structural elements.
Name of Faculty: Prajit Patel
Topic Covered: Controlling System of BRTS.
Place of Visit: BRTS control room- Rajkot on 07-03-2019.
Goals for Adopting Method: To understand various functions of application Controlling system for mass transportation.
Description of Methodology: Verbal description by expert about control and functioning of BRTS.
Significance of Method: To understand various stages of the controlling system and importance of Continuous Monitoring and Maintenance of route.
Name of Faculty: Hitesh Ashani
Topic Covered: Control of groundwater in excavation.
Goals for Adopting Method:·
- To engage students in their academic
- To create environment of collaborative learning
- To make students responsible
Description of Methodology: A peer learning interaction, where one peer help another to understand the concepts of control of groundwater in excavation and various methods to control the ground water with its key motivation being on students acting in a way where both or all depend on each other.
Significance of Method:
- Sharing of knowledge, ideas and experience between the students
- Students feel more at ease and open when work together with a peer
- Enhance communication skill of students
- Work with new material and concept
- Increase in confidence level
Improves helping attitude and social skill