The real learning for a Civil Engineering student happens on a construction site, where the specifics of design and construction methods are acquired. No other branch of engineering is much more creative and indigenous as Civil Engineering is, so in order to cater the creative minds of civil engineering students and to make them abreast with the practical side of their coursework, a site visit to Construction Site of Bearys Global Research triangle (BGRT), Bangalore and KRS Dam was organized by the Civil Engineering Department of Bearys institute of Technology, Mangalore on 7th & 9th December 2022. A group of 20 students got an opportunity to learn the basics of construction at the construction site accompanied by faculty members Prof. Anjan Kumar M.U., Prof. Althamashuddin Khan and Prof. Shareefa R Nadaf of Civil Engineering Department.
1. BGRT site visit: BGRT is a world-class, high-technology research enclave, modeled on the much-celebrated Research Triangle Park(RTP), North Carolina, USA. BGRT has many firsts to its credit in India viz.
1. First LEED Platinum-certified Research Park.
2. First project to offer 84% floor efficiency
3. First IT project with 16m x 16m grid
4. First Green Field Project with the highest energy savings of over 54% and water usage reduction of 70% & It’s a zero discharge building
5. First IT project in the midst of residential neighborhoods promoting a ‘walk to work’ culture.
2. KRS Dam Mysore, Karnataka
KRS dam is a gravity dam made of surki mortar named after Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV of Mysore, this dam is built over the river Kaveri near to the conjunction of three rivers namely Kavery, Hemavathi & Lakshmana Thirtha. A major source of drinking water for Mysore and Bangalore city, KRS dam is also one of the main sources of irrigation water for Mandya and Mysore. With a length of 3 km, this dam also boasts of being the first irrigation dam of India. One of the architects of the dam was Chief Engineer of Mysore M. Visvesvaraya. There is an ornamental garden, Brindavan Gardens, attached to the dam.