Working With ICT

Working  with  ICT was a great learning  experience . Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. (ICT), is a leading International Consulting Organization specializing in Highways, Structures, Airports, Urban and Regional Infrastructure Development, Water Supply, Water Resources Development and Management, Traffic and Transportation, Ports and Tourism, Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building, and, Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment.

 People working there were very professional and at the same time they were very helpful also. They  had prepared schedule  for us which we had to follow from  the very first day of our internship and strictly monitored our attendance .  We visited five departments over there.

 The first department to start with was Surveying Department. Surveying has been an essential element in the development of the human environment since the beginning of recorded history. It is required in the planning and execution of nearly every form of construction.  In our case surveying was required for locating the various topographical features on the real ground and getting the coordinates using GPS technology for designing the highway alignment .  We performed Traversing using  Total Station. We got know the practical importance of the surveying .

After that we headed for our next department  and that was  Traffic &Transportation. In this department  various studies and survey are done which help to decide number of lanes to be provide , type of interchanges in alignment of highway. An important part of transportation department is traffic engineering, which is phase of transportation engineering that deals with the planning, geometric design and traffic operations of roads, streets, and highways, their networks, terminals, abutting lands and relationship with other modes of transportation. A part from this transportation department  showed us their research  project which is final stages . They are developing a  software known as RADAR (Road Accident Data Recorder) In India, the cases of road accidents are increasing day by day. But due to the lack of information regarding the accident, the guilty mostly go free. To prevent these cases and make sure that the guilty is punished, this initiative is taken. With the use of this software the data regarding any accident can be recorded efficiently for further use. During our internship in ICT, we saw the working prototype of the software tablets that are being tested in some parts of Delhi by Delhi police. Here we experienced the difficulties and challenges one has to face during handling various data we is collected  from various studies and surveys.

The above two departments are the backbone of the next department which is Highway designing.  Here we learnt about the designing vertical and horizontal alignment of highway and the factors the governing for widening of road whether it has to be eccentric widening or concentric widening or when to for a bypass. The cross sectional element and drainage to be provided is based upon the number of lane for which a road is designed. Here we got see the latest software that are used for designing.

As the weeks passed we also moved from one department to other . We now entered PMG (Pavement Material& Geo-synthetics) department. This division mainly consults with the pavement design required for the particular project in ICT. The drawings prepared in HIGHWAY DIVISION are then passed to the pavement division with all the traffic surveys data, based on that data and referring to the following codes design of pavement is done. ICT has its lab situated at Faridabad near Delhi.  In lab all the tests are conducted that are necessary for design. Various lab tests like, testing of materials to be used for construction, soil testing on the field, water tests, bitumen tests, concrete tests etc., are really important for the construction purposes. ICT lab plays an important role in the functionality of the work properly as whole of the design is dependent upon the lab testing.

Then moved to our second last department which was Bridge Department. This was the most fascinating department for which I eagerly awaited but the designing part was beyond our scope since it requires lot experience and expertise. Therefore we did not got learn very much. The guide there was extremely helpful and he still explained us about different types of foundation in bridges and different components of bridges.

At last we reached our last department and that was Quantity and Cost Estimation. This department in ICT is broadly concerned with contracts, measurement and costs on construction projects. The methods employed, however, cover a range of activities which may include cost planning, value engineering, value management, feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis, life-cycle costing, tendering, valuation, change control, dispute resolution, claims management, project management and cost estimation. The team comprises of various expertise in drafting and interpretation of contract documents, to settle issues, value the works fairly and regularly, project final costs, avoid disputes and ensure the effective progress of a project. In all going to ICT was a very fruit full . They helped me to experience  and learn about the professional culture.  

Adarsh Raghav

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