Construction of 18 ft Wide Road in Zone 6 of Bathinda City - Project Overview

CE 2.1 Project Information
Name of the Project: Construction of 18 ft Wide Road in Zone 6 of Bathinda City
Location of the Project: Zone 6, Bathinda, Punjab
Project Duration: From December of 2016 to February of 2018
Organization: Jagjit Singh Dhillon Contractor
Role and Designation during the time: Site Engineer
CE 2.2 Project Background
CE 2.2.1 Characteristics of the project
Jagjit Singh Dhillon Contractor is one of the popular organizations in Punjab. They
have done several significant projects regarding constructions and have been helpful to the
citizens of this state. I got the opportunity to work with them in a project of constructing 18ft
wide road in Zone 6 of Bathinda city as a site engineer. In this project, we had to construct a
road of length of 12 km in Zone 6 within Bathinda city. We started our work from earthwork
and completed the project within 14 months. This particular road of 12 km was built in
several layers, which are earthwork to fulfill the depression and also to prepare the
preliminary base. I even provided 230 mm of GSB or granular sub base and 250 mm of
WMM or wet mix macadam. I have also used on top layering of 40 mm BC or Bituminous
concrete. I have followed all the above mentioned steps for building the road work.
AutoCAD software was used to make the drawing and detailing of reinforcement and
ETABS software helped us in analyzing as well as designing of this road.

CE 2.2.2 Objectives developed for the project
The project for constructing this 12 km road in Bathinda city was one of the major
projects in my professional career. With my basic knowledge in core civil engineering, I had
to complete my tasks that were assigned to me. To make the project more effective and
efficient, the following objectives were developed by me:
 To construct a wide road of length 12 km or 18ft in Zone 6 of Bathinda city.
 To complete the entire project from earthwork to the finishing of road with proper
efficiency.
 To build the 12 km road in several layers like earthwork, 230 mm GSB, 250 mm
WMM, 60 mm DBM and 40 mm BC.
 To undergo several tests like sieve analysis or cube testing to test the compressive
strength of the concrete.
 To use ETABS software for proper analysis and designing of the road to be
constructed.
 To use AutoCAD software for drawing as well as reinforcement detailing of the
project.
 To compare the results that were obtained from ETABS software with manual
methodology.
 To maintain safety and security within the project by applying certain precautions in
the work.
CE 2.2.3 My area of work
I was appointed as the site engineer in this project, since I had much experience in
these projects. Being an experienced site engineer, I had to offer advice regarding the proper
planning, coordination as well as supervision of the technical aspects of this road
construction. I even have worked with contractors and hence I even had the duty to select the

Managing Director
Project Head
(Technical)
Finance Manager
(Non Technical)
Site Engineer Technical (Me) SupervisorSupervisor
contractor of this project and I have selected Jagjit Singh Dhillon here as they were one of the
best contractors in Bathinda. I was also assigned for completing the structural designing of
the road and to determine the project costs.
CE 2.2.4 Project Group
Figure 1: People involved in the project
CE 2.2.5 My responsibilities throughout the project
In this project, my major responsibility was to check the proper compaction of the
several materials that were laid on the roads to be constructed. I even had to provide the
appropriate camber within the road surface and also to manage the staffs or workers
efficiently and effectively. With my knowledge in AutoCAD software, I had to make the
drawings and then document the details regarding reinforcement. Since, this road was one of
the major links in Zone 6, I had to make the planning properly. I even had to design the
various structural elements like slabs and beams. With the help of ETABS software, I made