FIELD VISIT TO PORT CITY COLOMBO

Port city Colombo is a brand new city development built as an extension of the Central Business District of Sri Lanka’s vibrant commercial capital, Colombo. Through this project the total area of the sea to be reclaimed is 269 hectares. It is expected to cater as an international Financial Centre. Construction of the Colombo Port City project was launched on the 17^th of September 2014. It is expected to complete the landfill by 2019.

On the 9^th of November 2017, the Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa organized the field visit to port city land reclamation site in Colombo. Senior lecturer of the Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. L.I.N De Silva along with sixty students were given the opportunity to join this field visit.

The major objective of this field visit was to get exposure in construction. This visit comprised of a detailed explanation on the project plan by the main engineer of port city, a presentation-discussion round with the objective of identifying problems and solutions of this project as well as a closer examination of the landfill in the site. 

 

Furthermore, Eng. Amil Samarasinghe, the reclamation engineer at Colombo port city development project, gave a general explanation on Construction and Landfilling as well. Hence in conclusion the visit was an overall success with much valuable knowledge sharing and experience for the participants.