INSEE CONCRETE CHALLENGE - 2019

INSEE Cement, a leading Cement manufacturing industry in Sri Lanka organizes INSEE-IESL Concrete Challenge for the 6th consecutive year partnering with IESL, the apex body for professional engineers in Sri Lanka. 

Furthering its vision of building brighter futures for Sri Lanka, this competition calls for innovative concrete mix designs from the final year students of state engineering universities; University of Moratuwa, Peradeniya, Ruhuna, Jaffna, South Eastern, Jayawardanapura and Open University of Sri Lanka.

Among the objectives of the INSEE CONCRETE CHALLENGE, provision of an exposure to work with concrete and, use of knowledge and thinking ability to come up with solutions with the available resources are mainly focused.

This also aids in imparting practical and theoretical knowledge for a required design by fulfilling the cost and material optimization aspects.

The intra-university challenge for Civil Engineering students of university of Moratuwa was successfully held on 17^th and 18^th of August 2019 with the participation of 24 groups. This was organized by INSEE Company in collaborating with Civil Engineering Society of University of Moratuwa. 

Expanding the limits of this vast opportunity, the applications were opened for level-2 students as well, gifting them an immense experience.

  

The event was organized with the supervision and assistance of staff coordinator Dr. H.M.Y.C. Mallikarachchi and the instructor coordinators Mr. Vishnu Punithavel and Ms. Sujeeka Nadarajah.

The competition was held under a set of guidelines and restrictions.

The participants were called by groups of five and they were supposed to submit a concrete mix proposal including all the aggregates and their proportions that they expect to be used. On 15^th of August the competitors were organized a workshop to have a basic idea on correct procedure in calculating constituents and the methodical order in mixing them.

On 17th and 18th the groups were called to try out their proposals. The slump test and wet density test were done - cubes were casted and 7 days later, the cubes were tested for compressive strength.

The winners were selected following a specific selection criterion, where points were allocated for low cost, optimum material usage and test results of the tests underwent.

The best three groups were selected; the first winners were from 17’ batch while the second and third from 15’ batch. They will be representing University of Moratuwa in INSEE Inter University Challenge – 2019. This experience with countless memories and plenty more knowledge remarked a special page in Civil Diary of all the participants.

                                                   

Congratulations to the winners and we wish you all the success for an evolution of engineering in the country!