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Site Visit to Chellanam Tetrapod Seawall Project

As part of the activities of ICI student’s chapter of ICET, two site visits were arranged on Saturday, December 10, 2022. 

Chellanam Tetrapod Seawall Project Phase-1 is part of the scientific coastal protection activities in ten hotspots  in Kerala coast, which includes construction of sea wall and network of breakwaters using tetrapods. This is a 344.20 crore project prepared by Chennai based National Centre for Coastal Research [NCCR]. Project is under irrigation department, with the financial assistance of KIIFB and implemented by Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Development Corporation. It is a 6.2 m high, 24 wide walls with a 3 m wide sea facing walkway to exploit tourism potential too. The project is executed by Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society [ULCCS]. 34 students and 5 faculty members visited the site. 

After noon the site of Kinfra Convention Centre site at Kakkanad was also visited. As the project is in initial stage, foundation work was going on there. Site Engineers showed reinforcement fabrication of piles and explained the process of piling. Pile load testing was also going on at the site. Various salient features of the project were explained with the help of Architectural and Structural drawings. The group spent almost 2 hours at the site and learnt various aspects of pile foundation.