Civil Engineering Society

Annual Report 2014/2015

Edited by: Dr. H.D. Yapa

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Civil Engineering Society (CES)

The Civil Engineering Society (CES) of the University of Peradeniya is one of the leading, energetic societies in the University system, presently, it consists of well over 500 members. The CES organises numerous attractive activities mainly to facilitate its students to gain valuable knowledge and skills which are seldom conveyed to them over the academic programme. Besides, the CES anticipates to enhance students’ passion towards Civil Engineering and to encourage them to get involved in group/social activities.The prominent event organised by the CES is the annual seminar and the other activities include talks, seminars, field visits, workshops, and competitions.

Being one of the longest-service organizations within the university system in Sri Lanka, the CES has survived and thrived through over 40 years of its history. The history of the CES goes all the way back to year 1973. At that time the university was named as the University of Ceylon. The CES was under the auspices of then Dean Prof. H.B De Silva and Prof A. Thurairajah. The inaugural president of the society was Dr. K. Shanmuganthan. The first event organized was a talk delivered on 15.02.1973 by Mr. D.G.L Rathnathunge of the irrigation department, the talk was upon hydrology. The annual seminar of the CES was also initiated in the same year.

In year 1974, Prof A. Thurairajah was appointed as the president of the CES. He held the position for two years. During that time he did a great service towards the development of the society. Over the years there were not many changes in the structure of the society, apart from the addition of an editor in 1979 and several standing sub-committees. Much emphasis was given to the Mahawali project during the latter part of the 70s and early 80s in the most of the CES activities including the annual seminar. But due to the political turmoil in the country during the late 80s, the activities and the progress of the CES were retarded. However again in the early 90s, the CES immersed with a renewed spirit. The CES adopted new strategies giving much concern to new frontiers, such as environmental engineering and transportation engineering. Over the recent past, along with the boost in construction industry, increase in student intake, and expansion in the academic crew; the CES has become a well established, stable and effective society and its impact on the student life has broadened significantly.

Vision

The Civil Engineering society will be a significant contributor to the Faculty of Engineering in achieving its vision of becoming the centre of excellence in engineering education and research in South Asia. Mission

The mission of the Civil Engineering Society is to provide a common platform, through various activities, for the civil engineering students, the staff and the industry to interact and thereby, enrich their academic and professional lives.

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CONTENTS

Annual general meeting (AGM) minutes held on 2014 September ……………… 3

CES executive committee ………………………………………………………… 4

CES Annual Seminar- 2015 ……………………………………………………… 5

CES talk series ……………………………………………………………………. 7

Competitions ……………………………………………………………………… 11

LANWA Scholars Programme ………………..........…………………………… 15

Field visits ……………………………………………………………………….. 16

CES Lab cleaning campaign …………………………………………………….. 17

Get-together ……………………………………………………………………… 17

Other achievements ……………………………………………………………… 18 Vortex …………………………………………………………………………… 18 Annual general meeting (AGM) minutes held on 2015 September……………... 19

Annexe

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 22.09.2014 The Civil Engineering Society (CES) Annual General Meeting 2014/15 was held on 22nd September 2014 at 5.15 p.m. in E.O.E Pereira theatre, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. The outgoing president Dr. (Mrs.) K.G.N.Nanayakkara welcomed the gathering to the AGM. She described the activities carried out by the CES during the past year and thanked the sub-committee members and all others for the support extended in organizing and carrying out various activities. In the absence of secretary Dr.L.C.Kurukulasuriya, Joint-Secretary Mr. R.Senthooran read out the minutes of the previous AGM held on 15th August 2013. He continued to present the activities of the CES conducted during the past year. Statement of accounts of the CES for the financial year 2013/2014 was presented by senior Treasurer, Dr.H.D.Yapa. The head table was then handed over to the Head of the Department, Prof.P.B.R. Dissanayake to conduct the AGM as the pro-tem chairman.Prof. Dissanayake thanked the outgoing committee for the activities conducted during the past year. He then called for nominations for the office bearers Secretary and President .Mr.D.D.Dias and Dr.H.D.Yapa were unanimously elected for the above posts, respectively. Subsequently, pro-tem chairman handed over the head table to the newly elected President. The nominations for the post of Senior Treasurer were called by the President and Dr (Mrs.) C.K.Pathirana was unanimously appointed for the post. Nominations were also called for the other posts of the executive committee and the members for all these posts were unanimously elected.

The CES office bearers appointed for the academic year 2014/2015 were as follows.

Position Name Proposed by Seconded by

President Dr.H.D.Yapa Dr. (Mrs.) K.G.N.Nanayakkara Dr. (Mrs.) C.K.Pathirana

Secretary Mr. D. D. Dias Dr.H.D.Yapa Dr. (Mrs.) K.G.N.Nanayakkara

Senior Treasurer Dr (Mrs.) C.K.Pathirana Dr. (Mrs.) K.G.N.Nanayakkara Prof.P.B.R. Dissanayake

Vice-President Mr.R.M.A. Buddhika Miss.B.M.K.L.K.Basnayaka Mr.K.A.G.T.Niroshan Junior Vice-President Mr.C.N.Liyanage Mr.D.M.P.L.Dissanayake Mr.P.G.K.S.C. Deshapriya

Joint Secretary Mr.S. Gawthaman Mr.K.Pratheeswaran Mr.S.Kajarathan Assistant Secretary Mr.B.Kokulraj Mr.K.Thiruwaran Mr.T. Jeyaharan

Joint Treasurer Mr.A.S.T. Aberathne Mr.I.S.Dissanayake Mr.R.M.D.M.Sanjeewa

Editor Mr.N.N.M.S.K.Gunawardhana Mr.R.P.T.N.Sumathipala Mr.K.A.G.T. Niroshan

Student Representative (E/10)

Mr.B.I.K.I.Basnayake Mr.C.N. Wathugedara Mr.W.U.I. Wijesuriya

Student Representative (E/11)

Mr.T.B.C.H.Dissnayake Mr.T.D.U. Liyanage Mr.W.D.D.T. Fernando

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Civil Engineering Society Executive Committee Members

Academic year 2014/15

Head of Department : Prof. P.B.R. Dissanayake

President : Dr. H.D.Yapa

Secretary : Mr. D.D. Dias

Treasurer : Dr. (Mrs) C.K. Pathirana

Vice president : Mr. Achintha Buddhika

Junior vice president : Mr. Charith Liyanage

Joint secretary : Mr. Sivakumar Gawthaman

Assistant secretary : Mr. Kokularaj Baskaran

Editor : Mr. Kasun Gunawardhana

Joint treasure : Mr. Sandun Aberathne

Field representative : E/10 –Mr. Kavinda Basnayake

E/11 –Mr. Harshana Dissanayake

E/12 –Mr. Shamila Sudalshana

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CES ANNUAL SEMINAR- 2015

The main event organised by the CES is its annual seminar. This year, the annual seminar themed on High-rise Buildings was successfully held on July 4th 2015 at EOE Pereira Theatre.

The event inaugurated with the presence of Dean Prof. L. Rajapaksha, Keynote speaker Prof. W.P.S. Dias, Civil Engineering Department head Prof. P.B.R. Dissanayake. Then, the sponsor’s message was delivered by the Ceylon Steel Corporation Ltd. and certificates were awarded to the five LANWA scholars for 2015.

Senior Professor W.P.S. Dias (at University of Moratuwa) delivered the Keynote speech exhibiting his enormous experience and knowledge over the subject. The talk was very much fruitful and interesting, was highly appreciated by everybody. Meanwhile, Prof. Abayakoon introduced Prof. Dias to the audience recalling many and unseen achievements and servings to the society by Prof. Dias, the audience including Prof. Dias looked stunned with Prof. Abayakoon’s vocal.

The speakers for the first technical session were Archt. Dananjana Amarasekara and Eng. Indradeva Mendis, and Dr. A.L.M. Mauroof was the session chair. Archt. Amarasekara talked into architectural aspects of high-rise buildings along with his distinct experience, the presentation was highly illustrative and interesting. Eng. Mendis spoke of building services in high-rise buildings, he inspired the whole audience, the talk illustrated his vast experience and was nicely coupled with humour, so everybody enjoyed.

The afternoon technical session was addressed by Eng. Samitha Jayakody and Eng. Shiromal Fernando and was chaired by Dr. U.I. Dissanayake. Eng. Jayakody shared his vast experience in high-rise building construction, his presentation comprised exceptional technical details. Eng. Fernando went into talk on design aspects of high-rise buildings, he summarised this wide subject area into the given slot nicely.

The student participation for the event was impressive, 350 students from the CES, 55 visiting students from Civil Engineering Departments of Moratuwa University, Ruhuna

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University and Jaffna University, 55 students from the Post-graduate programme currently conducted at the Civil Engineering Department. However, CES student participation at the afternoon session was rather low, it is a matter of concern. Besides, inviting the Civil Engineering Departments of other state universities and getting a sound participation was a great achievement and pleasure for the CES.

The role played by the CES students, especially by the student ex-co members and seminar sub-committee of the CES was splendid. They took the responsibility on their shoulders, and drag it towards the very end in a successful manner.

Ceylon Steel Corporation Ltd, the sponsor for the event provided their maximum support over the whole course of the event. The full sponsorship, Rs. 300,000 was paid to the CES more than a month ahead, which made the CES greatly convenient with organising everything. The sponsor was highly flexible with fixing dates, agenda, etc. A delegate panel including DGM (sales) Mr. Nimal Yapa attended the seminar.

The total expenditure for the seminar was Rs. 348,000, which included Rs. 258,000 for meals, Rs. 55,000 for printing proceedings, and Rs. 35,000 for souvenirs, banners, decorations, etc. Meanwhile, Rs. 39,000 is to be reimbursed from the Post-graduate programme to cover the expenses for Post-graduate participants. Thus, the CES has spent Rs. 8,000 extra to the available sponsorship upon the CES annual seminar, 2015.

An electronic copy of the seminar proceedings and some slide presentations are found in the DVD attached.

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CES TALK SERIES

Talk 1: January 29, 2015

Speaker: Dr. (Mrs). Achela Fernando, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University

Topic: Assessment of environmental impacts of sewer overflows into water bodies-some case studies of modelling of impacts

Abstract: In most well-established cities, the waste water systems have been in operation for over 100 years. Typically, older parts of a city are likely to still have a combined system, while new developments tend to be separate system. When combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) occur from the collection system, untreated waste water is discharged into the environment. Overflows are not just unsightly but also pose major public concern due to their environmental and health impacts.

Talk 2: February 25, 2015

Speaker: Dr. Ryo Honda, Assistant professor, Kanazawa University

Topic: Towards sustainable pollution control in urban development

Abstract: Severe deterioration of environment is often caused by rapid urbanization. Environment which one severely damaged is hardly recovered as it was. One of the major difficulties in protection of environment under urbanization is time lag between expansion of people’s settlement and coverage of environmental infrastructure services, such as waste water treatment and solid waste management. Moreover, in the early stage of urbanization, people’s awareness on environmental protection is weak. Therefore, installation of such infrastructure tends to delayed even more. Ideally, the countermeasures should be planned and implemented in advance, to recover those challenges. To realize such advanced measures, we need good prediction of environmental burdens in the area where urbanization is about to happen.

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Talk 3: March 4, 2015

Speaker: Dr. Priyantha Gunaratna, Senior Coastal Modeling Specialist, Dubai Municipality

Topic: Monitoring the Complex Coastal Zone of Dubai

Abstract: The Dubai coastal zone is one of the most complex coastal zone in the world, although it is only 72 km in length. It is interspersed with massive reclamations such as Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and the worlds Islands, which is conglomerate of 200 offshore islands taking the shape of the world. In addition several medium to small scale reclaimed island resorts, commercial and fishery harbours, marinas cooling water intakes and outlets do exist are growing day by day. The Dubai Creek, which is a 14 km long natural waterway has been dredged to facilitate inland navigation for good transport and leisure boating. The development of a network of canal system connected to the Dubai Creek is already in progress. However, these coastal development in Dubai have created complex coastal problems due to resulting alternations in coastal processes, and therefore monitoring of Dubai coastal zone and the canal system is considered as a high priority issue.

Talk 4: April 1, 2015

Speaker: Dr. Haran Arampamoorthy, Principal researcg engineer at Opus International Consultants Ltd.

Topic: Micro behaviour of granular pavement during road construction face and service time

Abstract: This talk is into pavement construction techniques used in Australia. There are a lot of problems faced in current situation at the construction of the pavement for various purposes. The porous pavement and its durability are the key factors in pavement construction in the present.

Talk 5: June 16, 2015

Speaker: Mr. K.A.C.P. Bandara, GM, Access Projects (Pvt) Ltd. Topic: Qualities need to be improved by young engineers

Abstract: The talk is to explore very basics that every civil engineer should process.

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Talk 6: July 15, 2015

Speaker: Dr. Ravi Jayaratne, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

Topic: Postgraduate prospects in the UK

Talk 7: July 21, 2015

Speaker: Dr. Upul Attanayake, Associate Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Topic: Performance of typical low-rise reinforced concrete commercial buildings under seismic loads

Abstract: In many part of the world, typical low-rise reinforced concrete commercial buildings are designed and constructed without any consideration of seismic loading. Generally, these structures possess several earthquake vulnerable features, such as weak/soft story, strong beam/ weak column, torsion, excessive mass on upper floors, short column effects, P-effects, etc. Sometimes, these structures may possess certain level of lateral load capacity due minimum member size requirements, avoidance of strict optimization of materials because of practical consideration, strain hardening of steel, presence of masonry infill, architectural requirements, etc. According to earthquake damages occurred in several other countries, a large number of buildings that collapsed or suffered severe damages was low-rise buildings and the consequences of those very large in terms of destructions and suffering. The most common failure mode of typical low-rise reinforced concrete commercial buildings is the weak and / or soft story mechanisms. Due to various purposes, the first floor of most buildings in this type is either taller than the other floors or has relatively less number of infill panels and partition walls. Hence evaluation of seismic load capacity of such structures is justified.

Talk 8: August 13, 2015

Speaker: Eng. Ranjan Fernando Topic: Piling work

Abstract: Pile is the foundation that uses widely to provide a firm foundation to any type of buildings as well as structures. The construction of the pile is very necessary to consider at this situation. Also, the duty of the engineer is to identify the problems arrives and provide the proper solutions at the construction of Pile foundations. This talk represents, all the construction works regarding the piling work and problems at the construction stage.

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Talk 9: August 26, 2015

Speaker: Mr. Suranga Jayasena, Senior Lecturer, University of Moratuwa Topic: Introduction into BIM software

Abstract: In the modernizing world, everything is going to conduct and relate with computerized. When the work load increases, man share his works to computerized systems. In such way, at the construction field, BIM is one of the major thing developing now. BIM is Building Modelling Software that uses to coordinate the work in digital explanation to make the work easy, smooth and less conflict. This talk represents such kind of achievement of BIM software.

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COMPETITIONS

1. Concrete mix design competition

Holcim Lanka Ltd. conducted the inter-University mix design competition for the consecutive second year. The CES organized all the activities pertaining to the event on behalf of the Civil Engineering department of the University of Peradeniya. The task of the competition was to produce a concrete mix having the highest strength/cost ratio. The arrangement was to conduct intra-university level competitions at Peradeniya, Moratuwa and Ruhuna universities and select the best 5 groups from each university to compete in the inter-university competition. The competition was open to any group comprising three final year civil undergraduates and one 3rd year undergraduate.

The CES called on proposals in late July 2015, fifteen groups had submitted their proposals by the deadline. The anticipation was also to select 15 groups through screening, so all were accepted. The proposals were examined, comments were given to let the contesters to work on improve their designs. Cube casting was carried out on 13.08.2015 at the Materials Laboratory. The groups were asked to cast 3 cubes with the intension of testing the cubes at 14 days. Thus, the specimens were tested on 27.08.2015 with the presence of Mr. D.D. Dias and Dr. D. Abekoon as examiners. Based on the strength/cost ratio, five groups were selected through to the final round. It of note that there was a guideline stipulated by the Holcim that there should be at least 80 mm slump, when a group is unable to make so, they are offered a second chance of mixing. However, owing to time limitations, such a second chance was not offered but instead a 5% penalty was imposed on the resulting strength/cost ratio. Holcim Lanka Ltd. held a award ceremony in regard of this selection round, all the participants were awarded certificates and T-shirts. Furthermore, the Holcim awarded T-shirts to all the laboratory staff who gave hands for the event, and all the academics present at the ceremony were also gifted with T-shirts.

The inter-university competition was held on 09.10.2015, with the presence of five teams from each three universities, at the Holcim I & A centre, Colombo 3. Civil Engineering department head Prof. P.B.R Dissanayaka and Dr. H.D. Yapa were also attended from the Peradeniya University. It was a great achievement by the CES that one of Peradeniya group won the competition, the group comprised of: Mr. M.M.S.B. Rathnayake, Mr. R.M.A. Buddhika, Mr. P.N.M Madushanka, and Mr. K.A.T.M. Abesiriwardana. They were awarded a visit to Lafarge-Holcim center of excellence in Singapore and one of its cement plants in Malaysia. Meanwhile, one academic who contributed towards the competition from each university were also awarded to join in with the foreign tour, Civil Engineering HOD named Dr. H.D. Yapa as the representative from Peradeniya. The trip took place on November 17-21, 2015.

The Holcim Lanka Ltd. had put together the whole event outstandingly, the entire process comprised of several well organised stages took place over two months. In addition to rewarding the winning group with an overseas trip, all the participants were awarded with certificates and valuable gift packs. On top of everything, the peak value of the event was that the students gained an incomparable experience over high performance concrete production.

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The final round results were as follows.

University

Group No

Cost per 1m3

Average Strength

(MPa)

Strength cost ratio kPa/LKR

Rank

UOP 2 17004 70.47 4.14 1 UOR 2 18588 76.57 4.12 2 UOR 5 18890 75.07 3.97 3 UOP 5 19140 74.25 3.88 4 UOM 4 18017 69.33 3.85 5 UOM 1 16918 64.80 3.83 6 UOR 3 18851 71.03 3.77 7 UOR 4 18147 67.40 3.71 8 UOP 4 18150 65.87 3.63 9 UOM 2 17555 59.07 3.36 10 UOP 1 17415 58.30 3.35 11 UOM 5 20940 68.97 3.29 12 UOP 3 19209 62.80 3.27 13 UOM 3 18563 60.63 3.27 14 UOR 1 19248 57.33 2.98 15

Guidelines pertaining to the competition are found in the annexe.

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2. Spaghetti Bridge Competition

The Spaghetti Bridge Competition was put together by the CES for the consecutive 5th year and held on 17th September, 2015 at the EOE Pereira Theatre. The competition was open to groups comprising six Civil Engineering undergraduates. After calling on proposals, 30 submissions were received, through screening 16 groups were selected through to compete. The winners and all the participants were awarded with certificates. The CES highly appreciates the support provided by Dr. K.K. Wijesundara to conduct the event.

The event guidelines are found in the DVD annexed.

3. Visual Production Competition

Visual production competition was conducted by the CES for the consecutive second time. The competition was open to final year civil undergraduates, group or individual, and the candidates were to submit a video (of less than 10 m) based on their exclusive experiences over 3rd year industrial training. Seven submissions were received by the CES and the videos were screened on 14.09.2015 at Seminar Room 1. The judge panel comprised Prof. H.N. Seneviratne and Dr. L.C. Kurukulasooriya declared the winner and the runner-up. All the participants were awarded with certificates.

The competition guidelines are included in the annex and all seven visual productions are found in the DVD annexed.

4. Quiz competition

At the great enthusiasm had by the students towards CES competitions, the CES took a step forward to organise a Quiz Competition for the civil engineering undergraduates. The primary objective was to test students’ skills to solve problems related with IQ alongside problems related with practical issues associated with civil engineering. The Quiz was planned as a two round competition, a screening round and a final round held at a large audience, and to award medals and certificates to the winners. It was open to six member groups comprising two undergraduate from each batch.

The screening round was conducted on 7th April 2015 at the Materials Laboratory. Participation was from 12 groups. At the end, three groups were selected through to the final round. However, owing to numerous hardships, the CES was unable to conclude the

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competition. Nevertheless all the participants were awarded with certificates. The CES highly appreciates the support given by Dr. D. Abekoon towards this endeavour.

5. T-Shirt design competition

This competition was initiated in May, 2015, having objectives of obtaining good designs to be used for the next CES T-shirt production and to encourage CES students to get on with these kind of non-technical designs. Three proposals were received and the best was selected for the next set of T-shirts. The winner was awarded with a certificate.

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LANWA SCHOLARS PROGRAMME 2015/2016

The CES called on applications for the Lanwa Scholars Programme 2015/2016 sponsored by the Ceylon Steel Corporation. The scholarship is offered to five 3rd year (currently) civil engineering students who possess exceptional all-round performance at the university. Any student who have gained above 3.3 GPA at the end of 5th semester is eligible to put an application. The CES received 15 applications, the selections was carried out by the Lanwa Scholars Programme Administration Committee (LSPAC) appointed by the HOD. This year, the committee comprised of Prof. S.B.S. Abayakoon, Dr. (Mrs) K.G.N. Nanayakkara and Dr. H.D. Yapa. The LSPAC shortlisted the applications and called on eight candidates for interview, and finally the following five students were selected as Lanwa Scholars 2015/2016.

1. Ms. P.A.S.R. Jayatilake 2. Ms. H.C.Egodagamage 3. Mr. D.I.D. Abeysinghe 4. Ms. K.P.S.T.Pathirana 5. Ms. R.M.A.De.S. Thanapathy

A copy of the announcement calling on applications is found in the annexe.

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FIELD VISITS

1. Visit to State Engineering Corporation (SEC) and National Engineeirng Research & Development Center (NERDC) on 17.02.2015 by the final year students.

The field visit was arranged through discussions between the CES, Mr. A.A. Piyadasa: DGM (construction components) of SEC and, Mr. G.K.K.A. de Silva DDG (R&D) of NERDC.

2. Visit to Sanken Lanka High rise building construction site at Katugasthota on

01.04.2015 by the final year students.

This field visit was put together through discussions between the CES and Mr. Mervyn Fenando: DGM (construction) Sanken Lanka. The primary intension o fthe visit was to look at post-tensioned slab construction techniques.

3. Visit to Holcim Lanka Ltd. Puttlam cement plant on 23.04.2015 by the final year

students.

The visit was sponsored by the Holcim Lanka Ltd. Lunch and refreshments were also provided. The support given by Mr. Thushara Priyadarshana from the Holcim Lanka is highly appreciated.

4. Visit to Ceylon Steel Corporation (LANWA) on June 20, 27 and July 11 by the second year students

The visit was organised as a part of the MOU exists between the civil engineering department and the steel corporation. Three visits (comprising about 50 students each) were organised. LANWA had put a lot of effort to make these visits successful, lunch and refreshments were also provided.

5. Visit to Randenigala, Rantambe in July 2015 by the third year students.

The visit was organised by Prof. K.P.P. Pathirana in order to expose the students to hydraulic applications and hydraulic structures in the field.

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CES LAB CLEANING CAMPAIGN

The Civil Engineering Society (CES), for the first time, launched a laboratory cleaning half-day campaign on September 13, 2015. The Civil Engineering Department comprises of four main laboratories. These have not been cleaned and tidied up for a while besides the laboratories are used for the academic programme throughout the year. Hence, the CES decided to put together this sort of effort.

The voluntary group comprised of civil engineering undergraduates, civil engineering academics, laboratory staff and a group of university maintenance division. The cleaning-up initiated at 8.30 a.m. at all the four laboratories simultaneously. Rubbish was dumped as much as possible, apparatus and furniture were cleaned, windows washed up, files were stacked, bushes in courtyards were pruned, floors washed down, etc. At noon, the campaign was supplemented with manioc prepared by the CES, after the break, the job was carried on. By 2 p.m., most of targets had been achieved, so, along with cleaning-up of corridors the campaign was finished off. Everybody worked hard and looked tired after the tough endeavour, but all the smiling faces reflected happiness over the job.

GET-TOGETHER An event was conducted by the CES students in January 2015 to welcome the fresh entrants (2nd years) to the civil engineering department. All the civil engineering students and academics were invited. It was conducted as a get-together which comprised of nice songs, verity shows, short competitions etc. All the expenses were handled by the 3rd year students.

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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Winning of the ‘Paper Presentation’ event at Nirmaan ICESS 2015 A group of two final year Civil Engineering Students of the University of Peradeniya, Mr. K.A.T.M. Abesiriwardana and Mr. R.M.A. Buddika, won the 1st place of the ‘Paper Presentation’ event at the Nirmaan ICESS 2015 conference. The forum was held on Octorber17-18, 2015 at BMS college of Engineering, Bangalore, India, with the participation of 27 engineering institutes. The winning group presented their final year research project on ‘Seismic Assessment of School Building in Sri Lanka using Fragility Curves’ supervised by Dr.K.K. Wijesundara. It is of note that the Peradeniya Civil Engineering students have been able to secure the 1st place in this annual event consecutively for 3 years. VORTEX The concluding event of the CES year, the VORTEX, was held on 25.09.2015 night. The students had put together a wonderful function comprised nice songs, attractive verity shows, an astonishing poster presentation. In the end, dinner was provided. Compared to the recent years, higher participation of the academics was highlighted. The VORTEX was sponsored by the RN Construction Ltd. The total expenditure for the event was about Rs. 280000.

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 22.09.2015 The Civil Engineering Society (CES) Annual General Meeting 2015/16 was held on 22nd September 2015 at 5 p.m. in Lecture Room 10, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. The outgoing President Dr. H.D. Yapa welcomed the gathering. He described the activities carried out by the CES during the past year and thanked the sub-committee members and all others for the support extended in organizing and carrying out various activities. Mr. D.D. Dias, the Secretary read out the minutes of the previous AGM held on 22nd September 2014. He continued to present the activities of the CES conducted during the past year. Statement of accounts of the CES for the financial year 2014/2015 was presented by Senior Treasurer, Dr (Mrs.) C.K. Pathirana. The head table was then handed over to the Head of the Department, Prof. P.B.R. Dissanayake to conduct the AGM as the pro-tem chairman. Prof. Dissanayake thanked the outgoing committee for the activities conducted during the past year. He then called for nominations for the office bearers President and Secretary. Dr. K.K. Wijesundaraand Dr. (Ms.) W.C.T.K. Gunawardanawere unanimously elected for the above posts, respectively. Subsequently, pro-tem chairman handed over the head table to the newly elected President. The nominations for the post of Senior Treasurer were called by the President and Dr. C.S. Bandara was unanimously appointed for the post. Nominations were also called for the other posts of the executive committee and members for all these posts were unanimously elected.

The CES office bearers appointed for the academic year 2015/2016 were as follows. Position Name Proposed by Seconded by President Dr. K.K. Wijesundara Mr. D.D. Dias Dr. I.M.S. Sathyaprasad

Secretary Dr. (Mrs) W.C.T.K. Gunawardana Dr. Lashitha Rathnayake Dr. C.K. Pathirana

Senior Treasurer Dr. C.S. Bandara Dr. H.D. Yapa Dr. M. C. M. Nasvi

Vice-President Mr. C N Liyanage (E/11/2410)

Mr. D.M.P.L. Dissanayake (E/11/092)

Mr. R.J.D.S. Chinthaka (E/11/062)

Junior Vice-President Mr. R.M.P.D. Rathnayaka (E/12/291)

Mr. S.M. Gajanayake (E/12/091)

Mr. K.K. Gayashan (E/12/095)

Joint- Secretary Mr.U. Vijeeth (E/11/422)

Mr. K.M. Muhammadh (E/11/266)

Mr. M.R.S.P. Weerasekare (E/11/434)

Assistant Secretary Mr. N. Janaluxshan (E/12/138)

Mr.U. Vijeeth (E/11/422)

Mr. H.M.S.S. Herath (E/12/122)

Joint Treasurer Mr. H.P.K.C. Pathirana (E/12/247)

Mr.A.D.Jayasundara (E/12/154)

Mr. B.G.A.S. Bandara (E/12/029)

Editor Mr. R.M. Sanjeewa (E/11/361)

Mr. K.M.P.L. Wijesinghe (E/11/455)

Mr. A.M.D.L.S. Abesekara (E/11/005)

Student Representative (E/11)

Mr. L.K.D. Madhushan (E/11/247)

Mr. S.M.S.B. Samarakoon (E/11/351)

Mr. A.A.I.N. Abeysinghe (E/11/008)

Student Representative (E/12)

Mr. M.S.N.N. Premathilaka (E/12/273)

Mr. V.D. Athuraliya (E/12/024)

Mr. E.M.N. Chamara (E/12/037)

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ANNEXE

Inter University Concrete Mix Design Competition 2015

Guidelines

1. The competition will be open to the student groups that won the competition at University

level and groups should be consist the same number of participants as at university level.

2. The contest will be based on the highest average 28 day compressive strength with cost

effective manner generated from three 150 mm × 150 mm × 150 mm cubes.

3. Candidates are allowed to use any potential mix design method to carry out the design.

4. Available materials would be cement, coarse aggregate, and fine aggregate, a super

plasticizer, silica fume and water. All the materials that will be given with the same quality and

grading. The cost of all the materials will be informed at the time of announcing the

competition based on the market price prevailing at the time. Same brand and manufacturer

of the products will be maintained during all stages of the competitions.

o Cement =

o Fine aggregate =

o Coarse aggregate =

o Silica fume =

o Super plasticizer =

5. The contestant groups are allowed choose any material combination that they wish from the

above list. The maximum allowable cementitious materials (Cement + supplementary

cementitious materials) content is 550 kg/m3.

6. Workability of the concrete will be measured using the slump cone. The minimum slump

should be 80mm. Groups failing to achieve the required slump, would be given one more trial to upgrade their concrete mix to achieve 80 mm slump requirement. Cubes should be

cast using the provided moulds and compacted using the vibrating table in the Holcim I&A

Centre in RCW Galle Plant

7. Material will be mixed using the concrete mixer available in the Holcim I &A Centre RCW

Galle Plant .

8. A type written design proposal should be submitted by the candidate groups elaborating

target concrete properties, design criterion, cost, assumptions, etc.

9. The composition of the mix design should be declared on the day of the competition.

10. The wining group will be selected based on the strength to cost ratio (Strength/Cost) from

among the mixes that have achieved the minimum slump requirement of 80 mm during

casting. Compressive strength will be determined in N/mm2. Cost per m3 of concrete will be

established based fresh density of the concrete determined by BS EN 12350-6:2009 or similar

appropriate standard/method and the actual weights and hence the cost of the material used

for the cast. In the case of a tie, identical strength to cost ratio

N/mm2/Rs., the group that records the higher workability will be

considered the winners.

Visual Production Competition -2015

The Civil Engineering Society (CES) would like to invite its student members, who would soon commence the second segment of the Industrial Training Programme, to participate in the ‘Visual Production’ competition-2015. The potential applicantsshould come up with a visual production, producedusing power point slides, video clips or a combination of the both,along with one page synopsis elaborates the content of the visual production. The production should be based on exclusive experiences you summon at your training establishments.

Pertaining to the nature of the training, the participants should select an appropriatecategory for the visual production from the below list.

i) Category A – Innovative construction methods

ii) Category B – Project planning and/or design

iii) Category C – Safety first

iv) Category D – Construction malpracticesof practitioners

The following rules are applicable for the competition.

(1) Submission can be done as an individual or as a group consisting of not more than 3 members. An individual should be associated with only one submission. A registration number should be requested by email (daham.dias@gmail.com) by providing:

(a) category; (b) title; (c) name/s of members with student registration numbers;and (d) contact details of the convener of the group

The right to change the category is reserved by the President, CES after reviewing the submission.

(2) The maximum duration of the submission is 10 minutes. Inclusion of sounds to the power-point and/or video production is optional. An executable file with the registration number as the file name should be submitted within two weeks after the commencement of the next academic programme, along with the duly signed information provided under (1) above as a hardcopy.

(3) Only the file name along with the title should be included as the first slide. No individual or group member should appear in any slide or video clip, by name or by person.

(4) The submission shall become the property of the CES and the Department of Civil Engineering. The Head of the Department of Civil Engineering reserves the right to use the submission for departmental matters without revealing the name/s of the members individually.

(5) Use of visuals from existing resources will lead to disqualification from the competition.

The submission is evaluated based on the following.

(a) Importance or uniqueness of the feature selected for the submission.

(b) Clarity of the feature explained.

(c) Relation of the feature explained to the fundamental principles.

(d) Attractiveness.

(e) Adherence to the rules given.

Certificates of competence will be awarded to a maximum of best five (5) submissions under each category, selected by a panel of judges ratified by the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering.

Further information can be obtained by the following persons.

Advisor: Visual Production Competition Dr. (Mrs). K.G.N. Nanayakkara 081 2393574 nadee173@yahoo.com Coordinator: Visual Production Competition; CES Joint Secretary Mr. D.D. Dias 081 2393575 daham.dias@gmail.com

Civil Engineering Society

26thSeptember 2014

Adherenceto rules

(a) Importance or 

uniqueness of the feature selected for the 

submission 15%

(b)

Clarity of the feature explained

   40%                    

(c) Relation of the 

feature explained to the  fundamental principles 

20% 

(d)

Attractiveness 

25% 

Total

100%

E/10/240

E/10/167

E/10/15

E/10/52

E/10/1373 E/10/153 Void Filling Yes/no

E/10/273

E/10/295

E/10/008

E/10/336

E/10/374

E/10/304

E/10/358

E/10/161

E/10/215

E/10/239

Visual Production Competition 2015 Evaluation Form

Water Proofing in High rise Buildings

Know safety no accident

Project Planning

Safety first

Construction mal‐practices of practitioners

Construction mal‐practices of practitioners

Yes/no

Yes/no

Yes/no

Yes/no

Yes/no

Yes/no

5

6

7

Evaluation Criterion

TopicStudent/Group

No.

1

2

4

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya

&

Ceylon Steel Corporation Limited

Announce

“LANWA SCHOLARS PROGRAMME”

1. Lanwa Scholars Programme is an innovative partnership between the Department of Civil

Engineering, Peradeniya University and the Ceylon Steel Corporation to promote students

of exceptional all-around promise and help them fulfill their leadership potential. Lanwa

Scholars shall be selected considering academic merit, participation in extra-curricular

activities and other relevant factors. The programme will help them grow academically

while bringing out the innovative potential of these individuals so that they can become

future research and industry leaders and change agents.

2. Each academic year five students selected from those who are majoring in civil engineering

at the Faculty of Engineering and who have successfully completed five semesters of the

degree programme shall be inducted as Lanwa Scholars to the programme. They shall be

entitled to the benefits accorded as Lanwa Scholars and a stipend of Rs. 5,000 per month

will be provided to each of the selected scholar during their 7th and 8th semesters for a total

of 12 months.

3. Head of the Department of Civil Engineering shall constitute a 3-member committee

named the Lanwa Scholars Programme Administration Committee (LSPAC) within the

department for administering the programme. The President of the Civil Engineering

Society shall be the Chairman of the committee and two more members shall be appointed

from among the academic staff members of the department of civil engineering by the

Head of the department.

4. Any student who has attained GPA of 3.3 or higher at the end of 5th Semester will be

eligible to submit an application to be selected as Lanwa Scholars. Applicants may be

required to face an interview conducted by the LSPAC.

5. Any form of canvassing will be a reason for disqualification.

Application forms are available at Civil office by 31st August 2015

Submit the duly completed applications to Civil office on or before

9th September 2015