COMPARITIVE STUDY OF MODULAR STRUCTURE

TECHNIQUES BETWEEN PRECAST ELEMENTS AND CAST-IN-SITU ELEMENTS

Prepared by : Guided by:

PATHAN SAHIL(160263106016) Assistant Prof. Nirav Sutariya
MEHTA RAJ (160263106006)
PATEL KRINANK (130260106026)
M.E. Structural Engineering
INTRODUCTION STUDY AREA PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
‘Building it brick by brick’ to ‘build it before you build  when precast construction work should
it’, transformative technologies being led primarily by chosen?
Prefabrication are now beginning to blur lines  To carry out work in very less time at
between the construction and manufacturing sectors economical cost precast construction work is
in India. Slated to have the world’s third largest required. It also requires heavy machinery so
construction industry by 2025, India is witnessing a the constriction site should be in open are as
high uptake of modular techniques with its crane and semi trailers can freely move.
construction sector slowly transforming and behaving
more like the business of manufacturing.
How to cure the big pre cast elements ?
In this project we are going to do theoretical and  This elements are casted inside the factory
mathematical research on one of the most popular and then hey are moved to warehouse where
method of modular construction which is well known big ponds are constructed for the curing
as “Pre-Cast Construction” and we will also compare purposes and gunny bags are also used for
it with “Cast-In-Situ construction”. we will compare the curing of the elements.
both methods to enhance the knowledge for
choosing the most adequate construction technique
to bring down the cost of construction in less time. Where it is necessary to use cast in situ
method?
Fig.1 3D model of building  cast in situ method is old and slow process
of construction. it takes very long time for
This building is commercial plus residential which is under construction erection because every activity is connected
in Bharuch, Gujarat. with another one. It is manpower oriented
Building is having only partition walls as a result it convenient for study. technique so when the space for heavy
machinery is not available at construction site
this method is convenient.
OBJECTIVE METHODOLOGY
to examine and compare the two different
 How electric lines and plumbing lines
construction technologies namely precast
are provided in the RCC/ACOTEC walls?
construction and cast in situ construction in
 During the steel work in RCC walls and slab
building construction. pipeline for water and electric wires are
To find most economic al and fast construction provided while in acotec walls there are
method. already hollow core inside which is used for
SCOPE pipeline fittings. In precast method extra
cutting in wall is not much required as brick
To present a cost model for precast technology masonry.
in comparison with conventional methods of
construction for a building project. which types of machineries are essential
To analyze time and cost for precast projects in to carry out precast construction method?
To carry out work using precast method
comparison with conventional method of
plethora of heavy machineries are needed as
construction.
precast construction is machine oriented. To
LITERATURE REVIEW transport the elements dumpers, tractors and
Rinkeshpatel, Dr.Neeraj Sharma, “STUDY OF semi trailers are used. For lifting them up
PREFABRICATION IN INDIA”- International mobile cranes and gentry cranes are used
journal of advanced research in engineering while in ware house forklift is used to move
The term prefabrication also applies to the elements.
manufacturing of things other than structures at a Conclusion
fixed site. It is frequently used when fabrication of a In conclusion,
section of a machine or any movable structure is Cost per square meter
shifted from the main manufacturing site to another Brick masonry wall – 512 rs.
Fig. 2 Flowchart
location, and the section is supplied assembled and Acotec wall – 400 rs
ready to fit. The term prefabrication can apply to any ANALYSIS after estimating and costing it has been
construction method where a significant part of the proved that precast construction with acotec
construction takes place off-site in a factory that wall is cheaper compared to cast in situ
produces relatively large, complex pieces that are method with brick masonry wall. Furthermore,
then assembled at the site into the finished building. erection is faster because element is casted
Since prefab is such a loosely defined term, it helps in warehouse and then assembled at site.
to show where prefab as we define it fits into the Acotec walls are cheaper and it does not
spectrum of construction methods ranging from require plaster on surface so cost of plaster
completely off-site to completely on-site. work is also eliminated.

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