Events

                                                            AN INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO “YORK BUILDERS HOT MIX PLANT”

 Location: Village Pola, District Fatehgarh Sahib (Basantpura- Jakhwali Link Road, Punjab)

Date of Visit: October 27, 2023

It is ISO certified mix plant with the initial 20 employees. The plant is spread over an area of 10 acre with the capacity of 1.8 ton per unit capacity and has all the modern equipments needed for the production of bitumen. The plant is operational for 24hrs. to meet the construction activities with various government, non-governments departments, Municipal councils and corporations engaged with various construction activities which includes construction of roads and civil works at different places.

Industry visits are organised to give practical exposure to students apart from the theoretical knowledge they gain through classroom lectures. The visits are regarded is an integral part of students learning. A visit to York Builders Hot Mix Plant was organized by Civil engineering department of BBSBEC, FatehgarhSahib for the final year & pre-final year students. The main objective of this visit was to relate the theoretical concepts with the practical part so that students shall be able to apply their knowledge in future whenever applicable. Visiting this plant enhanced their awareness about the preparation and the testing procedures of asphalt so that students can apply this knowledge in real life scenarios.

                                                                       REPORT ON: BRICK CLUB EVENT

Department of Civil Engineering organized ‘BRICK Club Event’ on 18 Oct, 2023 (Thursday) at 10:00 am till 1:00 pm. It was a day to refresh the students and to spread the knowledge about Bridge Engineering, about basics of Civil Engineering and New Innovations in Civil Engineering. Various activities are done like:-
Bridge Making, Quiz, Presentation
The event started with longest and stable bridge making with ice cream sticks followed by presentation competition on theme New Innovations in Civil Engineering and in last quiz was conducted on G.K., Current affairs and Basics of Civil Engineering.

In panel of judges for presentation competition we had

Prof. Gagandeep Singh

Prof. Manpreet Kaur

Prof. Ishatpreet Kaur

In panel of judges for Bridge making we had

Prof. Guljit Singh

Prof. Mandeep Singh

In panel of judges for Quiz we had
Prof. Gurjot Kaur

After all the activities worthy Principal Dr. Lakhvir Singh showered the pearls of wisdom on the students. Head of Department Civil Engineering Prof.Guljit Singh addressed the students about the construction of different types of bridges and the load distribution on these different types of bridges. Furthermore, the prize distribution ceremony was conducted. Top three presenters of presentation were awarded with trophies and photo frames. Top two teams from bridge making were awarded with trophies and consolation prize was also given. Also Top two teams of quiz competition were also awarded with trophies and photo frames. In the end Prof. Gurjot Kaur sum up the event with her valuable words and Student coordinator Ekamjeet Singh presented a vote of thanks to all. Students of Civil Department had made this event successful by coordinating the event. 

Expert Talk by Bentley Systems & MIDAS

The department of Civil Engineering (BBSBEC), Fatehgrah Sahib organized an expert talk under BBSBEC-IIC in collaboration with Innovative System channel partner Bentley on 28th August, 2023. More than 50 students had participated in the event. Prof. Guljit Singh, “Head”, “Department of Civil Engineering”, welcomed Mr. Rominder Singh Bedi (Business Manager, Innovative Systems), and the faculty/student participants and encouraged the students to participate in this session. Mr. Rominder Singh Bedi shared the objective of the Introduction to Civil Engineering Software from Bentley Systems & MIDAS on how to enhance the student perspective on Highway Designing on how to enhance the student perspective on Transportation through Open Roads and to provide hands-on software experience on geometry and 3D modeling with “Open Roads design software”.

Prof. Rakhjinder Singh (Department of Civil Engineering) coordinated this session. E-certificates were distributed to the participants through their emails. Prof. Guljit Singh (Head, Department of Civil Engineering) thanked all the organizers, participants of the workshop, and a special thanks to the coordinators for organising the session.

Expert Talk on “Ways to Improve Mental Health”

Around 38 students and all the faculty members of the Civil Engineering Department attended the expert talk held on 28^thMarch 2023 with full enthusiasm.  Dr. R S Uppal was the distinguished speaker for the day. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act as we cope with life. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood and aging.The speaker emphasis why mental health is important and how we can improve our mental health. He also talked about various strategies that can be used to improve the mental health. Students gained tips how to improve mental health in this stressful life. At the end of the lecture Prof. Guljit Singh, “Head of the department”, thanks the speaker, faculty/staff members, and the participating students who participated in the expert talk.

Software Winter Workshop

 Software Winter Workshop was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib. A three-day software winter workshop was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering and College Innovation Council (BBSBEC IIC) on 21/11/2022, 22/11/2022 & 23/11/2022 at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib. Prof. Guljit Singh, “Head of the department”, welcomes the speakers of the North Western Innovators,“Mr. Tanveer Singh”,“Ms. Shalini”,and “Mr. Rishabh”, faculty/staff members,and the participating students who participated in the workshop. Mr. Tanveer Singh and his team shared the importance of drafting and designing software in the current era of time by sharing their skills and personal experience in this field. A three-day workshop included three extensive sessions.In the first two sessions, speakers introduced the participants to drafting and designing software and the last session is the software practice session. More than 50 “B-tech civil engineering students” participated in the workshop. The workshop Coordinator“Prof. Rakhjinder Singh”thanked the speaker, all the organizers, and the participants of the workshop. The honorable Principal“Dr. Lakhvir Singh” Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib,congratulates, appreciates, and compliments the Civil Engineering Department for effectively conducting an Innovative software workshop andalso encourages the students for their active participation in these kinds of workshops in the future also.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat & Celebrating 75 Years of Independence –  Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence and the glorious history of it’s people, culture and achievements.  To commemorate this occasion, Civil engineering Department of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College,  Fatehgarh Sahib  organized   one  day celebration activity “Aatmanirbhar Bharat & Celebrating 75 Years of Independence –  Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” under the Impact scheme initiated by the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell .To encourage students to celebrate the spirit of freedom struggle on the theme of  India’s efforts for fostering innovation the various activities like  Poster Competitions, Songs Slogan, Essay Writings was focused on

-Ideas @75

– Resolve@75

– Actions@75

– Achievements@75

The registrations for the contest were received through the google form. In total 24 participants registered for the event (Link for registered participants:

https://forms.gle/KXej6vdtB2ihyLtd9

The aim of this mahotsav Provide participants an opportunity to know about India’s efforts for fostering Innovation and to remember every important moment of our freedom movement and to build the future with new energy with a view to strengthening the roots of democracy through the constitution of India . The participants received the e-certificate of participation.

Online Webinar on “Relevance of the entrepreneurship in career growth”

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgrah Sahib organized an online webinar under the Impact lecture scheme initiated by the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, AICTE. The event was jointly done by BBSBEC-IIC and Alumni Cell in Civil Engineering department was organized on 29th August, 2022. Webinar on”‘Relevance of the entrepreneurship in career growth” was organized and speaker of the day Mr. Barjinder Singh Johal (Engineering Manager, CONGRUEX ASSIAN PACIFIC LLP.

Mr. Barjinder Singh Johal shared the importance of entrepreneurship in current era of time by sharing his personal experience of the field, how to advance your personal growth and individual qualities for better goal setting and future prospects. Resource person clarified all the doubts and concerns of the students in vary diligent manner.

More than 30 Civil Engineering students participated in the webinar. Honorable Principal Dr.Lakhvir Singh congratulated the organizing team. He also appreciated the content of expert lecture and motivated the students to gain practical knowledge along with the theoretical.Prof.Manpreet Kaur, (Institute IIC start-up Coordinator) BBSBEC-IIC, thanked the expert speaker and Institutions Innovation Council, MoE’s Innovation Cell, for their support and funding for the event. The college innovation council team assured that they will always put their best foot forward to make the future events, a success.

           

    Seminar conducted under Impact Lecture Scheme on June 21, 2022

 

Schedule of the program (from 11.30 am to 1.00 pm):

• Introduction of the program and speaker by Prof. Manpreet Kaur (Institute IIC start-

up Coordinator)

• Welcome Address by HOD Civil Prof .Guljit Singh
• First lecture by the expert- Er. Karnail Singh
• Expert Talk
• Thank you by Prof. Manpreet Kaur
• Vote of thanks by Dr. Manpreet Kaur (IIC President)

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgrah Sahib organized the expert talk under the Impact lecture scheme initiated by the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, AICTE. The event was jointly done by BBSBEC-IIC and  IEI ,India  in civil  engineering department was organized on 21th June, 2022 in North Block R-9. Students of first, second, third and final year B.Tech. Civil Engg., attended the lecture.The speaker of the day Er. Karnail Singh is Retd. Senior Manager of NFL, India. Presently he is providing consultancy in the field of construction, retrofitting of buildings and high-rise buildings. He is holding number of projects under his private firm in construction. The topic of lecture was “Best entrepreneurship ideas for civil engineers”. The lecture was based on providing basic knowledge of construction practices in field to undergraduate students. The expert guided the students about the general test procedures for checking quality of material on site as well as during purchase.  The drawings provided by speaker showed the general mistakes that happen in laying and providing steel reinforcement in major projects. The students showed keen interest in live videos from various sites and raised queries about their doubts. Honorable Principal Dr. Lakhvir Singh congratulated the organizing team . He also appreciated the content of expert lecture and motivated the students to gain practical knowledge along with the theoretical. The guest was honoured by momento by our respected HOD sir along with coordinator IIC  Prof. Manpreet Kaur  presence of  civil engineering staff members .Prof . Manpreet Kaur, Institute IIC start-up Coordinator) BBSBEC-IIC, thanked the expert speaker and Institutions Innovation Council, MoE’s Innovation Cell, for their support and funding for the event. The college innovation council team assured that they will always put their best foot forward to make the future events, a success.

 

BABA BANDA SINGH BAHADUR ENGG. COLLEGE FATEHGARH SAHIB (PUNJAB)
(An institute accredited by NAAC “A” Grade and accredited by NBA, IAO and IE (I))

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

IEI student Chapter

  CELEBRATED WORLD WATER DAY (22^ND MARCH 2022)

The Department of civil engineering under the aegis of the BBSBEC IEI Student chapter celebrated world water day 2022. On this day civil engineering department organized an online expert talk on “The Future of Construction using water management system” on 22nd March 2022 through a zoom meeting. More than 30 students participated in the event. “Miss. Vishwa Shah”the social media Executive of OLOUS was the resource person. She highlighted the issue regarding the effective and efficient use of water during construction practice and minimizing the wastage of water and its management during construction and also highlighted OLOUS -The biggest app in the construction industry for people from the Construction Industry in the field of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Project Management, Contracts. The App provides several features which can help you to stay updated on what’s latest in the industry,

• Awareness about the Importance of water during construction activity.
• Water management systems
• Industry curated News
• Amazing knowledge-rich Videos
• Global Digital Referencing Library
• Powerful Search Engine.
• Clips & Boards to save and share your curated information
• Business Connect

Above all, students can also build their unique Infographic CV to apply for Jobs.

Prof. Guljit Singh (Head, Department of CE) emphasized the need for such programs and motivated the students to become members of professional bodies for their overall technical development. Prof. Manpreet Kaur (Faculty Incharge, IEI) was the coordinator of this event.

 

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAME (FDP Online Mode)

On 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE’S

A three-day Faculty Development Programme on ‘Civil Engineering Software was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, from 21^st to 23^rd December 2021. The FDP was conducted in coordination with Innovative Systel channel partner Bentley. Faculty members and non-teaching faculty members of the Civil Engineering Department participated in this online Faculty Development Programme.The objective of this Faculty Development Programme is to upskill and enriches the Knowledge of the Faculty/Non-teaching staff of the civil engineering department about the latest enhancement in drafting, analyzing, and designing software in the field of Civil Engineering. Which further helps in improving the teaching-learning process and will benefit the students and society at large.  The FDP was started with a welcoming address by Prof. Guljit Singh, Head of Department, “Department of Civil Engineering”. Thereafter Prof. Manpreet Kaur, “departmental FDP coordinator” shared the objective of the FDP with faculty members and technical staff. A brief introduction about the schedule and sessions for the FDP on BIM & Auto Cad, STAAD Pro, and Highway Designing through Open Roads software applications was given by Mr. Rominder Singh Bedi (Business Manager, Innovative Systems channel partner Bentley). Participants got exposure to the latest trends and techniques in the Civil Engineering field through civil engineering Software. At last Prof. Guljit Singh (Head, Department of Civil Engineering) on behalf of the entire Civil engineering department, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College thanked all the session experts, participants and a special thanks to Prof. Manpreet Kaur for effectively coordinating the FDP.  Details are as follows:

Date	Sessions	Software Used	Session Expert	Expert Talks
21st December 2021	Day 1 (Morning & Evening)	BIM&Auto Cad	Ar. Sankalp Bhargava	On workflow implementation of BIM in AEC industry and drafting using Autocad.
22nd December 2021	Day 2 (Morning & Evening)	STAAD Pro	Er.Amit Kumar	Explanation about analysis and design for different types of structures. Conceptual studies, Design calculations and Checking of construction drawings were detailed.
23rd December 2021	Day 3 (Morning & Evening)	Open Roads	Er.LalitNegi	Explained about highway designing software “Open Roads -Designer Connect edition”. He is also technical support person for Bentley’s software

 

 

Online Workshop on Open Roads Design Software organized by Civil Engineering Department at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib.

 

A one-week online workshop on Open Roads Design Software was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, in collaboration with Innovative Systel channel partner Bentley.

Prof. Guljit Singh, “Head”, “Department of Civil Engineering”, welcomed Mr. Rominder Singh Bedi (Business Manager, Innovative Systems), Mr. Lalit Negi (Resource Person for Training), and the faculty/student participants and encouraged the students to participate in one -week workshop.

Mr. Rominder Singh Bedi shared the objective of the online training workshop with the students on how to enhance the student perspective on Highway Designing, application in the industry and to provide hands-on software experience on geometry and 3D modeling with “Open Roads design software”.

More than 50 civil engineering students participated in the workshop. Prof. Harkomal Kaur (Department of Civil Engineering) coordinated the workshop. At last participation, certificates were distributed to the participants. Prof. Guljit Singh (Head, Department of Civil Engineering) thanked all the organizers, participants of the workshop, and a special thanks to Prof. Harkomal Kaur for coordinating the workshop training during this difficult time of the pandemic.

Report on Faculty-Parents Interaction

As per annual practice, faculty-parents interaction was organised by Civil Engg. Department on 3^rd March, 2021. Parents were invited through letters to reach the meeting room of department at scheduled time. The agenda of meeting was to discuss the student issues and their academic records. Parents reached the venue where mentors along with HOD civil department welcomed them. The metors informed the parents about latest developments of college as well as department. Few problems were brought into light by parents which were either resolved on the spot or noted to be kept in record for future.The parents felt quite satisfied with this interaction. Later lunch was offered to all in Bibi Bhani hostel and the parents enjoyed it in the company of mentors.

 

An Expert Lecture  by Civil Engg. 2020

An expert lecture by Civil Engineering Department in collaboration with IEI, India was organized on 13th February, 2020 in North Block R-9. Students of second, third and final year B.Tech. Civil Engg., attended the lecture. The speaker of the day Er. Karnail Singh is Retd. Senior Manager of NFL, India. Presently he is providing consultancy in the field of construction, retrofitting of buildings and high-rise buildings. He is holding number of projects under his private firm in construction. The topic of lecture was “Good Construction Practices”. The lecture was based on providing basic knowledge of construction practices in field to undergraduate students. The expert guided the students about the general test procedures for checking quality of material on site as well as during purchase.  The drawings provided by speaker showed the general mistakes that happen in laying and providing steel reinforcement in major projects. The students showed keen interest in live videos from various sites and raised queries about their doubts. The lecture was also attended by our worthy Principal Dr. G. S. Lamba.  He also appreciated the content of expert lecture in his address speech to students and motivated the students to gain practical knowledge along with the theoretical. The guest was honoured by momento by our respected HOD sir along with coordinator IEI Prof. Manpreet Kaur in presence of principal sir. The lecture concluded with the vote of thanks by our HOD Prof. Guljit Singh. Overall, the lecture provided the complete knowledge of field practices to the undergraduate students which will definitely help them in their future jobs and study.

                

                  

                

 

Industrial Visit 

To enhance student’s skills and to provide industrial exposure, an educational visits organised on September 20th, 2019 at Ropar Headworks respectively for Civil B.Tech students. A group of fifty students along with two faculties visited Ropar Headworks and had interaction with the Xen Gurpreetpal Singh and SDO Jobanjeet Singh and technical department to understand the concept of diversion headworks, canal regulations, design of Weir and barrage and working operation of gates The motive of these programs is to provide best of knowledge of Irrigation design, so that students can improve their field skills.

September 05, 2019

To mark the great Teacher & Philosopher, Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan’s Birthday and to thank knowledge providers, Teachers Day was celebrated at department of Civil engineering on September 05, 2019 at 1.30 p.m. at Department seminar hall. Both the students & staff of the department gathered joyfully for the celebration. The function was inaugurated with welcome Lines by the organising team, followed by gifting token of respect by Akshdeep kour to HOD Guljit Singh, followed by speech and skit, highlighting the importance of teachers in one’s life. Series of games were organised for teachers. HOD addressed the students and positive feedback was given by every faculty members. Song and dance performances were the part of celebrations & B.R.I.C.K society prizes were also awarded to the winners of various events held last semester. At the last, Sahil Sharma, 2nd year student proposed vote of thanks for making teachers day a memorable one.

ECO CLUB ACTIVITIES

Plantation on 1^st August,2019

 

Tree Plantation had been done to mark 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji on 31.07. 2019.Each staff member of Civil Engineering department and student has planted at least one tree sapling. The zone for plantation have been marked on campus at Zone E (Residents of Type A & B Flats). After planting the trees, the label shall be fixed on tree sapling using thread and the sapling will be nurtured by respective member.

• Planting and labeling

Staff Members and Students together before planting sapling.

• Teachers and Students planting and watering the tree saplings.

 

 

INDUCTION PROGRAMME (23/7/2019)

The  objectives  of  the  programme is  to  make  the  students  feel  comfortable  in  their  new environment,  open  them  up,  set  a  healthy  daily  routine,  create  bonding  in  the  batch  as  well  as between  faculty  and  students,  develop  awareness,  sensitivity  and  understanding  of  the  self, people around them. The time during the Induction Program  is also used to rectify some critical gaps and sensitize them towards exploring their academic interest and  activities,  reducing  competition  and  making  them  work  for  excellence,  build  relations between teachers and students and overall personality development.

The programme’s inaugural speech was given by Prof. Guljit Singh(H.O.D Civil Engineering). Later department teachers explained various departmental clubs, society and other in and out campus trainings.Students were told about the importance of programme. After the speech and presentation students were taken for a department visit.

Students enjoyed the interaction with the teachers and were excited to see various instruments and projects which they can work in near future.

   

Survey Camp 2019  (3 July to 13th July 2019)

Survey Camp has been organized by the department of Civil engineering at Shogi (Himachal Pradesh) from 3 July to 13th July 2019 for the purpose of providing practical knowledge and fulfilling the requirement of 5th semester syllabus. Shogi is a small suburb of Shimla Pradesh. It is an ideal tourist destination situated 13 kms before Shimla on the national highway number 22 at a height of more than 5700 ft.

Working in actual field conditions enhances student’s theoretical and practical knowledge and increases their confidence that will be beneficial to their professional practice in the near future. They also learned the leadership qualities and team work skills. The camp groomed students to emerge as leader in various fields.

The 10 days camp was split into two phases first 7 days comprises of field work and the left were used for calculations and viva on the camp. On the last day students were taken to and educational and recreational trip.

    SURVEY CAMP

Survey Camp has been organized by the department of Civil engineering at Shogi (Himachal Pradesh) from 11th June to 1th July 2017 for the purpose of providing practical knowledge and fulfilling the requirement of 5th semester syllabus. Shogi is a small suburb of Shimla Pradesh. It is an ideal tourist destination situated 13 kms before Shimla on the national highway number 22 at a height of more than 5700 ft.

Working in actual field conditions enhances student’s theoretical and practical knowledge and increases their confidence that will be beneficial to their professional practice in the near future. They also learned the leadership qualities and team work skills. The camp groomed students to emerge as leader in various fields.

A total No of 95 students were divided into two groups. The 10 days camp was splitted into two phases first 7 days comprises of field work and the left were used for calculations and viva on the camp.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Report on Inaguration function of Institute of Engineer’s, Student Chapter

28 March 2018

An expert lecture cum inauguration session of Institute of Engineer’s, Student Chapter, was organized by Civil Engineering Department on 28^th March 2018. The event started at 11.am. with the welcome speech by teacher coordinator of chapter, Prof. Manpreet Kaur. She welcomed the expert of the day Mr. Akshay Raj, Director CIZ (Compete India Zone), on behalf of department. DrAnshuTomar HOD CED BBSBEC FatehgarhSahib  presented a bouquet to the guest.Mr. Akshay Rajhas done his masters in Earthquake Engineering from IIT Roorkee. In his lecture he guided the students about the future prospects of a Civil Engineer in detail and usefulness of appearing for GATE Exam, which will definitely help the passing out batch to choose the carrier option. Further he guided the students to keep motivated and stable in life during phases of struggle. Team CIZ also conducted the quiz about basic structural design fundamentals and concepts for design purposes and distributed the solved copy of basic concepts of structural elements to the winners. It was a wonderful session during which the students interacted with the expert to clear their doubts in civil engineering. Speaker highlighted the importance of going for higher studies and also using GATE Exam as a platform for choosing different carriers in both private as well as govt. sector. Overall the expert lecture was a beneficial for the passing out as well as the 2^nd& 3^rd year students. On this occasion formal inauguration of IEI was done under which further students will be enrolled every year to provide a good platform to put their ideas in a better way. The session was concluded with vote of thanks under which guest of honour was presented to the guest on behalf of entire Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College and the students proceeded to their individual classes for rest of the day.

 

SURVEY CAMP 2018

Survey Camp has been organized by the department of Civil engineering at Shogi (Himachal Pradesh) from 02-07-18 to 12-07-18 for the purpose of providing practical knowledge and fulfilling the requirement of 5th semester syllabus. Working in actual field conditions enhances student’s theoretical and practical knowledge and increases their confidence that will be beneficial to their professional practice in the near future.

 

Teacher’s day

Teacher’s Day is celebrated on September 5 every year throughout India in memory of Dr. SarvapalliRadhakrishnan on his birthday. Student of civil engineering organized a special event to celebrate the day. Dr. Anshutomar HOD Civil Engineering Department addressed the students and encouraged them to become successful and fulfil their dreams. Fun activities were organized for the teachers. Teachers participated in the event by poem reciting and singing.

 

 

Industrial visit

Department of Civil Engineering of BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib organized a Industrial visit on 15 September, 2018. This Visit is designed to impart knowledge to students regarding advancement in concrete technology and structure engineering.

 

 

BRICK SOCIETY 2018

Civil Engineering Department organized a 2-day competition on 30-31 October 2018 in the department. The event is managed by B.R.I.C.K society. The society organize various competitions for the Civil engineering students only. Following activities were done in the two day event.

■ Science Innovative Model

■ Slide Making

■ Collage Making

■ Quiz Competition

■ Best out of waste

■ CV Writing

EXPERT LECTURE FROM BENTLEY SOFWARE LTD

A session was organized on 5^th Feb. 2018, by Bentley’s for Civil Engineeringstudents at BBSBEC campus. Two way conversation session was organized for a duration of 75 minutes in which students from 2nd, 3rd& final year participated.In this session MrRominder Singh Bedi along with his team mates discussed the role of various software’s and their use in different fields as a Civil Engineer. During the session they covered thesalient features of Bentley’s Academic Program consisting of Structural Engineering through STAAD, Transportation through MX Road and Environment through Water GEMS and Sewer GEMS Software. They discussed the projects already taken and executed using all these software’s and the practical problems faced by them. During the session the students made queries regarding their future prospects and the Bentley team responded them satisfactorily. So overall it was a quite helpful session for the future engineers to be and it will definitely help them to deal with software related problems easily. In future also we will recommend such programmes should take place after certain intervals to add on to the theoretical knowledge of students.

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Prof Guljit Singh, Prof Rakhjinder Singh and Prof Jagmohan Singh visited on number of sites to check and examine the students on training in Chandigarh, Mohali, Kharar, Patiala and Ludhiana regions from 28-9-2017 to 10-10-2017.

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EXPERT LECTURE ON PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ON 29 MARCH 2017

Taking a step towards the accomplishment of the vision of the institute to produce industry fit engineers, department of Civil Engineering organized a seminar on Project Planning and Management using ORACLE PRIMAVERA Software. As per the directions of the Principal of the college Maj. Gen. (Dr) G.S. Lamba (VSM), to equip the students of the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering college with the knowledge of latest software tools being used in the industry during the execution of big infrastructure projects, a team of project management professionals from the Synergy school of Business Skills, Chennai interacted with the pre-final and final year students of the institute.

Program started with the introduction to the key speaker,  S. Sudha (National Manager – Synergy school of Business Skills, Chennai) by Prof. Narinderpal Singh Deo (head, department of civil engineering). During her address to the students, S. Sudha made the students aware about the concept and need of the project management skills to complete any project within the deadline. She said that, with the increase in competition in the industry, it is imperative for all competitors to keep on introducing new and improved products in the market more frequently for retaining their customer share. Such outcome is not possible without the help of project planning and management tools. She further said that PRIMAVEAR by ORACLE is the only project management software available in the market today which can work with cloud computing technology. She said India needs 4 lac project management professionals every year till 2021 to provide the skilled manpower for Government of India initiatives like Digital India, Smart city projects etc. Mr. Chirag Garg (Regional Business Development Manager – Synergy school of Business Skills, New Delhi) and Er. Jasmeet Singh (Centre manager – Synergy school of Business Skills, Sector 34 Chandigarh) also interacted with the students and made them aware about fast growth opportunities for project management professionals.

Seminar closed with the vote of thanks by Prof. Narinderpal Singh Deo followed by presentation of memento to key speaker S Sudha by Dr. Jaspreet Singh Oberoi (Head, training and placement department). Dr. Lakhwinder Singh (Dean Academics), Dr. APS Sethi (Dean, Student affairs), Dr. Lakhvir Singh (Head, Mech Engg Deptt.) and  Dr. Gursevak Singh Brar (Head, Electrical Engg Deptt.) also participated in the seminar.

 

SIKH ENVIRONMENT DAY 14 MARCH 2017

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engg college celebrated the Sikh Environment Day by organizing several activities related to saving the environment. This day marks the New Year in the Sikh Nanakshahi calendar and also the Gurgaddi divas of Guru Har Rai Ji, who is remembered in Sikh history for his deep sensitivity to nature and its preservation. S Ravneet Pal Singh (Project Manager India, USA based EcoSikh organization was the chief guest in today’s function.

S. Amarinder Singh Libra (secretary Bbsbec Education Trust) and S. Karnail Singh Panjoli (Member, SGPC & BBSBEC Education Trust) also graced the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the college Maj. Gen. (Dr) G.S. Lamba said that the teachings given by Guru Har Rai Ji about the environment are the basic tenets by which ecological balance around earth can be maintained. S. Ravneet Pal Singh in his address said that all around the world today, Sikh environment day is celebrated to commemorate the teachings given by seventh Guru Har Rai Ji, whose love for the environment by maintaining Nulakha Garden at Kiratpur Sahib became the motivation for preserving the ecosystem and being a Sikh it is our duty to take care of our environment. He said it is possible to survive without water and food for few days, but survival without breathing is not possible beyond few seconds, so we must plant as many trees as possible to keep the air surrounding us fit for breathing.

Prof. Narinder Pal Singh Deo, HOD, Civil engg. Department and convener of the event talked about some glaring facts about the sorry state of our ecosystem and said that the event has been planned keeping in mind the utmost importance of clean environment in human life and the need to conserve it. He said that everybody must contribute to save the environment and make sure we left behind better environment for our future generations. He elaborated the activities being conducted by the BBSBEC Eco Club today to spread the message of saving the environment viz. vehicle free campus, tree plantation, poster making on environment related issues, taking out environment awareness rally and putting water pots for birds on trees in the campus.

During this event more than 100 students participated in the poster making competition, around 400-500 students took out the environment awareness walk around the campus along with cleanliness drive. Around 30 water pots were hanged from the trees for birds along with tree plantation in the campus.

While presenting the vote of thanks he thanked the sponsors VIGAAS Foundation Ludhiana, Vatika resorts Shogi Shimla, Cedar Heights Chail and Brightway agencies Chandigarh for their financial support. He expressed his sincere thanks to the management of the institute and college Principal for their encouragement and guidance while organizing this event. He said maximum credit for the success of this event goes to the faculty/staff members and student volunteers of BBSBEC Eco Club who put their whole hearted efforts even during weekend holidays to take care of the preparations of today’s events. He also thanked the persons from the print and electronic media, who contributed for further spreading the message of Guru Har Rai Ji by covering all the events conducted by our institute during this program.

 

ESDST 2017 @ Civil Engineering Department

Papers related to track IV of the ESDST 2017 were presented in the department of civil engineering. On day 1, technical session was chaired by Dr. Jaspal Singh, chief engineer, PAU Ludhiana. He delivered keynote lecture on ‘Mechanical properties and hydration of copper slag blended cement concrete’. He also interacted with audience informally through a multi-media motivational story and encouraged the session participants to practice the habit of appreciating the strengths of your peers and working for the growth of the system in which we work by combining the positive qualities of all stakeholders rather than discouraging others by pointing to their week points. Working together by appreciating positive qualities of all concerned can lead to a winning situation for all. Five authors presented papers during the technical session. Technical session on day 2 was chaired by Dr. V. S. Batra (Professor retired, TU, Patiala). He shared the important experiences of his life as a teacher and researcher and discussed the altitude required to accomplish your life goals. He took many career related questions from the students and answered to the best of his knowledge and experience. Certificates were given to all the authors in the end of the session.

District Science exhibition

As part of shortlisting the students for 45^thStatelevel science exhibition; 2-day science exhibition for the district FatehgarhSahib was organized in the department of civil engineering on November 10-11, 2016. The objective of hosting the science exhibition was to showcase a class infrastructure of our institute to the bright students from various schools of the district Fatehgarh Sahib. At the time of inauguration Principal Dr. G. S. Lamba, VSM welcomed and addressed the Principals, headmasters and teachers from various schools participation in the event. Principal informed the audience about the various initiatives taken by the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering college to ensure technical competence and personality development of its students. He also put light on the new venture of the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur education trust by setting up Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Armed Forces Preparatory Academy.

Main theme of the exhibition wasrole of Science, Technology and Mathematics for nation building. The main theme was further sub divided into 6 sub themes for the convenience of holding completions among winning teams from all blocks of district Fatehgarh-Sahib as given below:

• Health
• Industry
• Transport & communication
• Innovation in renewable resources for sustainable environment
• Innovation in food production & security
• Mathematical solutions in everyday life

 

INDUSTRIAL VISIT

Department of Civil Engineering of BBSBEC,Fatehgarh Sahib organized an Industrial visit of 7^th Sem students on 19th September, 2016. This Visit was designed to impart knowledge to students regarding advancement in concrete technology. A total of 12 students was accompanied by Prof Jagmohan Singh.
Objective of the Industrial visit

• Field work training
• Enrich student’s knowledge
• Focus on recent advancement in material
• Create job Opportunities

Students were taken to the ACC Cement Concrete batching plant Mohali Punjab. The site engineer explained various tasks performed to get the concrete ready for casting. Students were happy to know the procedure for preparation of concrete with advance technologies.Prof.Narinderpal Singh Deo H.O.D Civil engineering department knows the value of such visit so he is always eager to arrange such visit for the students and keep on encouraging the students to participate in such activities.

ENGINEERS DAY CELEBRATION

 

Engineering is the application of scientific knowledge to solving problems in the real world. Engineering enables the understanding of physics chemistry biology to come to life through problem solving, designing and building things. Engineers are problem solvers, organisers, communicators, calculators and designers. These skills rely heavily on rational thinking and logical decision making. Engineering is a highly creative activity, especially when complicated problems are involved. The modern Engineer is also very software dependable and can use a range of different computing programs to assist in verifying designs and predicting how structures will behave in the actual environment conditions.

So engineering is practicing the art of the organized forcing of technological change.

Baba Banda Singh Bahadur engineering college organised ENGINEERS DAY to create a platform shaping the ideas which were in the mind of students to designing. On this occasion respected principal sir heads and deans were present. Principal Sir encouraged the students to think new ideas and to participate in such activities which will shape practical ground to their ideas. All teachers congratulate the students for organising such a function.

SURVEY CAMP 2016

Survey camp has been organized by the department of Civil engineering at Shogi (Himachal Pradesh) from 26^th June to 15^th July 2016 for the purpose of providing practical knowledge and fulfilling the requirement of 5^th semester syllabus. Shogi is a small suburb of Shimla Pradesh. It is an ideal tourist destination situated 13 kms before Shimla on the national highway number 22 at a height of more than 5700 ft.

Working in actual field conditions enhances student’s theoretical and practical knowledge and increases their confidence that will be beneficial to their professional practice in the near future. They also learned the leadership qualities and team work skills. The camp groomed students to emerge as leader in various fields.

A total No of 128 students were divided into two groups. The 10 days camp was splitted into two phases first 7 days comprises of field work and the left were used for calculations and viva on the camp.

Instruments Used:-

• Chaining and Measuring Tape
• Compass (prismatic)
• Theodolite (transit)
• Auto Level
• Levelling Staff
• Plane table and all its accessories
• Ranging rods
• Total Station

Traversing method was used for surveying the selected site. A five sided traverse was planned. Students were allotted different stations for survey work. Following was the procedure followed by both groups.

1. The students carried out traversing work to determine the length of different sides of traverse with the help of chain.
2. Then the whole circle bearing of line and angles were found out.
3. Coordinates of each side were also determined by formulas, Latitude= L×cosθ and Departure= L×sinθ (where L is the length of the side and θ is the angle which the side makes with North or South directions).
4. Reduced level of each station was determined with reference to permanent benchmark. Then RL of different points keeping specified spacing between them with reference to each station was determined.
5. The points having same RL were joined to form contour lines and thus topographic map of an area was prepared with the help of plane table survey.

The day wise working schedule was provided to the students by the faculty members from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. After 5.00 pm students were taken for out to the main market of Shogi. A leisure/ Educational trip on last day was organized. Students were taken to see Shimla, Naldhera, kufri. At last closing ceremony of the camp was done where all the students were addressed and encouraged by the camp in charge.

Industrial Visit to ACC Plant

Department of Civil Engineering of BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib organized a Industrial visit on 5 February, 2016. This Visit was designed to impart knowledge to students regarding advancment in concrete technology. A total of 45 students was accompanied by Prof Rakhjinder Singh and Lab Technician Balwinder Singh.
Objective of the Industrial visit

• Field work training
• Enrich student’s knowledge
• Focus on recent advancement in material
• Create job Opportunities

Worthy principal Major General (Dr.) G.S. Lamba knows the importance of such Industrial visits for the academic growth, so they go along with the idea of N.P Singh Deo HOD Civil Engineering Department and give permission to go for a Industrial visit of ACC Plant, Mohali.

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BRICK Society Event

The B.R.I.C.K (BBSBEC ROYAL ICONS OF CONSTRUCTION KINGDOM) Society organized a 2-Day event on 29th Sepetember, 2015. The aim of the event was to check the student ideas, innovation and creativity in technical events. More than 150 students participated in this event. Various competitions such as Bridge The Gap, Float The Boat and Aptiwar were part of this 2-Day Event. Students participated in these events with full zeal and enthusiasm.

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Expert Lecture

An expert lecture was scheduled on August 7, 2015 by Civil Engg. Deptt., BBSBEC, and Fatehgarh Sahib. The objective of this lecture was to make industry fit engineers according to present need instead of having only academic strong civil engineers with high percentile. The lecture started with the welcome speech by our worthy HOD sir Prof. N.P. Singh in the college auditorium. He briefly introduced the speaker of the day, Mr Japjeet Singh from ACC cement industry, which is one of largest cement manufacturing company. The lecture was the true collection of various latest techniques which are used in construction these days. The speaker with the help of videos and power point presentation explained each and every technique very deeply. The students showed keen interest in this lecture and asked number of queries which were clearly explained by the expert. Our honorable Principle Major Gen. Dr G. S. Lamba was also present during the lecture. He addressed the session by his motivational speech and also committed the students for more industrial trips for field visits in the near future. In the end our hod sir delivered the concluding speech by thanking the expert and principal sir for their valuable words and presence. Overall it was a great experience both by the students and faculty of civil engineering deptt. by attending such a knowledgeable lecture.

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Bhagat Singh’s Birthday Celebrations

On the eve of birthday of Sardar Bhagat Singh on 28th September the Department of Civil engineering celebrated the day by giving a message of patriotism to the students. Students served sweets and snacks to everyone in the campus. The Slogans given by Bhagat singh were distributed in the form of printed matter student.

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Survey Camp

As a part of syllabus for 5th semester for Civil Engineering, Survey camp has been organized by the department of Civil engineering at Shogi (Himachal Pradesh) from 18th june to 8th july . Shogi in a small suburb of Shimla Himachal Pradesh. It is an ideal tourist destination situated 13 kms before Shimla on the national highway number 22 at a height of more than 5700 ft.
Students learned and applied the theoretical knowledge to the practical work. They also learned the leadership qualities and team work skills. The camp groomed students to emerge as leader in various fields.A No. of 139 students were divided into two groups. The 10 days camp is divided into two phases first 5 days comprises of field work and the left are used for calculations and viva on the camp site. The day wise schedule was provided to the students and faculty coordinators from 9:00 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. After 5.00 pm students were taken for out to the main market of Shogi, on the way various structures were shown to them and different methods of construction of those were also discussed.
At last closing ceremony of Survey camp was done where all the students were addressed and encouraged by Prof. Simran Preet Singh.

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Chandigarh University Gharauan

CIVIL ENGINEERING students bring proud to the department!!

Sixth semester students of our department asper the details given below, participated in the

1. Barjinder Singh Johal
2. Deepnayan Singh
3. Harjit Singh
4. Harpreet Singh

“BRIDGING THE GAP” event during thetech fest “TECHINVENT-2016”organized by the Chandigarh University Gharaun on 18-19 March, 2016 and won 2^nd position.

Total 11 teams registered for this event, but only 7 teams were present at the time of competition. Out of these 7 teams our college got 2^ndposition based on the winning criteria. The university provided the appreciation certificates along with aprize of Rs. 5000/-.