CONCETTO17

DETAILED REPORT
ICI-Indian Concrete Institute is one of the prestigious professional
organizations in India, mainly related to various professional disciplines
involving the concept of concrete technology. ICI Students chapter at
Government Engineering College, Thrissur came to existence in 2014 for
providing unique platform for students to explore more in the field of Civil
Engineering. CONCETTO17 was such a platform which made the entire Civil
Engineering Department to reach the heights of glory.

CONCETTO17 was a technical fest which was conducted under the banner of
ICI Students chapter in the department of Civil Engineering, at Government
Engineering College, Thrissur. It provided unique opportunities to students
where the budding engineers could come across with many innovative ideas
that made them to bring out the best in them as perfect engineers. The event
was conducted from 23rd February to 27th February, 2017. The details of the
event are as follows.

DAY 1-INAUGURATION-23rd FEBRUARY 2017

CONCETTO17 was inaugurated by the renowned personality, the great legend,
the Metro Man, Padma Vibhushan Dr. E. Sreedaran. The inaugural ceremony
was held in the auditorium at Government Engineering College, Thrissur on
23rd February, 2017 at 4:00 pm. Everyone had a feeling of being blessed by the
words of the great Metro Man. Inaugural ceremony was a huge success
indeed.

DAY 2-EXPERT TALKS-24th FEBRUARY 2017

Expert talks were arranged as part of CONCETTO17 in the seminar hall of Civil
Engineering department on 24th February, 2017. The talks were on the topics
Project Management and Challenges in Vertical growth. The sessions were
taken by Sri.Jayaprakash Narayanan.A.R, who is currently working as the
Managing Director of Jayaprakash and Prakash Constructions(P) Ltd and
Sri.D.Ajith, who is the Managing Partner of Habitat, Palakkad.

The talks mainly aimed at development of students knowledge regarding both

technical as well as general aspects that, one will always have to encounter in
practical life.

DAY 3-ALUMNI MEET-25th FEBRUARY 2017

Day 3 of CONCETTO17 had set up really a colourful environment and
atmosphere-Alumni meet; on 25th February, 2017. The alumni of Civil
Engineering department were invited to visit college again and the could
recollect many of their sweet memories attached to the premises and
atmosphere of our college and department through this program. Cultural
programmes were also arranged at the end of the day.

DAY 4,DAY 5-GENERAL AND TECHNICAL

EVENTS-26th FEBRUARY 2017,27th FEBRUARY
2017.
CONCETTO17 introduced many events both technical as well as general that
made all of the students really enthusiastic towards the wonders of technical
knowledge.

The details of the events are as follows.

1)THE WORKAHOLIC
In this event, the smartness and time management skills of participants were
tested. The efficiency of teamwork was also examined, along with that, the
decision making skills were also evaluated. They had to make the best from
what they had been given in shortest time.

Cash prize worth Rs.11000/- was awarded to the winners.

2)PHOTO PHACTORY
This was an event where the photographic skills of participants were
evaluated. Participants had to take and submit stunning photographs on a
specified topic. The selected students had to present the concept behind that
picture too.

Cash prize worth Rs.8000/- was awarded to the winners.

3)MYSTERY INC.
This was an adventurous treasure hunt like never before. Here the participants
had to run against time for the treasure while catering to their mystically queer
thoughts and ideas.

Cash prize was Rs.13000/-

4)COLOSSUS
This event evaluated the speed and accuracy of students in making
scaffoldings. Winners bagged cash prize worth Rs.10000/-

5)VIRTUOSO
This was a general event that examined the drawing skills of participants. They
had to submit hand-drawn pictures based on the topic Wonders of the world.

Cash prize worth Rs.3000/- was awarded to the winners.

6)FORNIX
This event aimed at evaluating the strength and stability of the arches. The
dimensions of the arch to be constructed were specified and the arch of given
dimensions that took maximum load was declared to be the best.

Cash prize for the event was Rs.10000/-.

7)CASTELLATE
This event tested the reinforcement providing abilities of participants. This
event is of very high significance since reinforcement design is considered as
one of the most challenging aspects in structural design. Cash prize was
Rs.11000/- for this event.
8)EVENT ZERO
This was the event of prime importance in CONCETTO17. Event zero implies
zero wastage or zero loss. This was a platform where the students got an
opportunity to design as per their choice, keeping the concept of sustainable
engineering in mind. Cash prize worth Rs.12000/- was awarded to the winners.

9)CADAL ZAKEIA
This event tested the knowledge of participants in AutoCAD. The one who
completed the most detailed drawings in the given time and with high
accuracy bagged the prize worth Rs.8000/-

10)TESPLORA
It was a paper presentation event. The participants had to send an abstract on
any one of the specified topics and the selected people had to present detailed
paper on their topic later.

Cash prize was Rs.8000/- for this event.

11)KRATOS CUBE
This was a chance for the participants to cast concrete cubes of size 15cm x
15cm x 15cm, having the seven day strength approximately equal to 30
N/mm2. The team with cubes having minimum deviation in the characteristic
strength was declared to be the winners. Cash prize was Rs.10000/-.

12)POPSICLE PONTE
This event provided an excellent opportunity to the participants where they
had to bring out the best in them by taking up the challenge of building a
bridge with popsicles. The bridge that took the maximum load was declared as
best. Cash prize worth Rs.8000/- was awarded to the winners.

13)SHUTTERBUG
As part of CONCETTO17, online photography contest was conducted. The
participants had to submit the photographs captured by them on the topic
Environment and me. Those photographs were then evaluated based on
criteria like number of facebook likes, caption and judges ratings.

Winners had bagged cash prize worth Rs.6000/-

14)LOCK OUT
This was an online treasure hunt event like never before, which created
histories.

Lock out phase 1 was started on 14th February,2017. We could see a

tremendous participation in the event, including more than 40,000 attempts.
This event was a huge success. Cash prize was Rs.7000/-.

15)MIX DESIGN WORKSHOP

A workshop on Concrete Mix Proportion was conducted as part of
CONCETTO17 on 11th February 2017 in the auditorium of Government
Engineering College, Thrissur, in which sessions were taken by experts from
Ultratech Cement Ltd. The workshop aimed at educating participants regarding
concrete construction processes, advancements in concrete technology and
concrete mix design.

CONCETTO17 was powered by Caletal Developers. CONCETTO truly became a

brainstorm of successful events and innovative ideas. We had nearly 440
registrations for the events. Students from not only GECT, but also from
several other colleges were being a part of CONCETTO17. All the staff
members of our department and the student committees worked effectively to
make the event a grand success in every sense.