ACKNOWLEDGMENT

It is my proud privilege and duty to acknowledge the kind of help and guidance received from
several people in preparation for this report. It would not have been possible to prepare this report in
this form without their valuable help, cooperation, and guidance.
First and foremost, I wish to record my sincere gratitude to Dr. A. T. Ravichandran, Dean,
School of Mechanical and Construction, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of
Science and Technology, Chennai for his constant support and encouragement in the preparation of
this report and for making the available library and laboratory facilities needed to prepare this report.
My sincere thanks to Prof., Dr. Geetha Shelvami, M.E, Ph.D, Department of Civil Engineering,
Vel Tech, for her valuable suggestions and guidance throughout this report.

I express my sincere gratitude to my internal guide, Mr. R. Robert Singh Asst. Prof.
Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech and external guide Er. L. Suresh Kumar Asst. Engineer,
CPWD, Chennai for guiding me in investigations for this project and in carrying out experimental
work. The numerous discussions with him were extremely helpful. We hold him in esteem for
guidance, encouragement, and inspiration received from him.
The project on Construction and Design of G+ 18 Apartment Building using Tunnel
Formwork Technology and Aluminium Formwork for Monolithic Construction was very
helpful to me in giving the necessary background information and inspiration in choosing this topic
for the seminar. My sincere thanks to Mr. M. Srid har, Asst. Prof. the major project Coordinator for
having supported the work related to this project. His contributions and technical support in
preparing this report are greatly acknowledged.
Last but not the least, I wish to thank our parents for financing our studies in this college as
well as for constantly encouraging me to learn to engineer. Their sacrifice in providing this opportunity
to learn engineering is gratefully acknowledged. Place: Chennai, Rahul Kasaudhan, Lekhnath
Shrestha and Manish Bhagat, Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala
R&D Institute of Science and Technology, 2021.