SITE REPORT

LIGHT HOUSE PROJECT

(PM Awas Vikas Yojana)

Submitted by :-
Submitted to :-
Vinayak Rao
Prof. Prabhat Rao
Sudeep Srivastava
Prof. Afaq Ahmad
Nivedita Sharma

Riya Verma

Shubhangi Sonkar

Nikhil Dhangar

Renuka Soni

Saumya Pandey

Urvashi Seth

Shivam Srivastava

Vrittikaa

Group 2 (section B) Semester 3

FOAP,AKTU
 LIGHT HOUSE PROJECT, LUCKNOW
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PROJECT

ADDRESS – G.H. 5, Sector-5, Awadh Vihar Yojana, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Start – January 2021
Expected time of completion – January 2022

Photo of Name Holder at Site

INTRODUCTION
The lighthouse project aims at providing sustainable houses that are strong to the people of
our country. It is an ambitious scheme of the government of India led by the Union Urban
Ministry of India. The Union Urban Ministry has 6 states for the lighthouse project, which
are Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
The aim of this project is to build strong houses at affordable prices using special
techniques. In this project, SIP (Stay In Place) panels, used as walls, will be prepared in the
factory and then will be brought to the site where the building is being constructed. By this,
the cost of the project will be very less, and strong houses will be provided to the people
which will be earthquake resistant.
The site has 4 residential blocks with 2 commercial areas and a lot of greenery. The full
carpet area under the light house scheme is 34.50 sq. meter.
13 storey towers will be built in the scheme and a total number of 1040 1BHK flats will be
made in which each flat will be of 3.8 sq. meter.

MATERIAL DETAILS

SIP Walls and Deck Sheet Flooring

The whole structure load of building relay on steel structure that is why for the building
material non load bearing walls and other building components were needed. Considering
above scenario, a new material used in this Light House Project was a Canadian technology.
SIP walls and deck sheets for flooring are used as a main component for this project. SIP
wall consists of two sheets of UPVC plastic at a particular distance creating a hollow cavity
between them. The interior and exterior sheets may vary depending upon the design and
need of the building. As no brickwork involved so there is no time needed for curing and dry
time for brick masonry this SIP technology came through as a time saving and eco-friendly
alternative of old brick masonry construction.

Quality Check
The grade and quality of these walls checked multiple times and material is checked and
certified by third party authorities ASTM.

Manufacturing and Application

These SIP walls are created according to the plan and design of structure by the
manufacturer company and according to that only they were sent to site and assembled as
a single wall on the site. The interior and exterior sheets of different grades and thickness
were combined according to the drawings provided as a single wall on site.
After the proper assembling of SIP walls on the site they were used to create partition walls
with that steel structure. After the implementation of SIP walls and steel reinforcement
through them, electrical and plumbing services get installed through them. After all the
installation through that hollow cavity between those 2 UPVC plastic sheets that hollow
cavity is filled with self-compacting concrete so that no curing is needed and a good quality
thermal and audio insulating walls get created.

Economical
This method is slightly on the expensive side for small project but for a huge project and
bulk creation these are more economical because they save time for curing, drying, painting
and other things related to brick masonry but completely cancelled out and replaced with
SIP walls filled with self-compacting concrete and deck sheet flooring.

Cavity between UPVC Sheets

 Corner Joints for SIP Walls

Steel Framework

Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and
horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of
a building which are all attached to the frame. The development of this technique made the
construction of the skyscraper possible.

The whole steel framework of structure relay on anchor bolt that connect the whole frame
to foundation. Anchor bolt are used to connect the steel columns to the concrete
foundation, they are placed at a depth of 1000mm with 150mm of threading, inside a
foundation column .

Joints used in whole framework are also connected with bolts that are quality checked for
their material and torqued properly during their application, for quality and security
purposes.

Anchor Bolts
 Framework

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

Substructure
The functional requirements of foundations are – strength and stability.
• Strength – The foundation should be strong enough to bear the combined dead,
imposed and wind loads.
• Stability – The foundation should transmit all loads without causing any movements
in the soil, which would compromise the stability of the structure. It should provide a
level base for the superstructure.
Soils have bearing capacities; a more appropriate term would be ‘Safe Bearing Capacity
(SBC)’. The area of the foundation should be sufficiently large enough, so that the pressure
on the ground does not exceed the SBC.
A soil investigation is a preferable, to determine the type of soil, moisture content and the
presence of aggressive chemicals which may attack the concrete used in the foundation.
Factors to be considered for Selecting Type of Foundation
• Magnitude of the building loads
• Subsoil and groundwater conditions
• Topography and the terrain of the site and its surroundings
• The presence of roads, and other buildings in the vicinity of the building site
• Ease of construction and cost
• Requirements as prescribed by building codes (CPWD, BIS, etc.)

The soil type of Lucknow is suitable for construction and has a good strength.

Soil Test Report

The sub soil investigation work was carried out to find the soil parameters in order to
design the foundation for multi storey buildings.
Four Boreholes were investigated at a depth of 20 m and the other two at a depth of 30 m
borehole from the existing ground level.
Based on soil test result and N-values, the net safe bearing capacity/ allowable bearing for
raft foundation placed at a depth of 1.5m, 3.0m and 4.5m below existing ground level
comes out to be 11.0 t/m2, 13.0 t/m2 and 15.0 t/m2 respectively with respect to
settlement. The allowable settlement was considered as 50mm.

Foundation used on construction site

Raft / Matt Foundation (for Residential Complex)
A raft foundation is a continuous slab of concrete usually covering an area equal to or
greater than the base of the building which support the walls or lightly loaded columns and
serve as a base for the ground floor. The word raft is used in the sense that the slab of the
concrete floats on the surface as a raft/mat on the surface of water. These types of
foundations are suitable when the bearing capacity of the soil is low, but the soil should be
such that it can be properly & easily compacted and levelled.
Our construction site, i.e., the LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT has used the Raft Footing as the
Foundation for the residential complex.

Raft Foundation
 Site pictures of Raft Foundation

On the compacted soil, a base course (minimum depth is 4” or 100mm) of gravel or crushed
stones is provided to prevent the groundwater from rising to the surface. A layer of sand
(minimum depth is 2” or 51mm) is also provided to absorb the excess water from the
concrete slab during curing.
A moisture barrier is provided between the layers of gravel and sand, usually sheets of
polyethylene. Control joints and thickened edges are preferable in the raft foundation.
Control joints should be provided to allow the concrete to crack along predetermined lines.
And the thickened edges enhance rigidity and stability.
Columns were erected with bolts for attachment.
The foundation depth of the site is 3 mts.
The four types of columns that were used are
P1 – 650 mm x 900 mm - 24 mm dia. bolt
P2 – 750 mm × 1000 mm- 24 mm dia. bolt
P3 – 550 mm x 550 mm – 16 mm dia. bolt
P4 – 450 mm × 300 mm -16 mm dia. bolt
The lighter columns were used outside while heavier inside.
The concrete was mix design with a density of 290 kg/m3

Isolated Foundation (for Commercial and Community Complex)

Isolated foundations are structural components often used to distribute and deliver
loads of individual columns to the soil and without exhausting its bearing capacity, in
addition to avoiding undue settling and as well as ensuring sufficient protection against
both slipping and trying to overturn.
These are often used in the presence of light column loads, where columns are never
closely spaced, even in the case of strong homogeneous soil.
 Site pictures of Isolated Foundation
Commercial and community complex used isolated foundations as they are single storey
structures thus handling small number of loads.
Column size- 350mm × 550 mm
Footing –
1. 1600mm × 1400 mm
2. 1800 mm x 2200 mm
3. 2300 mm × 2600 mm
Grade of Concrete- M25
Superstructure

Already in use in Canada & Australia, the plant manufactured rigid poly-vinyl chloride (PVC) based
polymer components serve as a permanent stay-in-place finished formwork for concrete walls. The
formwork System being used acts as pre-finished walls requiring no plaster and can be
constructed instantly. It is the first time it has been introduced in India and has given a drastic
change in the costing and delivery time of a site.

This System is suitable for residential and commercial buildings of any height from low rise to high
rise. To achieve speedier construction, strength and resource efficiency, the composite structure
with Pre-Engineered Steel Structural System as structural members is being used in the present
project.

SIP Walls

Construction Process:
Construction is done in a sequential manner where at first, the Prefabricated PVC Wall panels and
Pre-Engineered Steel Structural Sections as per the design are transported to the Site. Then, these
Sections are erected on the prepared foundation using cranes and required connections. Floor is
installed using decking sheet. Once the structural frame and floor is installed and aligned, wall
panels are fixed on decking floor. The prefabricated walling panels having provisions of holes for
services conduits, are fixed along with the reinforcement & cavities inside the wall panels are filled
with concrete. Upon instalment of wall panels, flooring and ceiling, the finishing work is executed.

Special Features:

• Having formwork already as part of system, the construction of building is faster as compared
to conventional buildings. The formwork needs some support only for alignment purpose.
• In case of concrete as filling material, the curing requirement of concrete is significantly
reduced, thus saving in precious water resources.
• The formwork system does not have plastering requirement & gives a very aesthetic look.
OBSERVATIONS

• The whole Project is done under the influence of PMO, considering saving
natural resources and a sustainable development.
• It is time saving because everything related to masonry style construction is
replaced by new technologies like SIP walls.
• The settlement will ignite rapid development of area making it entering
Rurban category.
• As the project is under Awas Vikas Yojna, affordable homes will be Provided
to needy ones in a less period of time.