Summary:
Referring to specifications adopted for piling for Kochi metro, he said that each pillar (pier) stands atop four piles. more-inBuilding an extensive metro corridor in a city having a few dozen unstable buildings – those which precariously slant to one side due to adverse soil conditions or shoddy construction, is by no means a simple feat. This is because launching pre-cast U-girders needs more space than is needed to launch I-girders. “We overcame this challenge by substituting U-girders with I-girders, especially in the corridor leading from Edappally to the city hub. The metro agency’s Kochi Project Director Dani Thomas spoke of how Kochi’s narrow roads posed a major challenge to completing civil works in a time bound manner..