On May 28, 2024, the School of Construction Engineering conducted an international exchange and training event in collaboration with Ivory Coast PTUA-LOT2 Project Department of the China Henan International Corporation Group Co., Ltd. This training session was led by Professor Liu Zi from the School of Construction Engineering, with Professor Cao Xia as the moderator.
The Ivory Coast PTUA-LOT2 Project is undertaken by China Henan International Corporation Group Co., Ltd. The implementation of this project will have a positive impact on improving traffic conditions and promoting economic development in the city of Abidjan. The Ivory Coast PTUA-LOT2 project is a 23-kilometer, two-way, six-lane urban expressway. The project starts at the Yopougon Industrial Park in Abidjan and passes through two important urban areas, ABOBO and ANYAMA. The surrounding traffic conditions and construction environment are extremely complex. The surrounding area includes several large factories, such as cement plants, paint factories, and pharmaceutical plants, as well as high-voltage substations and underground medium-voltage transmission lines. Additionally, the project involves relocating various communication networks, water supply pipelines, and petroleum pipelines. Abidjan’s lack of distinct dry and rainy seasons causes various challenges for the project’s construction.
This training focused on potential safety hazards and technical challenges during the project’s construction process, including aspects such as on-site fire safety, mechanical and equipment operation safety and so on. The training method of “virtual simulation + bilingual (Chinese and foreign languages) + online remote” was adopted to address communication and technical challenges encountered by foreign workers during training, ensuring the training content is intuitive, practical, and innovative.
The School of Construction Engineering will continue to deepen its cooperation with “going global” enterprises, expanding the breadth and depth of collaborative exchanges. It will build a school-enterprise cooperation community that serves the Belt and Road Initiative and create a unique international feature that combines online and offline, domestic and international elements and integrates education and training, developing new productive forces and assisting in the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry.
