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Design of RCC structures Earthquake Engineering Structural Engneering

Session 24 : Stiffness modifiers as per IS codes

The concept of stiffness modifiers was introduced for the first time in IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016. The clause no. 6.4.3.1 of the code defines requirements for structural analysis. It is mentioned in the clause that for structural analysis, we should consider reduced moment of inertial for RCC structures. For columns, 70 percent of Igross should be considered and for beams, 35 percent of Igross to be considered. Thereafter, stiffness modifiers were defined in IS 16700 as well. There are certain practical difficulties as it is a relatively new concept for the Indian Standards.

We arranged couple of live technical discussions earlier on the subject. However, still we are receiving queries from the engineers as well as there are few requests for arranging the live discussion on the stiffness modifiers.

In view of the above, next live technical discussion is planned on 25-SEP-21 (Saturday) at 7:00 PM.

Speaker : Bhavin Shah, Founder & CEO – SQVe Consultants

How to register for the event?

Registration is FREE. Please click on the below button “Register Now” and fill up the required details. You may share the specific questions in advance which may be discussed during the session. For any queries/doubts, you may contact us at : LIVE@sqveconsultants.com

Recorded video : Session 24 – Stiffness Modifiers as per IS code

An interesting online course related to design of steel structures,  STEEL-STR-001 (Decode IS 800:2007 along with software) has started from 25-JAN-22. You may still join the course. Click here for registration.

Feedback of few participants for previous online courses:

Nitin Sharma

I would like to thanks and appreciate for this helpful course comprising of STAAD PRO Training and Design concepts for RCC and Steel. In this module I have learned in detail about essential concepts for designing industrial buildings and gained an understanding of different types of Analysis. I also acquired the knowledge of different types of Codes. Moreover, l was introduced with FEM, design of foundation, anchor bolts and connections. All the sessions were very interactive and engaging. The valuable knowledge that i have gained in these two months will certainly be propitious to start my career as a structural engineer.

ZEESHAN MUNSHI

After attending online course STAAD-STR-001, I m very happy to share that….now I understand the result which I get after analysis……and how to use or understand the STAAD editor. Thank u so much for that…!!

Mainak Ghosal

The Course WIND-STR-002 was very effective. It changed my perspective on not only wind engineering but also seismic loading analysis. Dr.Gupta also referred some excellent books which would not have been possible otherwise. Last but not the least, Dr. Gupta was kind enough to give me the charges of highlighting the errata for the Explanatory Handbook on Wind Engineering.

Hemanth Ponnuri

STEEL-STR-001 course is very informative and very well explained about the hidden insights in the IS800 code.

Tanuja Singh

STEEL-STR-001 : Excellent initiative to bring clarity of concepts to professionals.

M. K. Haridharan

In the course ETABS-STR-001, all the session are very interactive, it has a touch with theory, hands on training and practical aspects. The knowledge of the mentor is extraordinary in all aspects.

Rajashree

The course WIND-STR-001 facilitated discussion and understanding of concepts  in more detailed simplified manner under the experienced and knowledgeable professionals. Thank you Dr Abhay sir and Bhavin sir.

BHARATENDU PATEL

This course related to STAAD.Pro and case studies was beyond the conventional software training. It helped me conceptualise the idea behind the behaviour of any structure, understand the special requirements between steel and concrete structures. Real life case study and interactive sessions made the learning more impactful.

Kamlesh Mehta

In the course WIND-STR-002, I was not able to attend few lectures due to internet connectivity problem. But I have gone through the video lectures provided by Mr. Bhavin shah and it is positive point that any time any where we can watch and update our knowledge.

Akshay Thakur

REC-STR-001: The recorded sessions are more than anything for tackling practical difficulties…. and you bring some other professionals like dr. Jain and dr. Gupta is just like awesome experience for the student like me who are from tier-3 college who won’t get such a precious information… thanks to you also for the knowledge you impart… best luck to you and your team for this your initiative to resolve practical difficulties among aspiring structural engineers… 🙏🏻 once again thank you so much… because nobody in today’s era from structural engineering domain is wants to share the information, but you do… kudos!

Mohd Ameen Irfan

Bhavin Sir is very experienced and expert in his field, He made the topics in online course STAAD-STR-001 very clear from the scratch and also addressed every student’s queries and problems very nicely!!!

Dr. Raksha Parolkar

Topics covered in WIND-STR-002 were new for me to understand, as it has never been covered in syllabus. But the way Dr. Abhay Gupta sir taught, explained the problems and shared his experiences, the subject got easy to understand. I feel proud of being his student.

Prashanth N

The course STEEL-STR-001 was well planned and the sessions were very interactive and informative.

Akash Solanki

STEEL-STR-001 was the best package for understanding the limit state design of steel structures using IS800:2007 along with its application in STAAD.Pro. Tremendous wealth of knowledge from Bhavin sir combined with queries by other participants really facilitated a great learning experience. Thank you for such an amazing course. I hope more such courses are on the way.

Sharad Gupta

I am very grateful to Er. Dr. Abhay Gupta and Mr. Bhavin Shah for sharing your knowledge with us even though we have the same profession. Your course WIND-STR-002 helped me to clear many of the doubts I had sine the past 20 years.

Dipal Trivedi

The course GEO-STR-001 effectively addressed the gap between geotechnical and structural engineer. It not only covers important interface areas but also discusses consequences of poor interface. Subject experts have in depth knowledge and experience to address expectations of various participants ranging from fresh engineering graduate to highly experienced professionals. The course is interactive and experts are more than willing to address any queries of the participant. The course content is appropriately divided into multiple sessions over the weekend to allow flexibility to participants to participate and reflect during the week at their convenience. Overall, this course is highly recommended for structural and geotechnical engineers for gaining and enhancing the understanding of the very important interface between geotechnical and structural engineering work.

Anvitha Yadama

It has been an excellent course and given me an in-depth understanding on ETABS and STAAD.Pro software . I feel more confident in my understanding and it helped me complete my major project in my B. Tech course .Thank you for all the support and excellent teaching. During the training program all my queries were answered quickly.

Rajen Dharia

On attending to STEEL-STR-01 course with the multi discipline participates from across India is the best part of this course. As the questions raised and its solutions, are many a times very new for each other during the sessions which enhance our knowledge in different practical applications and approach towards it’s solution. I Recommend to join STEEL-STR-01 to all upcoming Structural Engineers.

Praveen Upadhyay

Bhavin Shah is a fantastic trainer, very friendly and encouraging, it was a well-delivered and presented course (STAAD-STR-001) that was well received by the group. There was a great balance between theory and practice and the concepts were clearly and professionally explained.

Tarnpreet Singh Gill

The course content for STEEL-STR-001 has been thoroughly devised to be effective in best manner. Sharing of Recorded Sessions was the best part as I myself missed few end sessions due to office pressure but I could complete these later on. Making a permanent whatsapp group for discussion was also a good idea.

Chokshi Hem

I heard somewhere that we shall never use STAAD for dynamic analysis. But that wrong interpretation of the software was cleared through the course : STAAD-STR-001.

Supriya Pal

I AM A PHD SCHOLAR AND WORKING IN THE FIELD OF WIND STRUCTURE INTERECTION. I GOT A LOT OF MY DOUBTS CLEARED THROUGH THIS COURSE : WIND-STR-002. THANKYOU VERY MUCH

Hiren Desai

The course WIND-STR-002 is very much informative as well as useful for practicing engineers considering the non availability of easy to detailed literatures and practical examples.

Er. Sachi Parekh

I appreciate the course structure designed by Er. Bhavin Shah , which includes the theory and implementation of coddle provisions to software and interpretation of results. By attending it, I am able to learn and explore the analogy of a software – Staad Pro. Thank you very much for sharing the knowledge and make my doubts crystal clear…

I must say that he is a true professional academician
Like a bridge between Institute and industry…

 

Haridharan M K

The online course EQ-STR-001 was very informative and it covered all the aspects of IS1893, IS16700, IS13920 and more important sharing the videos of the course which enabled to go through at any time.

Ashish Sawant

The course WIND-STR-001 is very informative. It clears basics of overall concept of wind flow. Thanks to Bhavin sir and Gupta sir for your guidance on wind loading.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

The course WIND-STR-001 provided Excellent clarifications on IS875 clauses.

Shefali Thakkar

STEEL-STR-001 was the best interactive course ,wherein all practical facts and limitations those are related with prevailing standards, software and practices were discussed. Vision was provided to participate towards solving such prevailing limitations rather following the same collaboratively. Course content was described very effectively and constant encouragement on experiments of the course deliverables and raising doubts and solving the same. Effective time management by faculty to satisfy all participants’ queries along with effective delivery of course content. 24 hour interaction facility was made available for solving course related queries.

D. Nivetha

The Staad Pro Training sessions were extremely fruitful, informative and it gave deeper insights into the field of structural engineering. Bhavin sir had not only taught us the software of Staad Pro, but he had explained us several technical concepts based on his field experiences. It was an interactive session where sir had asked us questions and it helped us think a lot and come up with solutions. Overall, it’s been a great experience and this 25 day of training has taught me a lot and has inspired me to develop greater passion towards civil engineering.

Shreyas Barad

STEEL-STR-001 is much awaited course. Finally the industry expert teaching the right thing with right methodology. I had never seen such an excellent online course like this. The amount of knowledge and engagement was extremely good. Thank you so much for the wonderful course.

Harikrishnan

Faculty engineering knowledge is excellent. These course STEEL-STR-001 is useful for fresher and experienced person.

Mr. AJAY NARAYAN JADHAV

JUST TO APPRECIATE THE WORKSHOP STAAD-STR-001, IT HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DYNAMIC OF THE SESSIONS, VERY ACTIVE, INTERESTING, AND WELL ORGANISED AND GREAT TO SHARE EXPERIENCES. MANY THANKS TO THE SPEAKER AND ORGANISERS!!…..ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR SHARING AN INSPIRING LEARNING EXPERIENCE 👍

Praveen Vasishth

STEEL-STR-001 is very useful course for updating to new code for steel design of buildings.

Dr. Vinubhai Patel

The course WIND-STR-002 was really very much informative and useful. Enjoyed a lot.

RATHISH V R

I really enjoyed throughout the journey of the course STEEL-STR-001 wherein I improved by Fundamental Knowledge in the Design of Steel Structures. Bhavin Sir’s explanation on Lateral Torsional Buckling and other critical areas, really helped me to become sound in manual calculations. Keep continuing the good work!

Dhirender Singh Bisht

I am pursuing masters in structural engineering and steel was the topic that I found always challenging since my B.Tech times. Moreover this is also a missing topic for the syllabus of many universities in masters program. To understand its theory ,and execute it practically in software is really challenging and need a mentor for that. I’ve been following Bhavin sir from last few months and was it was my good decision to choose him as a guide. By the course STEEL-STR-001, now I can feel that I am in a position to explore boundaries of IS code, and also I’m enthusiastic to see how Euro code, AISC code and other countries code tackles the problem which sounds to be complicated in IS code.

Ravichandra

STEEL-STR-001 is very wonderful course. I have learned many things through this course. During session Bhavin sir interaction with the participants is very great with clear explanations. We are expecting these type of courses in future also.

Kunal Patil

At first I never expected the sessions which are going to be conducted would be so knowledgeable. Day by day listening to Abhay sir touching every aspect from the codal point of view, few from his own experience. The mixture of everything made this course WIND-STR-002 very valuable and useful. Before this course I was trying to learn from everywhere how does this wind dynamic forces are to be calculated but through SQVE consultants arranging this webinar and learning under experience fraternity was worthwhile.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

WIND-STR-002 : Excellent sessions. Thanks a lot to team SQVe and the eminent speaker for giving a valuable knowledge.

Parth Gandha

The course STAAD-STR-001 was really amazing an knowledgeable. As I fresher I gained so much knowledge about all the little things I didn’t know that were so much important. Troubleshooting of the software was the most important topic as a single wrong interpretation of the warning can totally change the outcome. I heartily thanks Shri Bhavin bhai and SQVE consultants for introducing such wonderful courses so that we can perform good in practice.

Alok Rathore

After attending the course WIND-STR-001, I change my prospective towards structure and learn many concept.

Sujata Gupta

It gives a good awareness about software as well as corresponding codal provisions. So one can get technical knowledge as well as how software using clauses giving in codes. Teacher is very patient, soft spoken and knowledgeable person. Topics selected in the course STEEL-STR-001 are very relevant, useful and to the point for design and analysis of steel structure.

Srinivasa Reddy

Dear Sir thank you so much for your Course ETABS-STR-001. We learn Lot from here. Happy to Join this Course we are waiting for next Upcoming Courses.

Anal Shah

The course WIND-STR-002 was so interactive and Dr. Abhay Gupta was so kind enough to listen to all queries and answer them in very great detail. Also time spent by Dr. Gupta is highly appreciated. Great job Dr. Gupta in spreading the knowledge.

JAKEER HUSSAIN

WIND-STR-002 : Explanation regarding wind action and building response due to wind, and the way of clarifications to participants questions by Dr. Abhay Gupta sir was excellent. Looking forward to attend relevant upcoming webinars/courses.

REVA VENU V M

I am a budding geotechnical engineering professional. For three years I have worked as faculty in NIT and recently joined as project fellow- geotechnical engineering in a research Institute. Now I am in the transition phase of my career ie, shifting from academics to industry. My desire to become a geotechnical engineering consultant inspired me to join this course. As I don’t have much industrial exposure, attending the course GEO-STR-001 helped me to gain a lot of practical knowledge related to geotechnical engineering. Especially the discussions related to soil investigation, interpretation of soil report and interactive sessions were really amazing. Queries of other participants and the discussions associated with it,were really informative, as it mainly focussed on current industrial practices. Thank you Vivek sir and Bhavin sir for giving this wonderful opportunity. Hoping for a better support in my future endeavours too. Also expecting further courses related to this, in the coming future.

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Engineering Mock interview Structural Engneering

FREE MOCK INTERVIEW FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

Are you looking for the free mock interview related to structural engineering?…then following post may be of interest to you.

We are receiving many questions from the students as well as from senior engineers regarding the interview as follows:

How to write a resume so that chances of shortlisting of my resume increases?

How to prepare for the interview?

What may be the general questions in the interview?

What exactly interviewers are looking for?

How to respond if I do not know the answers during the interview?

How should I negotiate for the salary?

 It is utmost important to perform at the fullest potential during the interview to justify the candidature for the job. Recently, we received an interesting request from couple of institutes as well as from few engineers to arrange for the mock interview.

In view of the same, SQVe Consultatns has taken one more initiative to arrange free mock interviews for structural engineers (for any position). The overall idea is to make the students and the engineers ready for the upcoming interviews.

The mock interviews will be conducted by Bhavin Shah (Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants). He has taken plenty of interviews for different positions in the organizations for more than a decade of time. We will also add the other branches of engineering gradually in the initiative.

Methodology

  1. Please fill up the details by clicking on button “REGISTER NOW”.
  2. May please share your latest resume at the following email address: mock-interview@sqveconsultants.com
  3. We will work out the time based on the mutual availability.
  4. The mock interview will be conducted online using ZOOM.

Please share this page with the interested engineers in your circle so that the maximum number of engineers may be benefitted.

An interesting online course related to design of steel structures,  STEEL-STR-001 (Decode IS 800:2007 along with software) has started from 25-JAN-22. You may still join the course. Click here for registration.

Feedback of few participants for past online courses:

Tanuja Singh

STEEL-STR-001 : Excellent initiative to bring clarity of concepts to professionals.

M. K. Haridharan

In the course ETABS-STR-001, all the session are very interactive, it has a touch with theory, hands on training and practical aspects. The knowledge of the mentor is extraordinary in all aspects.

Ashish Sawant

The course WIND-STR-001 is very informative. It clears basics of overall concept of wind flow. Thanks to Bhavin sir and Gupta sir for your guidance on wind loading.

Hiren Desai

The course WIND-STR-002 is very much informative as well as useful for practicing engineers considering the non availability of easy to detailed literatures and practical examples.

Kunal Patil

At first I never expected the sessions which are going to be conducted would be so knowledgeable. Day by day listening to Abhay sir touching every aspect from the codal point of view, few from his own experience. The mixture of everything made this course WIND-STR-002 very valuable and useful. Before this course I was trying to learn from everywhere how does this wind dynamic forces are to be calculated but through SQVE consultants arranging this webinar and learning under experience fraternity was worthwhile.

Anal Shah

The course WIND-STR-002 was so interactive and Dr. Abhay Gupta was so kind enough to listen to all queries and answer them in very great detail. Also time spent by Dr. Gupta is highly appreciated. Great job Dr. Gupta in spreading the knowledge.

Dr. Vinubhai Patel

The course WIND-STR-002 was really very much informative and useful. Enjoyed a lot.

Mr. AJAY NARAYAN JADHAV

JUST TO APPRECIATE THE WORKSHOP STAAD-STR-001, IT HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DYNAMIC OF THE SESSIONS, VERY ACTIVE, INTERESTING, AND WELL ORGANISED AND GREAT TO SHARE EXPERIENCES. MANY THANKS TO THE SPEAKER AND ORGANISERS!!…..ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR SHARING AN INSPIRING LEARNING EXPERIENCE 👍

JAKEER HUSSAIN

WIND-STR-002 : Explanation regarding wind action and building response due to wind, and the way of clarifications to participants questions by Dr. Abhay Gupta sir was excellent. Looking forward to attend relevant upcoming webinars/courses.

Harikrishnan

Faculty engineering knowledge is excellent. These course STEEL-STR-001 is useful for fresher and experienced person.

Haridharan M K

The online course EQ-STR-001 was very informative and it covered all the aspects of IS1893, IS16700, IS13920 and more important sharing the videos of the course which enabled to go through at any time.

Dhirender Singh Bisht

I am pursuing masters in structural engineering and steel was the topic that I found always challenging since my B.Tech times. Moreover this is also a missing topic for the syllabus of many universities in masters program. To understand its theory ,and execute it practically in software is really challenging and need a mentor for that. I’ve been following Bhavin sir from last few months and was it was my good decision to choose him as a guide. By the course STEEL-STR-001, now I can feel that I am in a position to explore boundaries of IS code, and also I’m enthusiastic to see how Euro code, AISC code and other countries code tackles the problem which sounds to be complicated in IS code.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

WIND-STR-002 : Excellent sessions. Thanks a lot to team SQVe and the eminent speaker for giving a valuable knowledge.

Akash Solanki

STEEL-STR-001 was the best package for understanding the limit state design of steel structures using IS800:2007 along with its application in STAAD.Pro. Tremendous wealth of knowledge from Bhavin sir combined with queries by other participants really facilitated a great learning experience. Thank you for such an amazing course. I hope more such courses are on the way.

Mohd Ameen Irfan

Bhavin Sir is very experienced and expert in his field, He made the topics in online course STAAD-STR-001 very clear from the scratch and also addressed every student’s queries and problems very nicely!!!

Praveen Upadhyay

Bhavin Shah is a fantastic trainer, very friendly and encouraging, it was a well-delivered and presented course (STAAD-STR-001) that was well received by the group. There was a great balance between theory and practice and the concepts were clearly and professionally explained.

BHARATENDU PATEL

This course related to STAAD.Pro and case studies was beyond the conventional software training. It helped me conceptualise the idea behind the behaviour of any structure, understand the special requirements between steel and concrete structures. Real life case study and interactive sessions made the learning more impactful.

Prashanth N

The course STEEL-STR-001 was well planned and the sessions were very interactive and informative.

Rajashree

The course WIND-STR-001 facilitated discussion and understanding of concepts  in more detailed simplified manner under the experienced and knowledgeable professionals. Thank you Dr Abhay sir and Bhavin sir.

Dipal Trivedi

The course GEO-STR-001 effectively addressed the gap between geotechnical and structural engineer. It not only covers important interface areas but also discusses consequences of poor interface. Subject experts have in depth knowledge and experience to address expectations of various participants ranging from fresh engineering graduate to highly experienced professionals. The course is interactive and experts are more than willing to address any queries of the participant. The course content is appropriately divided into multiple sessions over the weekend to allow flexibility to participants to participate and reflect during the week at their convenience. Overall, this course is highly recommended for structural and geotechnical engineers for gaining and enhancing the understanding of the very important interface between geotechnical and structural engineering work.

Kamlesh Mehta

In the course WIND-STR-002, I was not able to attend few lectures due to internet connectivity problem. But I have gone through the video lectures provided by Mr. Bhavin shah and it is positive point that any time any where we can watch and update our knowledge.

Rajen Dharia

On attending to STEEL-STR-01 course with the multi discipline participates from across India is the best part of this course. As the questions raised and its solutions, are many a times very new for each other during the sessions which enhance our knowledge in different practical applications and approach towards it’s solution. I Recommend to join STEEL-STR-01 to all upcoming Structural Engineers.

RATHISH V R

I really enjoyed throughout the journey of the course STEEL-STR-001 wherein I improved by Fundamental Knowledge in the Design of Steel Structures. Bhavin Sir’s explanation on Lateral Torsional Buckling and other critical areas, really helped me to become sound in manual calculations. Keep continuing the good work!

Ravichandra

STEEL-STR-001 is very wonderful course. I have learned many things through this course. During session Bhavin sir interaction with the participants is very great with clear explanations. We are expecting these type of courses in future also.

Praveen Vasishth

STEEL-STR-001 is very useful course for updating to new code for steel design of buildings.

Alok Rathore

After attending the course WIND-STR-001, I change my prospective towards structure and learn many concept.

Sharad Gupta

I am very grateful to Er. Dr. Abhay Gupta and Mr. Bhavin Shah for sharing your knowledge with us even though we have the same profession. Your course WIND-STR-002 helped me to clear many of the doubts I had sine the past 20 years.

Shreyas Barad

STEEL-STR-001 is much awaited course. Finally the industry expert teaching the right thing with right methodology. I had never seen such an excellent online course like this. The amount of knowledge and engagement was extremely good. Thank you so much for the wonderful course.

Chokshi Hem

I heard somewhere that we shall never use STAAD for dynamic analysis. But that wrong interpretation of the software was cleared through the course : STAAD-STR-001.

Akshay Thakur

REC-STR-001: The recorded sessions are more than anything for tackling practical difficulties…. and you bring some other professionals like dr. Jain and dr. Gupta is just like awesome experience for the student like me who are from tier-3 college who won’t get such a precious information… thanks to you also for the knowledge you impart… best luck to you and your team for this your initiative to resolve practical difficulties among aspiring structural engineers… 🙏🏻 once again thank you so much… because nobody in today’s era from structural engineering domain is wants to share the information, but you do… kudos!

Shefali Thakkar

STEEL-STR-001 was the best interactive course ,wherein all practical facts and limitations those are related with prevailing standards, software and practices were discussed. Vision was provided to participate towards solving such prevailing limitations rather following the same collaboratively. Course content was described very effectively and constant encouragement on experiments of the course deliverables and raising doubts and solving the same. Effective time management by faculty to satisfy all participants’ queries along with effective delivery of course content. 24 hour interaction facility was made available for solving course related queries.

D. Nivetha

The Staad Pro Training sessions were extremely fruitful, informative and it gave deeper insights into the field of structural engineering. Bhavin sir had not only taught us the software of Staad Pro, but he had explained us several technical concepts based on his field experiences. It was an interactive session where sir had asked us questions and it helped us think a lot and come up with solutions. Overall, it’s been a great experience and this 25 day of training has taught me a lot and has inspired me to develop greater passion towards civil engineering.

Hemanth Ponnuri

STEEL-STR-001 course is very informative and very well explained about the hidden insights in the IS800 code.

REVA VENU V M

I am a budding geotechnical engineering professional. For three years I have worked as faculty in NIT and recently joined as project fellow- geotechnical engineering in a research Institute. Now I am in the transition phase of my career ie, shifting from academics to industry. My desire to become a geotechnical engineering consultant inspired me to join this course. As I don’t have much industrial exposure, attending the course GEO-STR-001 helped me to gain a lot of practical knowledge related to geotechnical engineering. Especially the discussions related to soil investigation, interpretation of soil report and interactive sessions were really amazing. Queries of other participants and the discussions associated with it,were really informative, as it mainly focussed on current industrial practices. Thank you Vivek sir and Bhavin sir for giving this wonderful opportunity. Hoping for a better support in my future endeavours too. Also expecting further courses related to this, in the coming future.

Srinivasa Reddy

Dear Sir thank you so much for your Course ETABS-STR-001. We learn Lot from here. Happy to Join this Course we are waiting for next Upcoming Courses.

Sujata Gupta

It gives a good awareness about software as well as corresponding codal provisions. So one can get technical knowledge as well as how software using clauses giving in codes. Teacher is very patient, soft spoken and knowledgeable person. Topics selected in the course STEEL-STR-001 are very relevant, useful and to the point for design and analysis of steel structure.

Dr. Raksha Parolkar

Topics covered in WIND-STR-002 were new for me to understand, as it has never been covered in syllabus. But the way Dr. Abhay Gupta sir taught, explained the problems and shared his experiences, the subject got easy to understand. I feel proud of being his student.

ZEESHAN MUNSHI

After attending online course STAAD-STR-001, I m very happy to share that….now I understand the result which I get after analysis……and how to use or understand the STAAD editor. Thank u so much for that…!!

Mainak Ghosal

The Course WIND-STR-002 was very effective. It changed my perspective on not only wind engineering but also seismic loading analysis. Dr.Gupta also referred some excellent books which would not have been possible otherwise. Last but not the least, Dr. Gupta was kind enough to give me the charges of highlighting the errata for the Explanatory Handbook on Wind Engineering.

Nitin Sharma

I would like to thanks and appreciate for this helpful course comprising of STAAD PRO Training and Design concepts for RCC and Steel. In this module I have learned in detail about essential concepts for designing industrial buildings and gained an understanding of different types of Analysis. I also acquired the knowledge of different types of Codes. Moreover, l was introduced with FEM, design of foundation, anchor bolts and connections. All the sessions were very interactive and engaging. The valuable knowledge that i have gained in these two months will certainly be propitious to start my career as a structural engineer.

Anvitha Yadama

It has been an excellent course and given me an in-depth understanding on ETABS and STAAD.Pro software . I feel more confident in my understanding and it helped me complete my major project in my B. Tech course .Thank you for all the support and excellent teaching. During the training program all my queries were answered quickly.

Tarnpreet Singh Gill

The course content for STEEL-STR-001 has been thoroughly devised to be effective in best manner. Sharing of Recorded Sessions was the best part as I myself missed few end sessions due to office pressure but I could complete these later on. Making a permanent whatsapp group for discussion was also a good idea.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

The course WIND-STR-001 provided Excellent clarifications on IS875 clauses.

Parth Gandha

The course STAAD-STR-001 was really amazing an knowledgeable. As I fresher I gained so much knowledge about all the little things I didn’t know that were so much important. Troubleshooting of the software was the most important topic as a single wrong interpretation of the warning can totally change the outcome. I heartily thanks Shri Bhavin bhai and SQVE consultants for introducing such wonderful courses so that we can perform good in practice.

Supriya Pal

I AM A PHD SCHOLAR AND WORKING IN THE FIELD OF WIND STRUCTURE INTERECTION. I GOT A LOT OF MY DOUBTS CLEARED THROUGH THIS COURSE : WIND-STR-002. THANKYOU VERY MUCH

Er. Sachi Parekh

I appreciate the course structure designed by Er. Bhavin Shah , which includes the theory and implementation of coddle provisions to software and interpretation of results. By attending it, I am able to learn and explore the analogy of a software – Staad Pro. Thank you very much for sharing the knowledge and make my doubts crystal clear…

I must say that he is a true professional academician
Like a bridge between Institute and industry…

 

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Civil Engineering Design of RCC structures Engineering Structural Engneering

Session 35 : Experience of structural design – Er. Umesh B. Rao

INTRODUCTION

LIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SERIES

In the design office, generally, structural engineer has to review and accept the concrete mix design, received from RMC plants. There may be few questions while going trough the documents as follows:

  • How to interpret the concrete mix design report?
  • What is maximum and minimum cement content?
  • What is the maximum limit of water cement ratio?
  • What are the factors affecting concrete mix design?
  • What are the major criteria for acceptance of the document?
  • Many more…

In the upcoming live technical discussion, we will talk about the doubts / queries related to concrete mix design from the perspective of structural engineers and not from the concrete technologist point of view. We will discuss following areas in the session:

Join us for live technical discussion related to concrete mix design on 1-OCT-21 at 7:00 PM IST. In the session, we will talk about following areas:

  • Quality of concrete and precautionary measures to avoid segregation
  • What is the response of structural engineer or approving engineer to the performance based mixes which might deviate a little from standards?
  • How admixtures are to be selected for self compacting concrete mixes?
  • How you compare the same Mix design of M40 with 1)OPC, 2)Fly ash based and 3)Ggbs based?
  • How to check a report of RMC for fresher Candidate at a site?
  • How to get desirable workability using manufactured sand?
  • And many more…

In the registration form, may please fill up your specific queries/doubts which you would like to get it addressed during the session.

For registration, please click the “Register Now” button at bottom of the page.

EXPERT

UMESH B. RAO ( CONSULTING ENGINEER)

He obtained B.E. (CIVIL) degree from V.J.T.I., Bombay University, Obtained M.Tech. (Marine Structures) degree from Mysore University. After B.E., he worked with Builders Associates, Bombay – an Architectural and Structural Engineering Firm until June,1970. He designed 19, 21, & 27 storied buildings, RCC frame structures, in 1969. Since Marine Structure Post Graduate Course was offered for the first time in India, he then joined K.R.E.C., Surathkal, for M.Tech. (Marine Structure) Course. Worked with Tata Consulting Engineers at Bombay and Bangalore between 1972 & 1980.During the tenure with TCE, he worked on different type of projects such as Nuclear Power Plants, Thermal Power Plants, Hydro electric Power plants, Slipway for Ship building, Paper Plants, Sewage Treatment Plants, Heavy Industries, Department of Space project, etc. for projects in India and abroad.

As a team member, he was involved in Hydraulic Model Studies to study the effect of inlet velocity on pisiculture and inlet of sediments due to littoral drift and effect of rise in temperature of hot water outlet (Seal Well) on marine environment. Designed Morning Glory (Intake Structure in RCC) located 500M away from shore. Dewatered in the sea to place cast-in-situ concrete in the sea. Designed on shore pump house, CW tunnels, etc. As a team member, used steel piles for CW system in strait and used anode and cathode protection system for protection of steel. As a team member, designed Slipway which had loading of 69T per Sqm on the slab.As a team member, designed chip silos, paper machine beams which are very sensitive to differential deflections. Conducted Optimization study of Thermal Power Plant Circulatory Water System, tunnel, pump house and implemented. Started Umesh B Rao and Co at Bangalore – Consulting Civil Engineering firm in 1980. Has been involved in designing different types of projects: Power Plants, Infrastructure Projects such Mass Rapid Transportation, Water treatment plants, Sewage treatment plants, Industrial and Aquaculture Projects, Software Parks, Educational Institutions, etc. Trained in Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Structure in 1975 at CRI Designed using steel concrete composite material for construction of Distilleries in 1982. Using nailing of old concrete and new concrete increase thickness of slab to take higher load in 1982. Using timber, steel and concrete as composite material designed slab in 1996. He designed grade slab to carry heavy machineries. Designed 15m tall Reinforced Earth Retaining Structure in 1997. Using pre-cast concrete, cast-in situ concrete and structural steel designed composite multistoried structure in 2000. He designed multistoried building having 30m X 30m grid spacing of columns with waffle slab to suit interior design. Has been on Expert Committee of Department of Space, Bangalore Municipal Corporation, as well as Royal Government of Bhutan.

Has been founder member of Association Of Consulting Civil Engineers (ACCE) and Institute For Research, Development & Training of Construction Trades & Management (INSTRUCT). He has been involved in training civil engineering fraternity through various programs. He has delivered lectures and presentations to Civil Engineering Students, Staff members of Engineering Colleges and Universities. He is well-known for innovative concepts, pioneering technology usage and holistic approach to engineering and construction. Extensive experience in a wide variety of successful projects across several domain areas. He has been conferred “GAURAV AWARD” by ACCE in 2021 for Significant Contribution to Civil Engineering Consultancy in Bangalore, “MEMBER EMIRETIUS” by INSTRUCT in the year 2013. Honoured as “EMINENT ENGINEER” in Bangalore by Civil Aid Techno clinic Pvt Ltd. in the year 2012 “GLOBALMAN AWARD” in Abudhabi, U.A.E in the year 2004 “NATIONAL AWARD” FOR PROFESSIONALS” on Structural Steel Design and Construction – 2004 in Mumbai

Following other experts will also join the live discussion:

1– Dr. M. R. Kalgal, Advisor Ultratech 

2– Mr. S. Sheshadri, Advisor BASF. Construction Chemicals 

3– Mr. Renuka Prasanna, Head RMC ,Ultratech

4–Mr. Ravishankar, Director, Dura Materials and Services LLP,  Consultants

5–Mr. Kaushik Hajra, South Zone Head , Quality , Ultratech. 

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT?

Registration is FREE. Please click on the below button wherein you may share the specific doubts/queries/discussion points which may be discussed during the session. It would help us to structure the discussion.

The session will be LIVE at YouTube at following link:

For any doubts/queries, please contact us at : LIVE@sqveconsultants.com

An interesting online course related to design of steel structures,  STEEL-STR-001 (Decode IS 800:2007 along with software) has started from 25-JAN-22. You may still join the course. Click here for registration.

Feedback of few participants for previous online courses

Ashish Sawant

The course WIND-STR-001 is very informative. It clears basics of overall concept of wind flow. Thanks to Bhavin sir and Gupta sir for your guidance on wind loading.

D. Nivetha

The Staad Pro Training sessions were extremely fruitful, informative and it gave deeper insights into the field of structural engineering. Bhavin sir had not only taught us the software of Staad Pro, but he had explained us several technical concepts based on his field experiences. It was an interactive session where sir had asked us questions and it helped us think a lot and come up with solutions. Overall, it’s been a great experience and this 25 day of training has taught me a lot and has inspired me to develop greater passion towards civil engineering.

Mainak Ghosal

The Course WIND-STR-002 was very effective. It changed my perspective on not only wind engineering but also seismic loading analysis. Dr.Gupta also referred some excellent books which would not have been possible otherwise. Last but not the least, Dr. Gupta was kind enough to give me the charges of highlighting the errata for the Explanatory Handbook on Wind Engineering.

JAKEER HUSSAIN

WIND-STR-002 : Explanation regarding wind action and building response due to wind, and the way of clarifications to participants questions by Dr. Abhay Gupta sir was excellent. Looking forward to attend relevant upcoming webinars/courses.

Anal Shah

The course WIND-STR-002 was so interactive and Dr. Abhay Gupta was so kind enough to listen to all queries and answer them in very great detail. Also time spent by Dr. Gupta is highly appreciated. Great job Dr. Gupta in spreading the knowledge.

Shefali Thakkar

STEEL-STR-001 was the best interactive course ,wherein all practical facts and limitations those are related with prevailing standards, software and practices were discussed. Vision was provided to participate towards solving such prevailing limitations rather following the same collaboratively. Course content was described very effectively and constant encouragement on experiments of the course deliverables and raising doubts and solving the same. Effective time management by faculty to satisfy all participants’ queries along with effective delivery of course content. 24 hour interaction facility was made available for solving course related queries.

Rajen Dharia

On attending to STEEL-STR-01 course with the multi discipline participates from across India is the best part of this course. As the questions raised and its solutions, are many a times very new for each other during the sessions which enhance our knowledge in different practical applications and approach towards it’s solution. I Recommend to join STEEL-STR-01 to all upcoming Structural Engineers.

ZEESHAN MUNSHI

After attending online course STAAD-STR-001, I m very happy to share that….now I understand the result which I get after analysis……and how to use or understand the STAAD editor. Thank u so much for that…!!

Anvitha Yadama

It has been an excellent course and given me an in-depth understanding on ETABS and STAAD.Pro software . I feel more confident in my understanding and it helped me complete my major project in my B. Tech course .Thank you for all the support and excellent teaching. During the training program all my queries were answered quickly.

RATHISH V R

I really enjoyed throughout the journey of the course STEEL-STR-001 wherein I improved by Fundamental Knowledge in the Design of Steel Structures. Bhavin Sir’s explanation on Lateral Torsional Buckling and other critical areas, really helped me to become sound in manual calculations. Keep continuing the good work!

Dhirender Singh Bisht

I am pursuing masters in structural engineering and steel was the topic that I found always challenging since my B.Tech times. Moreover this is also a missing topic for the syllabus of many universities in masters program. To understand its theory ,and execute it practically in software is really challenging and need a mentor for that. I’ve been following Bhavin sir from last few months and was it was my good decision to choose him as a guide. By the course STEEL-STR-001, now I can feel that I am in a position to explore boundaries of IS code, and also I’m enthusiastic to see how Euro code, AISC code and other countries code tackles the problem which sounds to be complicated in IS code.

Praveen Upadhyay

Bhavin Shah is a fantastic trainer, very friendly and encouraging, it was a well-delivered and presented course (STAAD-STR-001) that was well received by the group. There was a great balance between theory and practice and the concepts were clearly and professionally explained.

Parth Gandha

The course STAAD-STR-001 was really amazing an knowledgeable. As I fresher I gained so much knowledge about all the little things I didn’t know that were so much important. Troubleshooting of the software was the most important topic as a single wrong interpretation of the warning can totally change the outcome. I heartily thanks Shri Bhavin bhai and SQVE consultants for introducing such wonderful courses so that we can perform good in practice.

BHARATENDU PATEL

This course related to STAAD.Pro and case studies was beyond the conventional software training. It helped me conceptualise the idea behind the behaviour of any structure, understand the special requirements between steel and concrete structures. Real life case study and interactive sessions made the learning more impactful.

Rajashree

The course WIND-STR-001 facilitated discussion and understanding of concepts  in more detailed simplified manner under the experienced and knowledgeable professionals. Thank you Dr Abhay sir and Bhavin sir.

Dr. Raksha Parolkar

Topics covered in WIND-STR-002 were new for me to understand, as it has never been covered in syllabus. But the way Dr. Abhay Gupta sir taught, explained the problems and shared his experiences, the subject got easy to understand. I feel proud of being his student.

REVA VENU V M

I am a budding geotechnical engineering professional. For three years I have worked as faculty in NIT and recently joined as project fellow- geotechnical engineering in a research Institute. Now I am in the transition phase of my career ie, shifting from academics to industry. My desire to become a geotechnical engineering consultant inspired me to join this course. As I don’t have much industrial exposure, attending the course GEO-STR-001 helped me to gain a lot of practical knowledge related to geotechnical engineering. Especially the discussions related to soil investigation, interpretation of soil report and interactive sessions were really amazing. Queries of other participants and the discussions associated with it,were really informative, as it mainly focussed on current industrial practices. Thank you Vivek sir and Bhavin sir for giving this wonderful opportunity. Hoping for a better support in my future endeavours too. Also expecting further courses related to this, in the coming future.

Mr. AJAY NARAYAN JADHAV

JUST TO APPRECIATE THE WORKSHOP STAAD-STR-001, IT HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DYNAMIC OF THE SESSIONS, VERY ACTIVE, INTERESTING, AND WELL ORGANISED AND GREAT TO SHARE EXPERIENCES. MANY THANKS TO THE SPEAKER AND ORGANISERS!!…..ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR SHARING AN INSPIRING LEARNING EXPERIENCE 👍

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

The course WIND-STR-001 provided Excellent clarifications on IS875 clauses.

Chokshi Hem

I heard somewhere that we shall never use STAAD for dynamic analysis. But that wrong interpretation of the software was cleared through the course : STAAD-STR-001.

Supriya Pal

I AM A PHD SCHOLAR AND WORKING IN THE FIELD OF WIND STRUCTURE INTERECTION. I GOT A LOT OF MY DOUBTS CLEARED THROUGH THIS COURSE : WIND-STR-002. THANKYOU VERY MUCH

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

WIND-STR-002 : Excellent sessions. Thanks a lot to team SQVe and the eminent speaker for giving a valuable knowledge.

Hiren Desai

The course WIND-STR-002 is very much informative as well as useful for practicing engineers considering the non availability of easy to detailed literatures and practical examples.

Praveen Vasishth

STEEL-STR-001 is very useful course for updating to new code for steel design of buildings.

Ravichandra

STEEL-STR-001 is very wonderful course. I have learned many things through this course. During session Bhavin sir interaction with the participants is very great with clear explanations. We are expecting these type of courses in future also.

Tarnpreet Singh Gill

The course content for STEEL-STR-001 has been thoroughly devised to be effective in best manner. Sharing of Recorded Sessions was the best part as I myself missed few end sessions due to office pressure but I could complete these later on. Making a permanent whatsapp group for discussion was also a good idea.

Er. Sachi Parekh

I appreciate the course structure designed by Er. Bhavin Shah , which includes the theory and implementation of coddle provisions to software and interpretation of results. By attending it, I am able to learn and explore the analogy of a software – Staad Pro. Thank you very much for sharing the knowledge and make my doubts crystal clear…

I must say that he is a true professional academician
Like a bridge between Institute and industry…

 

Kamlesh Mehta

In the course WIND-STR-002, I was not able to attend few lectures due to internet connectivity problem. But I have gone through the video lectures provided by Mr. Bhavin shah and it is positive point that any time any where we can watch and update our knowledge.

Mohd Ameen Irfan

Bhavin Sir is very experienced and expert in his field, He made the topics in online course STAAD-STR-001 very clear from the scratch and also addressed every student’s queries and problems very nicely!!!

Akshay Thakur

REC-STR-001: The recorded sessions are more than anything for tackling practical difficulties…. and you bring some other professionals like dr. Jain and dr. Gupta is just like awesome experience for the student like me who are from tier-3 college who won’t get such a precious information… thanks to you also for the knowledge you impart… best luck to you and your team for this your initiative to resolve practical difficulties among aspiring structural engineers… 🙏🏻 once again thank you so much… because nobody in today’s era from structural engineering domain is wants to share the information, but you do… kudos!

Hemanth Ponnuri

STEEL-STR-001 course is very informative and very well explained about the hidden insights in the IS800 code.

Shreyas Barad

STEEL-STR-001 is much awaited course. Finally the industry expert teaching the right thing with right methodology. I had never seen such an excellent online course like this. The amount of knowledge and engagement was extremely good. Thank you so much for the wonderful course.

Kunal Patil

At first I never expected the sessions which are going to be conducted would be so knowledgeable. Day by day listening to Abhay sir touching every aspect from the codal point of view, few from his own experience. The mixture of everything made this course WIND-STR-002 very valuable and useful. Before this course I was trying to learn from everywhere how does this wind dynamic forces are to be calculated but through SQVE consultants arranging this webinar and learning under experience fraternity was worthwhile.

Nitin Sharma

I would like to thanks and appreciate for this helpful course comprising of STAAD PRO Training and Design concepts for RCC and Steel. In this module I have learned in detail about essential concepts for designing industrial buildings and gained an understanding of different types of Analysis. I also acquired the knowledge of different types of Codes. Moreover, l was introduced with FEM, design of foundation, anchor bolts and connections. All the sessions were very interactive and engaging. The valuable knowledge that i have gained in these two months will certainly be propitious to start my career as a structural engineer.

Dr. Vinubhai Patel

The course WIND-STR-002 was really very much informative and useful. Enjoyed a lot.

Prashanth N

The course STEEL-STR-001 was well planned and the sessions were very interactive and informative.

Sujata Gupta

It gives a good awareness about software as well as corresponding codal provisions. So one can get technical knowledge as well as how software using clauses giving in codes. Teacher is very patient, soft spoken and knowledgeable person. Topics selected in the course STEEL-STR-001 are very relevant, useful and to the point for design and analysis of steel structure.

Akash Solanki

STEEL-STR-001 was the best package for understanding the limit state design of steel structures using IS800:2007 along with its application in STAAD.Pro. Tremendous wealth of knowledge from Bhavin sir combined with queries by other participants really facilitated a great learning experience. Thank you for such an amazing course. I hope more such courses are on the way.

Haridharan M K

The online course EQ-STR-001 was very informative and it covered all the aspects of IS1893, IS16700, IS13920 and more important sharing the videos of the course which enabled to go through at any time.

M. K. Haridharan

In the course ETABS-STR-001, all the session are very interactive, it has a touch with theory, hands on training and practical aspects. The knowledge of the mentor is extraordinary in all aspects.

Dipal Trivedi

The course GEO-STR-001 effectively addressed the gap between geotechnical and structural engineer. It not only covers important interface areas but also discusses consequences of poor interface. Subject experts have in depth knowledge and experience to address expectations of various participants ranging from fresh engineering graduate to highly experienced professionals. The course is interactive and experts are more than willing to address any queries of the participant. The course content is appropriately divided into multiple sessions over the weekend to allow flexibility to participants to participate and reflect during the week at their convenience. Overall, this course is highly recommended for structural and geotechnical engineers for gaining and enhancing the understanding of the very important interface between geotechnical and structural engineering work.

Srinivasa Reddy

Dear Sir thank you so much for your Course ETABS-STR-001. We learn Lot from here. Happy to Join this Course we are waiting for next Upcoming Courses.

Tanuja Singh

STEEL-STR-001 : Excellent initiative to bring clarity of concepts to professionals.

Harikrishnan

Faculty engineering knowledge is excellent. These course STEEL-STR-001 is useful for fresher and experienced person.

Alok Rathore

After attending the course WIND-STR-001, I change my prospective towards structure and learn many concept.

Sharad Gupta

I am very grateful to Er. Dr. Abhay Gupta and Mr. Bhavin Shah for sharing your knowledge with us even though we have the same profession. Your course WIND-STR-002 helped me to clear many of the doubts I had sine the past 20 years.

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Civil Engineering Higher Education Structural Engneering

Session 22 : Master’s in Structural Engineering in USA

Introduction

We are receiving many questions from Civil Engineers related to pursuing master’s in structural engineering in USA. The few questions are as follows:

  • Which university may be considered for the study?
  • What are the pros and cons of different institutes?
  • What is the prospect after completing the Masters in USA?
  • What should be my area of specialisation in structural engineering so that there are better chances of getting the job?
  • Can I pursue Ph.D. in structural engineering after completion of post graduation in India?
  • And many more…

In view of the above, the next live technical discussion is planned for helping out the prospects who are exploring further for pursuing Master’s in Structural Engineering in USA.

Brief about the Expert

Dilip Khatri, PhD, SE (Principal Structural & Civil Engr, Khatri Int. Inc.)

Dr. Khatri has over thirty-nine (39) years of civil engineering experience involving land development, subdivision, commercial, residential, multi-family, industrial, and educational facilities. Design, construction, and overall management of major infrastructure improvements comprising sewer, water, storm drain, flood control, and grading design. He also taught structural engineering for more than a decade in USA.

He has been working with Insurance Carriers over the past ten years involving various areas of casework :

  1. Forensic Structural Engineering,
  2. Structural Design/Engineering Reconstruction
  3. Construction Cost Estimating and Project Management
  4. Geotechnical and Soils Issues
  5. Earthquake/Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings and PML Reports

Facilitator

Bhavin Shah – Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants

He is passionate about Engineering profession and has total experience of two decades in the different engineering organisations. He is having a dream for enhancing the engineering profession. He has conducted many technical sessions across the country for knowledge sharing. He is pursuing Ph.D. in Structural Engineering and his area of focus for research is to implement buckling restrained braces for earthquake resistant design of upcoming industrial structures as well as for retrofitting of the existing industrial structures.

Schedule of the event

DATE : 28-AUG-21

TIME : 9:30 AM IST

How to register for the event?

Registration is FREE. In the registration form, please mention your specific doubts/queries related to the master’s in structural engineering in USA. It would help us to structure the discussion.

Link for joining the meeting will be sent prior to couple of days of the event. Click below for registration:

For any queries/doubts, you may contact us at: contact@sqveconsultants.com

The session will be streamed live at YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook simultaneously. The video of YouTube is embedded below. You may see the live stream either at YouTube or on this page.

Session 22 – Master’s in Structural Engineering in USA – Dr. Dilip Khatri
Categories
Civil Engineering News & Events Structural Engneering

Session 21 : Advice to Young Civil / Structural Engineers

Introduction

Civil engineering is one of the oldest branch of engineering and it is indeed a vast area! We believe that for appropriate growth of the young engineers and for the profession, frequent interaction is required with the senior professionals. With a small attempt towards creating bridge between young civil/structural engineers and the veterans, the live technical discussions are being organized.   

Speaker for the upcoming session

Expert : Dr. Subramanian Narayanan wrote a very successful book on Steel Structures, was the first comprehensive book based on IS 800:2007. This was followed by another outstanding book on RC Design. Both the books received award for best book from ACCE(I). His book on Space Structures also received this award in 2000, thus he has the distinction of hitting hattrick. Always keen to mentor young structural engineers through Structural Engineering Forum of India, sharing experiences and lessons learnt through books and technical papers.

Facilitator : Bhavin Shah

(Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants)

Schedule for the event

Date : 13-AUG-21

Time : 7 PM IST

How to register for the event?

The registration is FREE. Please click on the following button and share your questions in the advance which we will attempt to address during the session.

Looking to the huge response to the event, the session will be streamed live at three platforms, i.e YouTube, LinkedIn & Facebook.

For any queries, you may contact us at the email address: contact@sqveconsultants.com

You may also watch the live video at the following screen:

Session 21 : Advice to young Civil / Structural Engineers – Dr. Subramanian Narayanan
Categories
Civil Engineering Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Retrofitting

Session 20 : Approach towards retrofitting of the structures

LIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SERIES

Brief about topic :

Retrofitting of structures is indeed a vast science. The whole process of retrofitting may not yield the intended purpose if the appropriate approach is not used. The entire process may be divided in two parts, firstly, preliminary evaluation and secondly, detailed evaluation. The preliminary evaluation may aim to access the root cause, requirement of retrofitting, retrofitting scheme, tentative budget, etc. Finally, in the detailed evaluation, the exact structural analysis, design, detailing for retrofitting, etc. may be emphasized.  In the upcoming live session, we will discuss this important area wherein Dr. Dilip Khatri will share his insight on the subject.

Brief About the Expert

Dilip Khatri, PhD, SE (Principal Structural & Civil Engr, Khatri Int. Inc.)

Dr. Khatri has thirty-five (35) years of civil engineering experience involving land development, subdivision, commercial, residential, multi-family, industrial, and educational facilities. Design, construction, and overall management of major infrastructure improvements comprising sewer, water, storm drain, flood control, and grading design.

He has been working with Insurance Carriers over the past ten years involving various areas of casework :

  1. Forensic Structural Engineering,
  2. Structural Design/Engineering Reconstruction
  3. Construction Cost Estimating and Project Management
  4. Geotechnical and Soils Issues
  5. Earthquake/Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings and PML Reports

How to register for the event?

Registration is free but it is mandatory. The live session will be conducted using ZOOM software. Kindly note that there are limited seats. Click below for registration:

For any queries/doubts, you may contact us at: contact@sqveconsultants.com

We have received huge response to the proposed live discussion and we have already exceeded the registration number beyond the limited seats. Hence, we will be also broadcasting the same parallelly live on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/otcozfj8QK0

Please like, share the following link as well as subscribe to the channel to receive notification when we go LIVE!

You can also see the live broadcast on this page:

Session 20 : Approach towards retrofitting of the structures
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Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering News & Events

Interaction with Young Civil Engineers -Opportunities in Geotechnical Engineering

Based on request of few engineers, we have arranged LIVE Discussion related to opportunities in Geotechnical Engineering.

Geotechnical engineering is indeed a vast area and there are ample opportunities in different areas like onshore geotechnical investigation, geotechnical consulting, execution of geotechnical related projects, soil testing in laboratory, offshore soil investigation, special geotechnical related projects, etc. We will have TWO sessions for this important discussion as follows:

DATE: 3-JULY-21 & 10-JUL-21
TIME : 7:00PM to 8:00PM IST
About the Expert:

Vivek Kumar Mitra  is a renowned consultant in Geotechnical Engineering. He commenced his career as a GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER at TATA Consulting Engineers Limited, Mumbai. Later he moved to organization like Bureau Veritas, Reliance, Impac, Egis Consulting Engineers. He was at Abu Dhabi for mega artificial Island Project in 2013 and represented ADNOC. He is geotechnical consultant for projects at Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Dubai.

He has worked in projects in the areas of Offshore, Infrastructure, Power, Refinery, Petrochemicals & Marine. He also handled with distinction various projects in Ports & Harbors, Mega-Infrastructure, Artificial Islands, Dredging / Land Reclamation and Oil & Gas, Ground Improvement for ultra-soft soil. He is the Founder & CEO of VKM GEOTECHNICS.

About the Facilitator

Bhavin Shah is passionate about Engineering profession with two decades of experience. He is having a dream for enhancing the engineering profession in different organisations. He completed graduation in Civil Engineering and Masters in Structures from Sardar Patel University. He is having unique experience of working in the specialized firm of civil / structural consultancy which grew as multidisciplinary firm (VMS), large multidisciplinary firm (L&T Chiyoda Ltd.) and owner based engineering set up (Adani Infra (I) Ltd.). He worked in different organisations at different levels, starting from junior design engineer to CEO. He is Founder & CEO of SQVe Consultants.

How to REGISTER for the event?

Registration is FREE but mandatory. Link will be shared with the registered participants before couple of days of the event.

Abhisek Das Registered from Kolkata.

Arun Kumar Registered from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Mhantesh Nelawani Registered from Jamakhandi.

Surabh Patil Registered from Kolhapur, Maharsatra.

Jesal Shah Registered from Surat, Gujarat.

Lovlinder Singh Registered from Patiala, Punjab.

Ramsunder Registered from Madurai Tamilnadu.

Sriniwasa Chary Registered from Vijaywada Andhra Pradesh.

Ankala Registered from Bilaspur.

Ketan Mohan Registered from Chiplun.

Fatima registered from Mumbai.

Sunil Kamalaksha Registered from Doha Qatar.

Sidhhi Vinayak Hegde Registered from Honnavar.

Dr. Kamatagi registered from Bengaluru.

Vivekananda Registered from Bengaluru.

Bhaskar Persuing Phd Registered from Pune Maharsatra.

Aditi Vedavia Registered from Silvasa.

Sagar Kolhe Registered from Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Gaytri Registered from Baharin.

Yogesh Abhang Registered From Pune Maharastra.

For any queries, please contact us at : contact@sqveconsultants.com

Categories
Engineering News & Events Quality Assurance

Improvement in Quality Assurance in Engineering

Bhavin Shah will be speaking on the important subject “Improvement in Quality Assurance in Engineering”.

Joining details are mentioned in the above image.
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Engineering Steel structure Structural Engneering

Session 18 : Important Design & Construction Parameters for Industrial PEB Structures at Tender Stage

This article is referred to the industrial structures (main plant building) for different industries like manufacturing, automobile, plastic, food, glass, ceramic, etc. which are executed with the concept of Pre Engineered Building (PEB).

For design of PEB structures, generally, the owner / client is appointing a structural consultant for preparation of the tender. The tender is published in the market for inviting bids from different PEB vendors. Based on the techno-commercial evaluation, the optimum bid is selected and the project is awarded to the relevant PEB vendor. The overall purpose of tender is to bring all the bidders at a par and to ensure implementation of the important parameters in design, fabrication, erection, etc.

In view of the above, tender for PEB structure is an extremely important step in the project cycle. I have experienced that tender from consultant to consultant vary in terms of inclusion of different parameters.  

Following are few of the important parameters which may be included in the PEB tenders:

  • General arrangement drawing of the structure
  • Overall structural system
  • Design codes and standards
  • Yield stress of the material
  • Durability aspects
  • Basic wind speed
  • Permeability of the building for calculation of cpe & cpi
  • Earthquake zone
  • Clarity on section 12 of IS 800:2007
  • Live load on the mezzanine floor
  • Support condition to be considered at junction of steel structure & RCC pedestal
  • Slenderness ratio of bracings
  • Deflection criteria
  • Crane loading
  • Interface between crane manufacture and PEB vendor
  • Fire resistance as per requirement
  • Provisions for design of anchor bolt
  • Standard details
  • Tolerance on fabrication

We are planning to arrange live discussion on this topic on 18-APR-21 at 11:00 AM IST.

Er. Dr. Abhay Gupta will join the discussion as guest expert. He has obtained his BE(Civil) in 1981 & subsequently ME(Structures) from SGSITS Indore; and Ph.D. from University of Roorkee, Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) in the area of “Aerodynamic Interference in Tall Rectangular Buildings: Wind Tunnel Studies” in 1996. He has more than 35 years of experience in the field of Civil Engineering construction and Structural design. Dr. Abhay Gupta is one of the Directors of Skeleton Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Noida. Dr. Gupta has also worked as Principal consultant for establishment of Wind tunnel facility at Guna MP.

(Registration is Free.)

Your discussion points are welcome in advance in the below comment box or at above link so that it would help us to structure the discussion.

Categories
Engineering News & Events Structural Engneering

Opportunities in Structural Engineering – For young structural engineers

Structural Engineering is indeed a vast area and there are plenty of areas in which skills can be developed. Structural engineering is a prime discipline taking responsibilities of safety and stability of the structures. With this, there are ample opportunities in the field of structural engineering for young structural engineers.  

With an aim of creating bridge between veteran structural engineers and young structural engineers, we are planning series of live discussions. First of its kind of session is planned as follows:

DATE :  4-APR-21

TIME :  11:00 AM IST

Our Panelist:

  • Olavo Carvalho  –  Consulting Civil Engineers at A. Olavo Carvalho
  • Kamal Parekh – MD & CEO, Shri Sarjan Technocrats Pvt. Ltd
  • Suhas Mujumdar –  Director, Asi consultant
  • Anal Shah –  N K Shah consulting engineers LLP
  • Hiren Desai – SAI Consultants
  • M. Arunkumar – CEO, Indes Structural Design Consultant Pvt Ltd., Chennai

Facilitator : Bhavin Shah – Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants

Methodology :  

  • The session will be conducted using ZOOM software.
  • At the beginning of session, each panelist will share their perspective and view point related to the opportunities in structural engineering.
  • Thereafter, we will take up points from the participants through live chat.
  • We encourage participants to share their discussion points in advance, if possible. It will help us to structure the discussion.

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Registration is FREE but mandatory. Link for the participation will be shared with the registered participants since there are limited seats.