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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.

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

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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
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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:

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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.

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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.

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Vivekananda Registered from Bengaluru.

Yogesh Abhang Registered From Pune Maharastra.

Mhantesh Nelawani Registered from Jamakhandi.

Lovlinder Singh Registered from Patiala, Punjab.

Sagar Kolhe Registered from Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Dr. Kamatagi registered from Bengaluru.

Abhisek Das Registered from Kolkata.

Arun Kumar Registered from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Bhaskar Persuing Phd Registered from Pune Maharsatra.

Sunil Kamalaksha Registered from Doha Qatar.

Gaytri Registered from Baharin.

Surabh Patil Registered from Kolhapur, Maharsatra.

Jesal Shah Registered from Surat, Gujarat.

Ketan Mohan Registered from Chiplun.

Sidhhi Vinayak Hegde Registered from Honnavar.

Aditi Vedavia Registered from Silvasa.

Ankala Registered from Bilaspur.

Sriniwasa Chary Registered from Vijaywada Andhra Pradesh.

Fatima registered from Mumbai.

Ramsunder Registered from Madurai Tamilnadu.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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News & Events Vedic Science

Free webinar – Vedic science decoded for Leadership and Personal growth

Background:

For achieving targets of organisation, people management is one of the extremely important area for today’s corporate world. The facilitator of the course believes that Vedic wisdom is one of the powerful tool for all major problems of the corporate world which are specifically related to the people management. The session is planned in an interactive mode wherein the facilitator will share his experiences related to the principles of vedic science.

DATE : 28-MAR-21

TIME : 11:00AM IST

About the Facilitator

Bhavin Shah is passionate about spreading awareness related to Vedic Science wisdom. He started reading the Vedic science related books at onset of his post-graduation study. Thereafter, he used the principles of vedic science extensively in the professional and personal life. He believes that vedic science is extremely useful for developing leaderships skill and for the personal growth. In the session, he will be sharing his experiences related to the same. The principles of the vedic science are decoded in the normal language so that it can be easily understood.

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. Along with technical role, he also involved actively for improvement in quality standards, people management, inspiring engineers, coaching & mentoring, upliftment of different departments, conflict resolutions, etc. at an organisation level.

He has recently founded a new company SQVe Consultants with a vision of enhancing the engineering profession in the different organisations.

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News & Events Steel structure Structural Engneering

Design of PEB structures Challenges and Way forward (Part 1)

We have seen the difference of opinion between group of engineers while designing the PEB structures. I believe there are many areas related to PEB structures wherein discussion is required. We have received many requests from engineers to host a live discussion on this important subject. 

Few of the questions, received from the group of engineers are listed below:

1)    What are the differences between design of PEB and conventional steel structure?

2)    What are the codes to be followed for design of PEB structures?

3)    Is section-12 of IS 800:2007 is applicable to PEB structures?

4)    How to design the anchor bolts for PEB structures?

5)    How to decide support condition for PEB structures?

6)    What are the design parameters to be considered in the software for design of PEB structures?

7)    How to decide minimum web thickness for built up I sections?

8)    How to estimate wind force for design of the low-rise structures?

9)    What is lateral torsional buckling and why it is critical limit state for PEB structures?

10) Can we consider Z purlins as giving lateral support to main rafter?

 As it is a vast area, we are planning to create short term modules for design of PEB (steel) structures focusing on the practical difficulties.

With an aim to collate such practical difficulty areas in design of PEB structures, the live technical discussion is organized.

 Date : 14-MAR-21

Time : 11:00 AM IST

Facilitator : Bhavin Shah, Founder & CEO – SQVe Consultants

Link for joining the live stream :

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The entire recorded session of 14th March can be seen at the following link:

Design of PEB structures – Live Technical Discussion

Please share the areas wherein practical difficulties are being faced while design of the PEB structures in the below comment box.

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News & Events Structural Engneering Wind engineering

Session 15 : A Q&A Session with Tony Rofail from Windtech on Wind Tunnel Testing of Tall Buildings

In continuation with the well received live panel discussions on what IS 875 : Part 3 says about the estimation of wind loads on tall buildings, Tony Rofail from Windtech has agreed to participate in another live discussion on Wind Tunnel Testing of Tall buildings. This will be an interactive session where attendees can have their most pressing questions asked and learn about current best practice in wind engineering.

The webinar will start with the regulatory framework: when is it mandatory in India to use a wind tunnel study to determine the design loads on a tall building? Also, when is it economically beneficial to do so.

There are a number of wind tunnel testing methods to determine the loads on tall building structures. Each method has its particular advantage and limitation. This presentation will shed some light on which method is most suited to which type of tall building structure.

This Webinar will also elaborate on some of the more advanced analysis techniques used for the study of the response of tall buildings that exhibit complex modal behaviour or have a complex form such as rigid connections at high elevation and their effect on the transfer of wind loads between the sub-structures.

The effect of different methods of accounting for the directionality of the local wind climate will also be discussed.

The presentation will include some basic tips on how the building form can be optimised to significantly reduce the dynamic response of a tall building.

This live webinar cover the following learning objectives:

1. When is it mandatory and when is it recommended to undertake a wind tunnel study for tall buildings?

2. The various testing techniques available and which type should be used for what type of tall building structure.

3. How small changes to the building form can bring about significant reduction to the overall loads on a tall building structure.

Speaker : TONY ROFAIL – DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL

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Tony Rofail – Windtech

Tony has over 33 years’ combined experience as both researcher and consultant in wind engineering including 30years with Windtech Consultants, a global consulting firm specialising in the study of wind effects and sustainable design. Tony is one of Windtech’s founding directors and has been with the firm since its establishment in April, 1991. His research includes reliability of wind tunnel studies, interference excitation of tall buildings, analysis techniques to accurately determine the effect of coupled modes and rigidly linked sub-structures and well as Wind Noise in Buildings, Natural Ventilation and review of assessment Criteria for Pedestrian Comfort.

Tony Rofail has undertaken and supervised over 2,500 wind engineering studies including wind tunnel investigations for various high-rise buildings, large roof and stadium building projects around the world, including many landmark projects.

Facilitator : Bhavin Shah- Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants

DATE : 21-FEB-21
TIME : 11:00 AM ( Indian Standard Time)

Link for registration : 

https://windtechconsult.com/a-qa-session-with-tony-rofail-on-wtt-of-tall-buildings/

Also, may please share the questions in the below comment box which you would like to get addressed during the live technical discussion.

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Engineering News & Events Structural Engneering

LIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SERIES

Thank you all for supporting the initiative of Live Technical Discussion series. Our aim is to arrange the live technical discussion on the areas related to engineering where in industry is facing practical difficulties. We had very interesting live technical discussions so far on the important subjects like Gravity column, Stiffness modifiers as per IS 1893 & IS 16700, Irregularities as per IS 1893, Time period calculation as per IS 1893, Recent amendments to IS 1893 & IS 13920, Interface between geotechnical and structural engineer, Wind force estimation for low rise buildings & tall buildings as per IS 875, Pile foundation, Quality assurance in structural engineering firms, etc.

There are many interesting live discussions at planning stage for other engineering disciplines as well.

In the comment box, you may mention the areas for which the future live technical discussions may be arranged. Also, please let us know if you would like to appear in the live stream to address the audience.

Pl circulate this message with the engineers in your circle.

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