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Civil Engineering Engineering Geotechnical Engineering settlement in structure Structural Engneering

Session 30 : Acceptable value of settlement in structures

Live Technical Discussion Series

(Soil Structure Interaction…)

There is always debate and discussion related to acceptable settlement in the structure. The settlement may be short term settlement or long-term settlement. Also, there may be uniform settlement vs differential settlement. Following are few of the approaches prevailing in practice, :

1) Permissible value of the settlement may be defined based on the tender specifications. Based on the settlement value, allowable bearing pressure will be determined by geotechnical consultant.

 2)  Permissible value of the settlement may be defined based on IS codes related to geotechnical engineering. Based on the settlement value, allowable bearing pressure will be determined.

3)    Acceptable settlement value may be defined by structural engineer considering the functional requirements, stability of the structures, additional stresses in the structures, limit to prevent failure of non-structural elements like piping, utilities, etc. Based on the settlement value, geotechnical engineer will derive the allowable bearing pressure.

Generally, differential settlement component is not mentioned in the geotechnical investigation report as the geotechnical consultant may not be aware about the differential loading on the different foundation as well as variation of pressure across each footing (due to presence of overturning moment). We believe that close interface is required between geotechnical and structural engineer to derive the probable component of the differential settlement.

One more important area would be to consider installing of instruments for monitoring the settlement value during life of the structure.

In view of the above, next live technical discussion is arranged on this important topic wherein we will attempt to answer your specific queries/doubts related to the acceptable values for settlement in the structures.

EXPERT TEAM (mix of Geotechnical & Structural experts)

Mr. Umesh B. Rao – Consulting engineer

Dr. Jaykumar Shukla – Principal Engineer and Senior Consultant, Geo Dynamics

Mr. Shekhar Vaishampayan – Managing Director at Sub Surface Consultants Pvt Ltd

Mr. Olavo Carvalho – Consulting Civil Engineers at A. Olavo Carvalho

Mr. Suhas Mujumdar – Director at Asi Consultants

Mr. Sandip Deshpande – Director, RENUKA CONSULTANTS

Mr. Syed Vaseem – Head- Structures- Design, Construction, Projects development at Abdul Latif Jameel Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd.

Mr. Sorabh Gupta – Director, Cengrs Geotechnica Pvt. Ltd.

SCHEDULE

DATE : 24-DEC-21

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT?

Registration is FREE. Please click on the below button “Register Now” wherein you may share the questions in the advance. The same will help us to structure the discussion.

You will receive an email with a link for participation before couple of days of the event.

For any queries/doubts, you may contact us through email address : LIVE@sqveconsultants.com

An online course related to design of steel structures (STEEL-STR-001) will commence from 25-JAN-22. For more details, please CLICK HERE.

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Civil Engineering Design life of structure Design of RCC structures News & Events Quality Assurance

SESSION 29 : DESIGN LIFE OF RCC STRUCTURES (PART-2)

We had very interesting conversation related to design life of RCC structures on 12-NOV-21. Following are few of the points which were discussed during the session:

  • Fundamental about the service life prediction
  • Factors affecting life of a structure
  • Impact of steel quality on life of the structure
  • Is it possible to evaluate service life of structure numerically?
  • Earthquake resistant design and expected life of the structure
  • and many more…

The entire recorded session is attached below.

Session 27 – Design life of RCC structures (PART 1)

SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SESSION

The next session (PART-2) is planned as follows:

DATE : 3-DEC-21

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

DISCUSSION POINTS TO BE COVERED IN THE SESSION

Following points will be discussed in the session:

  • Foundation Design parameters from the perspective of design life of structure
  • How to incorporate design life period in Structural design?
  • Service life estimation of the structure
  • Design life vs actual life of RCC buildings
  • How to analyse and retrofit the seismically affected structures?
  • How to evaluate residual life of existing structure?
  • Essential preventive care after 25 years of RCC Structures
  • Design life of RCC Structures vs PSC Structures vs 3D Printed Structures
  • We will also take up few relevant and important discussion points coming through the LIVE chat

EXPERT TEAM

  • Mr. Umesh B. Rao, Consulting Engineer
  • Dr. Manmohan R. Kalgal, Advisor- Ultratech
  • Dr. Jayanto Saha, INSDAG
  • Mr. Samir Surlekar, SS Buidchem
  • Mr. Anil Pillai, RAMCO cement
  • Dr. Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla, IIIT – Hyderabad
  • 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 in the upcoming sessions. It would help us to structure the discussion.

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Engineering

Live Technical Discussion Series

We believe that knowledge sharing is one of the high priority area in the engineering profession. Also, it is felt that for enhancing the profession, greater communication is required between young generation engineers and the veteran engineers. Keeping this in mind, we launched a live technical discussion series for civil /structural engineers which is becoming quite popular.

You may refer the YouTube channel wherein the past live technical discussions are uploaded.

Now, we are planning to launch the similar kind of live technical discussions for the other branches of engineering like Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Computer, Instrumentation & control, etc.

If you have 15+ years of experience in the industry and would like to spread the knowledge then kindly register at the following link and our team will get in touch with you to explore it further.

Please share the message with the other engineers in your circle. You may also contact us through email : LIVE@sqveconsultants.com

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Civil Engineering Design of RCC structures Engineering News & Events waterproofing

Session 26 – Waterproofing and Leakages in Buildings – Prevention and Repairs (PART -1)

LIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SERIES

Waterproofing and Leakage in the building is one of the crucial area which might impact the functional requirements and durability of the structures adversely. In the upcoming live technical discussion, we will talk about this important subject. There are many questions related to the leakage and waterproofing. Some of the questions are mentioned below:

  • How to choose appropriate types of waterproofing during construction?
  • How to find out sources of leakage?
  • What are the methods to prevent further leakage in the structures?
  • How much is the period after which again repairing would be required?
  • Responsibility matrix between different stakeholders in the project?
  • What are the guarantees and warrantees related to waterproofing?
  • Many more…

For discussion on such important areas live technical discussion is arranged as follows:

DATE : 13-OCT-21

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

List of experts

The expert team is comprising of consultant,  applicator, manufacturer, project engineer and investigator.

  • Er. Umesh B. Rao (Consulting Engineer)
  • Mr. Ajitkumar SM, MD, Shubam Techno Build India Pvt Ltd.
  • Mr. Vijay Kulkarni, Fosroc , Product Segement Manager
  • Dr. Raghavendra Prasad, MD of Bhamys Constructions
  • Mr. Mallikaarjun, CEO of Bhamys Constructions
  • Mr. Sudarshan S Iyengar, Senior Director, Stredant Technoclinic Pvt. Ltd.

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

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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:

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.

Dr. Vinubhai Patel

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

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!

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…

 

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…!!

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 👍

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hemanth Ponnuri

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

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.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

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

Alok Rathore

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Tanuja Singh

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

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.

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.

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.

Prashanth N

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

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.

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.

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.

Praveen Vasishth

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

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

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.

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.

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.

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!!!

Harikrishnan

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

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.

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.

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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

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.

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.

Alok Rathore

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

Dr. Vinubhai Patel

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

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.

Praveen Vasishth

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 👍

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.

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…

 

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.

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Prashanth N

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

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.

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!

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…!!

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.

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.

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.

Harikrishnan

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

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.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

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

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.

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.

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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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Bhavin Shah has become a mentor at Expertrons

Bhavin Shah has become a part of Expertrons as a mentor to guide the aspirants in the domain of engineering. Also, he will share his experience gained through the corporate journey like people management, resolution of workplace related conflicts, quality assurance, etc.

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Session no. 7 : Irregularities as per Table no. 5 & 6 of IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016

I have received suggestions from engineers to take up the discussion on irregularities as per table no. 5 &6 of IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016.

It is a well established fact that the regular building perform better than the irregular buildings during seismic event. In IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016, plan and vertical irregularities are defined in Table no. 5 & 6 of the code. The building is said to be irregular if any one of the irregularity is present in the building. It is mentioned in the code that all the efforts shall be made to eliminate irregularities by modifying architectural planning and structural configurations.

For each irregularity, mathematical limits are defined in the code as well as further action is detailed out whenever the irregularity exceeds the defined limits.        

Table no. 5 – Plan irregularities :

  • Torsional irregularity
  • Re-entrant corners
  • Floor slabs having excessive cut-outs or opening
  • Out-of-plane offsets in vertical elements
  • Non-parallel lateral force system

Table no. 6 – Vertical irregularities :

  1. Stiffness irregularity (Soft storey)
  2. Mass irregularity
  3. Vertical geometric irregularity
  4. In-plane discontinuity in Vertical elements resisting lateral force
  5. Strength irregularity (Weak storey)
  6. Floating or stub columns
  7. Irregular modes of oscillation in two principal plan directions

We will discuss each irregularity in detail during live technical discussion. The participants will also share their experiences related to the table no. 5 & 6 of the code. 

You may share the specific queries / discussion point which may be taken up during live technical discussion.

Join us on next Sunday (25-Oct-20) for live technical discussion on different irregularities as per table no. 5 and 6 of IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016. Please share discussion points for the same in the comment box. You may also circulate this message with the interested engineers in your circle.

Session no. 7 – Irregularities as per Table no. 5 & 6 of IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016
Facilitator : Bhavin Shah, Founder & CEO – SQVe Consultants

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Importance of Quality Assurance in Structural Engineering Firms

Background

Quality assurance is one of the extremely important area for the design engineering consultancy firms. The Quality Assurance covers the broader aspects like compliances to the prevailing regulatory standards, meeting functional & aesthetics requirements, ensuring strength and stability of structures, effective interface to avoid rework at site, generating error free design documents, inclusion of sustainability, safety, constructability aspects, etc. In my opinion to achieve the quality objectives, it is required to define them clearly at initial stage of the project so that the required aspects can be covered during appropriate stages of the projects such as conceptualization, basic engineering, detail engineering, execution, operation, maintenance, etc. In this blog, we are going to talk specifically about the structural engineering firms from the perspective of quality assurance. In upcoming blogs, we will talk more about the multi-disciplinary engineering firms.

Why Quality Assurance is so much important for the Structural Engineering firms or structural department in the multi disciplinary firm?

The prime role of a structural engineer in any project is to ensure the strength & stability of the structures, effective interface with the other disciplines to understand the functional requirements, meeting functional requirements along with the structural requirements, ensuring error free design and documents, compliance to the latest IS codes, generating drawings by taking care of the constructability, sustainability & safety aspects, etc. As structural engineers are taking the prime responsibility for strength and stability of the structure, the quality assurance is extremely important for structures function in the company. In the current scenario, Work From Home is becoming now new normal which again require increased attention on the quality assurance.

What are the common challenges which are being faced by the structures group for quality assurance?

Some of the areas where structures group are facing the challenges are mentioned below:

  • The projects are becoming increasingly fast-track, so the availability of time for the detailed design process is one of the major concern.
  • Apart from any definite statistics, I am of the opinion that the geotechnical failure is one of the major reason for the failure/collapse of the structures. Hence, interface between geo-technical engineer and structural engineer is very crucial for entire project cycle as well as during operation & maintenance.
  • IS codes which are generally used in the design are getting revised gradually to meet the global design practices. The typical revision cycle for IS code is in range of 10~15 years. So, whenever the standards are revised, the consultants have to upgrade the knowledge and the design practices to meet the requirements of the latest codes.
  • With the revisions of IS codes and due to internal bugs or improvements, the software are now revised more frequently than before. With every new version of the software, the design engineer has to become acquaint with the same and at the same time, it has to be ensured that the software is free of major bugs. Authentication / validation of the software is extremely important and the engineer should be aware about limitations of the same while performing the analysis & design.
  • Generally, the excel sheets are used in the design offices for manual design for the items which are not designed in the software. If the control design sheets are not maintained then after few years, there will be multiple versions available with the design engineers may be with nominal changes. Validation and control of these design means is also important for the quality assurance.
  • Frequency of revision of documents is increasing due to internal and external reasons. The chances of errors tend to increase while revising the documents.
  • For keeping pace with the global design practices, the engineers should be trained in the areas like performance based design, wind engineering, concepts of structural dynamics for earthquake resistant design, design of steel structures using Limit State Design method, etc.
  • Due to higher attrition rate,  mid size company might stay in the continuous recruiting mode. Handover of documents and training of newly recruited engineers require substantial investment of time and efforts.

How SQVe can help the company for the above mentioned challenging areas?

  • Our unique mixture of technical depth and proficiency of organization development brings on board the effective and practical solutions for the above mentioned problems. The solutions will be highly customized to meet the requirements of the company. We strive towards making the companies strong internally.
  • We will associate with the company on need basis and the exact scope of work will be detailed out mutually. The entire work will be divided in three phases, firstly, identifying gap areas, secondly, working out the action plan for improvement and finally providing the hand holding support for the implementation.
  • Please get in touch with us to know more about this unique service : contact@sqveconsultants.com . We will schedule online meeting to discuss it further.

Your views/suggestions are welcome.

Bhavin Shah

Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants