Categories
Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Structural Engneering

Session 39 : Scope of Geotechnical Investigation

Live Technical Discussion Series

(Soil Structure Interaction…)

Interface between geotechnical engineers and structural engineers is of paramount importance for stability of the structure as well as for the cost optimisation. There are gap areas in the industry with respect to the important interface area. One of the gap area is pertaining to define appropriate scope of geotechnical investigation. It may be ideal that the scope of geotechnical investigation is decided jointly by geotechnical consultant and structural consultant. However, in the typical project cycle, structural engineer may decide scope of the geotechnical investigation in isolation as the geotechnical consultant may not be on board at that time.

In the upcoming live technical discussion, we will arrange discussion related to scope of geotechnical investigation. Following shows few of the questions related to scope of geotechnical investigation:

  • How to decide number of bore holes?
  • How to decide depth of boreholes?
  • What are the different types of tests to be included in geotechnical investigation?
  • SPT vs CPT…whether both tests are required.
  • How to decide number of tests per borehole?
  • Input to be given by structural consultant for preparation of the report
  • Scope related to recommendation of foundation type
  • Scope of geotechnical investigation as per IS codes
  • and many more…

Opportunity of sponsoring the event is available. Inquiries may be sent to sponsor@sqveconsultants.com

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. Sandip Deshpande – Director, RENUKA CONSULTANTS

Mr. Suhas Mujumdar – Director at ASI Consultants

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

SCHEDULE

DATE : 11-MAR-22

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.

Dr. Ashok Jain & Mr. Bhavin Shah will conduct the online course EQ-STR-002 : “Learn concepts of earthquake resistant design” . The course will commence from 17-MAR-22. For more details, please CLICK HERE.

Feedback of few participants for previous online courses

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!!!

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.

Harikrishnan

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

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.

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.

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.

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…

 

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.

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 👍

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.

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

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

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.

Hemanth Ponnuri

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

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.

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.

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.

Prashanth N

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

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.

Dr. Vinubhai Patel

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…!!

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.

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.

Praveen Vasishth

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

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 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.

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

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.

Alok Rathore

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

Ajay Narayan Jadhav

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

Categories
Civil Engineering Machine foundation Structural Engneering

Session 36 : Design of Machine Foundations (Part-1)-Bhavin Shah

INTRODUCTION

LIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SERIES

Design of machine foundation is one of the specialised area of structural engineering. Sound fundamentals of structural dynamics are required for design of the machine foundations. Also, effective interface is required with the equipment manufacturer and geotechnical consultant. The vibrations are to be restricted in terms of microns for safety of the equipment.

In the upcoming live technical discussion, Bhavin Shah will share his experiences related to design of machine foundation and will attempt to answer few of the questions received through the registration form.

The event is powered by Sanghi Cement.

Schedule

DATE : 31-JAN-22

TIME : 4:00 PM IST

Brief about Expert

Bhavin Shah (Founder & CEO, SQVe Consultants)

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 started the journey as a structural engineer and got the opportunities for designing industrial structures of the diversified industries like, oil & gas, thermal power plants, renewable energy, manufacturing industries, etc. within India as well as outside India. Worked in different stages of engineering like, prefeasibility studies, basic engineering, detailed engineering, retrofitting of the existing structures, involved in forensic investigation for identifying root cause for collapse of the structures, etc.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT?

Registration is FREE. You may share the specific doubts/queries/discussion points which may be discussed during the session. It would help us to structure the discussion.

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 STEEL-STR-001:

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.

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!

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.

Harikrishnan

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

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.

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.

Prashanth N

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

Hemanth Ponnuri

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

Praveen Vasishth

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

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.

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.

Tanuja Singh

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

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.

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.

Categories
Civil Engineering Engineering Structural Engneering

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

INTRODUCTION

LIVE TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SERIES

In the upcoming live technical discussion, Er. Umesh B. Rao will join us . He has more than 50+ years of experience in the field of structural engineering. In the session, he will be sharing his experiences related to structural design of more than five decades. Also, he may respond to the doubts/queries received through the registration form. In the registration form, you may share any question related to the field of structural engineering.

Schedule

DATE : 28-JAN-22

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

Brief about 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

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT?

Registration is FREE. You may share the specific doubts/queries/discussion points which may be discussed during the session. It would help us to structure the discussion.

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 STEEL-STR-001:

Prashanth N

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

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.

Harikrishnan

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

Praveen Vasishth

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Categories
Civil Engineering Earthquake Engineering Structural Engneering

Session 34 : Critical Review of IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016 – Dr. Ashok K. Jain

Introduction

Centuries ago, a large number of astonishing structures such as Kutub Minar, Taj Mahal and so many incredible palaces and temples were built in stone masonry in various parts of the country. Some of these temples have very tall shikhars with amazing carvings. They have so many delicate columns and non-structural elements. They are standing even today without any damage due to past earthquakes. However, is it possible to build similar stone masonry structures today? NO. IS 1893 (Part 1) will not let you. It has banned such structures explicitly in seismic zone III, IV and V.

The question arises who is wrong? Our ancestors or the modern day IS 1893 (Part 1) code? (Extract from paper of Dr. Ashok K. Jain)

The original paper was presented by Dr. Ashok K. Jain in the meeting of IAStructE on 11th May, 2017. Since then, a number of practicing engineers have made requests to discuss the various issues in more detail. In 2020, BIS has issued amendment no. 2 which is quite exhaustive. Recently, he has modified the document based on request of the practicing engineers.

In the upcoming live technical discussion, Dr. Ashok K. Jain will share his critical review about IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016.

About Speaker

Dr. Ashok K. Jain is currently a structural consultant having over 40 years of experience. Formerly, a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee. Dr. Jain received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI in 1978. He received gold and silver medals in B.E. (Civil Engineering) and M.E. (Structural Engineering) at the University of Roorkee, Roorkee. He is well known for imparting latest knowledge on each subject/topic through latest analytic tools such as MATLAB, MS Excel, SAP2000, and ETABS.

Dr. Jain has published over 50 refereed journal papers and over 60 conference papers on various topics. He has authored five text books:

  • Dynamics of Structures with MATLAB Applications, Published by Pearson (2016)
  • Reinforced Concrete – Limit State Design now in its 7th edition (2012) – This book has the distinction of being the first book on the subject published in 1983 in India and enjoys excellent reputation till date.
  • Advanced Structural Engineering with Finite Element Method, 3rd edition (2015)
  • Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis, 2nd edition (2008)
  • Fortran programming, second edition (1990) – now discontinued

He has delivered keynote addresses in many conferences and conducted short specialist courses on Reinforced Concrete, water retaining structures, ductile detailing of structures, dynamics of structures and earthquake resistant design.

Schedule

DATE : 21-JAN-22

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

How to register for the event?

Registration to the event is FREE. You may register by clicking on following button. In the registration form, you will be able to share the specific doubts/queries related to IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2016 which you would like to get it addressed during the session.

After registration, you will receive a link for participation in the session.

STEEL-STR-001 : An online course related to design of steel structures will commence from 25-JAN-22. For more details, please visit the link : https://sqveconsultants.com/steel-str-001

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Civil Engineering Structural Engneering

Session 33 : Experience of various structures design – Er. U. H. VARYANI

We are honored to have presence of Er. U. H. Varyani in the next live technical discussion. He will talk about his experience related to design of various structures during his professional career of 45 years.

Starting from a humble background, he graduated in civil engineering in 1958 from the Indian Institute of Technology (llT), Kharagpur and worked in India and abroad with many reputed firms of architects and government departments. He spent over a year in Germany and ten years in Libya. He has written four books and forty papers. He has designed about 2000 buildings, big and small, with the help of his design staff. Along with design of structures, writing on structural engineering has been his passion. Many young engineers have worked with him during his professional career.

In the next live technical discussion, he will share his insight and experience related to various structures design.

DATE : 12JAN-2022

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

Please share the message with the other engineers in your circle so that more number of engineers may be benefitted.

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Civil Engineering Engineering Online Courses Structural Engneering

There is no age for Learning!

Today, I would like to share an inspiring story of Shree Praveen Vasishth (BSc Civil Engineering, Msc Structural Engineering from Delhi college of Engineering). He is 70+ years old. He served Central Electricity Authority (CEA) at various positions, starting from design assistant to Director T.C.D. for overall span of ~34 years. During his tenure, he was involved in the civil & structural design of thermal power plants across the country. Unfortunately, he got permanent disability before ~3 years.

The physical limitations, substantial reduction in hearing capacity, older age etc. have not at all affected his desire of learning further. He attended our FOUR online courses (STAAD-STR-001, EQ-STR-001, STEEL-STR-001, ETABS-STR-002) in the last year.

I must say that he is one of the most punctual participant and having the highest attendance in all the four courses!

He is truly an inspiration for all of us that there is no age for learning and no physical limitations can restrict you if there is a strong desire for learning!!

We are going to schedule the courses based on demand of engineers. You may fill up the Pre-Registration form wherein you can select the number of courses as per your interest as well as you can suggest the new courses at following link. Your valuable feedback will immensely help us to prioritize the courses.

Link : https://sqveconsultants.com/online-courses-for-practicing-engineers-and-students/

Keep Learning!!

Regards

Bhavin Shah

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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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Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Structural Engneering

Session 28 : Modulus of subgrade reaction – Live technical discussion

Modulus of subgrade reaction is very important parameter for design of foundations. Following are some of the approaches which are being followed in the practice:
 
1)    Approach 1 : Modulus of subgrade reaction is mentioned in the soil report.
 
2)    Approach 2 : Modulus of subgrade reaction is not mentioned in the soil report and the value is derived in consultation with geotechnical engineer.
 
3)    Approach 3 : Modulus of subgrade reaction is determined by the structural engineer based on the approximate formula.
 
It is preferred to follow the approach no. 1 & 2 since there are number of uncertainties involved while deriving the value of Modulus of subgrade reaction and geotechnical engineer is in a better position to suggest the same based on their engineering judgement.
 
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 modulus of subgrade reaction.

EXPERT

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

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

SCHEDULE

DATE : 19-NOV-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 ETABS software is starting from 23-NOV-21. For more details, please CLICK HERE.

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Civil Engineering Design life of structure Design of RCC structures Earthquake Engineering Structural Engneering

SESSION 27 – DESIGN LIFE OF RCC STRUCTURES

INTRODUCTION

Structural Engineers, Civil Engineers, Owners and other construction professionals are concerned about the life of a structure. All the stakeholders desire a long life for the structure. Also, there is a lot of curiosity amongst the professionals in the wake of monuments being designed for up to 1000 years.

It is difficult and challenging to predict life of a concrete structure as there are multiple factors affecting the same like structural system, design parameters, concrete mix design, type of reinforcement, quality assurance during execution, protection against corrosion, earthquake resistant design, regular maintenance of the structures – to name a few.

In view of the above, the forthcoming online technical deliberation is on design life of RCC structures. The discussion therefore would be focused on the following important areas:

  • Quality control and assurance in lab and at site.
  • Construction Chemicals in concrete mix , grouting, coatings for reinforcement
  • Choices of Reinforcement Steel from durability criterion including coating, surface treatment, alloys, corrosion resistance
  • Deterioration of concrete considering cement chemistry & concrete and concreting practices
  • Predictions of earthquake forces and reform in material science considering ductility

SCHEDULE

DATE :12-NOV-21

TIME : 7:00 PM IST

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. Pradeepkumar Ramcharala, IIIT – Hyderabad

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.

Upcoming ONLINE Course : As per request from engineers, we have launched an online course related to ETABS software which will commence from 23-NOV-21. Click here for more details.