Career Episode 1: Construction of a New Building

This career episode describes the experience of a Structural Design Engineer in constructing a new building after removing an existing establishment. It covers the responsibilities, challenges, and achievements of the engineer in the project. The engineer worked for UMANG PATEL CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEER AND STRUCTURAL DESIGNER in Ahmedabad, India.

CAREER EPISODE 1
Introduction:
CE 1.1 I will describe about my experience in constructing a new building after removing
an existing establishment in my first career episode.
The extend action begun in Eminent 2015 and proceeded till September 2016. I
worked as a Structural Design Engineer in UMANG PATEL CONSULTING CIVIL
ENGINEER AND STRUCTURAL DESIGNER. The association was headquartered
in Ahmedabad, India.
Background:
CE1.2 Company providing professional consulting services for construction,
engineering, structure and property markets.
Company giving proficient counselling’s administrations for Architects and
manager, structural engineers and cost consultants. The company works for
Indian EPC servicers, corporates, inventors, international companies, financial
partnerships, and government establishments. This company has executed large
missions in housing, marketable, and manufacturing levels. This firm has more
than 20 years of involvement and executed more than 1000 ventures nationwide.
CE1.3 The key venture scope was to exertion on the construction of a G+5 brand-new
building on a plot where there was previously an establishment. In any case,
the prerequisite was to totally clear the development location by pulverizing the
existing establishment and begin developing the recently proposed plan. My
association held the contract to work on the scheme and I was one of the
significant adherents of the group conveyed for the errand.
CE1.4 I performed the following responsibilities in the project.
 Carrying out the development spot surveys.
 Checking and appraising manufacturing design documents and implementation
modifications
 Employed with related engineering crews to ensure that the building design is
error free and effective
 Preparing the various load and stress estimations of the planned engineering
structures
 Finalizing the superiority of the materials, concrete blend and so on for
structures
 Managing the structure and material necessities
 Procurement planning and building regulations approval
 Working with relevant professional team such as architects and geotechnical
 Coordinating staff and deliveries of construction material
 Mentoring and monitoring labours and contractors working on the project

 Safeguarding excellence of design that’s created on a venture to abolish any
option of mistake or revise
 Working thoroughly with the project administration, customers, and project
resources
 Maintaining effort estimates and weekly project progress reports
CE1.5 The following organisational chart highlights my position as a Structural Engineer in
the project.
Chairman
Chief Executing
Department of Civil
Engineering
Construction
Engineering
Geotechnical
Engineering
Mechanical
Engineering
Structural
Engineering
Structural Design
Engineer
Cad Technician

Personal Engineering Activity:
CE1.6 The engineers and architects were assigned the task to prepare the design of the
building and I reviewed the received designs to ensure that the design can resist
earthquake, wind load, and provide stability to the structure by demonstrating
stiffness and resistance against the displacement of the building. I took
the obligation to screen the extend procedures on an everyday premise. To
accomplish the mission purposes, I confirmed handling the staffs, choosing the
furthermost real raw material and determining the disputes arising in the structure
site and so on.
CE1.7 I consulted the architects and landscape engineers to carry out the place scrutiny
to check whether the proposed site could comply with the proposed engineering
drawings and designs and they are effective adequate to be executed. Then I
organized completely required documentation to be submitted to the municipality
bureaucrats for the approval of the venture so that the project work could
commence. I also safeguarded to escort the government administrators and clarify
them the design intensely when they derived for the site examinations.
CE1.8 I studied the initial engineering drawings and building designs succumbed through
the architects. Evaluation to the design well and suggest actual alterations, I
divided the building design into several designable units.
The substances included cellar, establishment,floors, chunks & pillars, strengthene
d dividers, stairs, carports, lift and so on. I utilized the STAAD.pro software to
compute the loads on each of the object once more to authenticate the design and
confirm that it can withstand load when applied into authentic structure. I used
ETABS software to get stress analysis in slabs, shear force for the beam and area
reinforcement for the columns as designing the foundation was dependent upon
the reaction and height of the foundation level was dependent upon site and safe
bearing capacity of the soil stability.
CE1.9 I used numerous engineering formulae and Microsoft Excel to obtain the dead
load, wind loads, live loads and seismic loads. I utilized the advanced
functionalities of the AutoCAD software to draft a framing plan with required sizes
of columns and beams. I worked closely with the designers and conversed the
projected proposal with them. Afterward getting their endorsement, I worked on
designing a skeletal structure considering the dimensions and sizes adhering to the
manufacturing drawings organized through the architects.
CE1.10 I considered the live load as 2 KN/m2 since the analysis and design was planned
to be carried out for residential building as per IS Code 875 part-2 and as there
was no need of giving Dead load in ETABS which is an advantageous thing. I
provided wall load as 16.48 KN/m2 and for inner walls 8.24 KN/m2. I provided the
floor finish to be 0.6 KN/m. I considered the following dimensions for the design:
Grade of concrete for slab, beam, column: M20, Column Sizes = 250X360 mm,
Beam Size = 250X360 mm, Slab thickness = 160 mm, Number of Stories = 5,

Height = 4 meters and plinth height = 2 meters, Live Load on slab = 2 kN/sq.m.
and Dead load on slab = 3 kN/sq.m.
CE1.11 The following illustration displays the centre line diagram of the building.
After carrying out the design analysis, I performed concrete design on the structure
following the standard IS 456:2000. I used ETABS to perform the design. I used
the centre line diagram. I allocated the grid system with X and Y spacing method.
The following illustration is the model design that I created with the ETABS.

CE1.12 I followed the Town Planning and Urban Development Act 1976 and National
Building Code of India, as it was mandatory to trail the standards and guidelines
sets by the local government. I ensured all the designed beams and columns met
safety criteria. In case of discrepancy, I examined the deflections of those portions,
shear forces, bending moments and revised the design consequently.
CE1.13 During the site reviews, I initiate that the spot situations are deprived for the
development of a solid base for the construction because the location was
equipped after the destruction of the present creation. To arrangement with the
negative effects of the poor ground situations, I used shoring wall systems and
diaphragm walls to carry out the underground erection of the piles.
C1.14 To carry out the diaphragm wall construction, I placed concrete through fixing pre-
cast diaphragm wall or pre-cast concrete sheets. I planned the diaphragm walls to
be built to widths of 0.45 to 1.50 meters and pits of 100 meters. The following
illustration displays the stages of the construction for the diaphragm walls where in
stage 1, I carried out the excavation activities. In stage 2, I performed mud
desanding, and for stage 3 and stage 4, I worked on placing the reinforcement and
pouring concrete respectively.

CE1.15 I performed numerous calculation activities and calculated the total workforce and
raw materials which essential for the regular tasks to be finalized on period without
slightly unwarranted delays. The raw materials for the constructions comprised
cement, aggregate, steel bars, concrete, water and framework. I performed
calculations to find obtain various loads on the beams such as self-weight, wall
load and slab load. Also, I calculated the shear force, normal shear, and
permissible shear stress.
CE1.16 It was difficult to carry out structure exercises in a possessed extend as I had
my claim set of challenges as a Structure Engineer. I experienced a
challenging circumstance whereas managing with neighbouring house proprietor
whose house was very near to the development location. The problem happened
when I taught the labours to start digging the place few meters left from the
boundary walls of the building as the soil started to disruption and change near the
new structure range. during inspection, I found the reason behind it to be the wall
of the neighbouring construction that required support and there were no concrete
beams to support the building, in its place there was located a 16 cm dense basic
concrete that was not able to grip the wall and later caused the breakage of the soil
from place to place of the wall.
CE1.17 I closely worked with the Geotechnical Engineer and architect who invited to
complete several soil tests on the soil samples collected through the creation site
to analyse the nature of the soil. After receiving the results of the soil tests, I
obtained the stress and load of the structure to confirm that it could withstand the
load exerted. I designed the concrete beams consequently. It come about within
the soil not to break any longer.
CE1.18 Then as a real result of the problem, I planned the destruction of the wall totally
and rebuild with the essential stipulations. So, the wall required no any support. I
carried out the construction of T-joints for the reinforced concrete walls in two
phases. In the first phase, I placed the U-bars in metal plate sheathing in the wall
that was first made concrete. It helped in improving the shear connection. I bent

the U-bar to horizontal position prior to the beginning of the second phase of
construction.
CE1.19 Then I constructed the horizontal section of corner and T-joints of monolithic
reinforced concrete walls. I performed the detailing of the interconnecting bars
correctly as the bars could not be bent at the internal corner as when they are
subjected to tension, they would split the concrete.
CE1.20 I communicated with the investors to choose the importance of the engineering
tasks to be carried out in the development to be achieve on time. I took attention of
the disclose with the merchants and the dealers for delivery of the resources
required for the venture actions. I studied about the renewal of the contracts
working in the development. I periodically had an inspect on the excellence of the
creation work. I was not wholly accountable for the costing and scoping, I
repeatedly given my efforts to save the cost.

CE1.21 I worked in association with my crew associates, cross-functional group and
director. I looked for inputs from the full group within
the challenging circumstances and arranged my task successfully.I executed the in
put gotten from my administrators and guaranteed that my errands are conveyed in
a productive mode and I also got a lot of things by working with the development
group. I followed the instructions of the project management and independently
presented my views if I could not agree on the project plans.
CE1.22 I have been a part of an enormous group and I also worked with several
outworkers and merchants. I communicated with the labours, vendors, project
managers, engineers, architects and other stakeholders on a regular basis to
ensure that the project is on track. I met my extend chief on a week by
week premise and displayed the venture report with respect to my work status
and encourage plans. I welcomed reports from my assistants to screen the growth
of the errands relegated to them.
CE1.23 As the venture presented a lot of tasks, it was quite hard to finish the development
events within the defined agenda. I safeguarded to effort hard and finish the project
on time and with the budget allocated. I followed the venture procedures on
a normal premise as I used to create advancement reports daily and shared with
the stakeholders. I attempted my best to resolve the issues at the most
punctual with person commitments from the extend group and all the partners. I
recommended the finest conceivable solutions to the problems I encountered over
devising and deliberations with the investors. I spent the budget wisely and
ensured that the cost incurred does not exceed the allocated amount.
Summary:
CE1.24 The construction site safety measures were a huge challenge to be maintained as
the surrounding areas of the site was moderately populated. Disposing the waste
water and waste materials produced during the construction as quite challenging
and the frequency of the task was overwhelming as well. It offered a lot of
challenges to accomplish the venture reports. The project gave me enough
confidence and helped me raise as an effective Structural Engineer. I could
effectively preform entire tasks allocated to me and I as well had
a parcel of esteem include from my side to create the venture an effective one.