Designing of Raheja Imperia- I: A Project Review

CE 2.1 Project Information
Name of the project: Designing of Raheja Imperia- I
Location of the project: Shankar Rao, Naram Path, Lower Parel, Mumbai- 400013
Project Duration: November of 2014 to January of 2016
Organization: Mahimtura Structural Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India
Role and Designation during the time: Project Developer and Chief Structural
Engineer
CE 2.2 Project Background
CE 2.2.1 Characteristics of the project
While working in Mahimtura Structural Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India, I have
been a part of several popular and significant projects. After completing few of these projects,
I got the opportunity to complete a project completely by myself. This project of Designing
of Raheja Imperia- I was the first project that I had designed entirely myself. I was the chief
structural engineer here and was responsible to make it one of the best residential complex in
Lower Parel, Mumbai, India. I wanted to make it the most popular of all residential
complexes in Asia and I was successful in doing so. Since, almost all types of residential
buildings have special amenities for their clients; I was extra cautious about the additional
amenities like swimming pool. I have designed Asia’ highest Infinity residential pool in this
particular project. I have used various languages like AutoCAD, StaadPro and Etabs for
creation of the 3D model of the building. Therefore, in this project, I provided a design for
the Raheja Imperia I for making it more improved in comparison to others.

CE 2.2.2 Objectives developed for the project
I had to ensure that my proposed design is perfect in terms of safety and security and
is quite efficient and effective. I designed the entire building with the core purpose of making
the residential complex extremely advanced and modernized. Hence, to complete the project
with utmost efficiency as well as priority, some of the important objectives were developed
by me.
 To propose a safe and structural design for the entire project of Raheja Imperia I,
situated in Mumbai, India.
 To complete the entire project within the provided time and resources for making it
more effective and efficient.
 To utilize Etabs and StaadPro software for the perfect analyses as well as designing
of building that is being constructed.
 To utilize the software of AutoCAD to draw and reinforce detailing of my project.
 To contrast results, obtained from the software of Etabs and StaadPro with the
manual methodology.
 To ensure that all of my team members and project members are working in safe and
secured working environment.
 To match and contrast the experimental result with my desired results.
CE 2.2.3 My area of work
Being a successful civil engineer, it was quite easier for me to provide the design of
the residential building of Raheja Imperia I and hence I was selected as the chief civil
engineer and project developer. I had been a part of various civil engineering projects in my
professional career for several days and thus, when I got the chance of executing this kind of
large project completely by myself, I ensured that each and every amenity is being taken care

Director of the
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Associate Structural
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Chief Structural
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completely. My project supervisor has confidence on me and gave the core responsibility of
designing the building.
CE 2.2.4 Project Group
Figure 1: People involved in the project
CE 2.2.5 My responsibilities throughout the project
During the accomplishment of the project, I comprised of various responsibilities. My
most noteworthy duty was to propose a safe structural design for the project of Raheja
Imperia I. Since, I had previously worked with the labors of Mahimtura Structural
Consultants Pvt. Ltd., I did not face any issue in communicating with them. I had coordinated
with architects, site supervisors, structural engineers and client for smooth progress of the
work and even performed certain administrative tasks such as maintenance of regular reports.
I even reported to my project supervisor regularly and gave him significant updates.
Moreover, I also liaised with respective building surveyors for getting approval of this
housing project. Being extremely familiar with 3D modelling software such as StaadPro,