Designing of Reinforced Concrete Slabs for Floor - Project Overview

CE 3.1 Project Information
Name of the project: Designing of Reinforced Concrete Slabs for Floor
Location of the project: M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai
University, India
Project Duration: July of 2012 to May of 2013
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Role and Designation during the time: Student (Graduation in Civil Engineering)
CE 3.2 Project Background
CE 3.2.1 Characteristics of the project
The concrete slab is the most common structural component for modern buildings.
The horizontal slabs of the steel reinforced concrete is usually between 4 and 20 inches thick.
The concrete slabs are majorly used to construct the ceilings as well as floors, whereas the
thinner slabs are being used for the purpose of exterior paving. Such thin slabs that range for
2 inches to 6 inches and are eventually referred to mud slabs, when utilized under the major
floor slabs. Since this is a college project and it was completed for partial fulfilment of B.E
civil and I got the opportunity to be a part of this project, I designed the reinforced concrete
slabs for floor. I have used sieve testing analysis for analysing the soil and obtaining
subsequent data from the survey report. I analysed the two way slab systems directly over the
columns. I have also used Excel for analysis of coefficients. Therefore, in this project, I was
successful in designing the reinforced concrete slabs for floor.

CE 3.2.2 Objectives developed for the project
This particular project for Designing of Reinforced Concrete Slabs for Floor was
made with the purpose to provide an appropriate design to the slab eventually. With my
proper knowledge regarding slabs and beams, it was required to identify the project
objectives before starting the project work. Therefore, for obtaining accurate results from the
project, I eventually developed few objectives, which are given below:
 To propose a design of a reinforced concrete slab for floor.
 To make the concrete slab design much effective for kind of issues or difficulties like
fire and rain.
 To determine the respective designing forces for concrete beams as well as one way
slab.
 To analyze the soil with the help of sieve test analysis.
 To utilize relevant software for checking efficiency and output of the reinforced
concrete slabs.
 To compare the results obtained from experiment with the expected project results.
CE 3.2.3 My area of work
I was a civil engineering student in this specific project of Designing of Reinforced
Concrete Slabs for Floor by my project supervisor. Since I had major interest in any type of
concrete slabs, I did not face any issue while completing the project with my team members.
We were total of five members in the team including my project supervisor and head of the
department. My project supervisor identified my strengths in the course and selected me as
the key project developer and team member.

Project Supervisor
Head of the
Department
Team Member Team MemberCivil Engineering
Student (Me)
CE 3.2.4 Project Group
Figure 1: People involved in the project
CE 3.2.5 My responsibilities throughout the project
For completing the tasks, I was subsequently assigned for the work to propose an
accurate and compact design for the reinforced concrete slab. I had to study and understand
the significant scope of project work from architectural and structural drawings provided. I
even analysed the bill of quantities or BOQ as well as specifications for perfect preparation of
specified program of schedule or work. I even kept a subsequent track of project progress and
then identified the challenges or issues during implementation. My other significant
responsibilities eventually included preparation of project plan for overviewing the project
execution team. Being an efficient sieve analyser and programmer, I was given the duty to
execute these two tests for successfully analysing the soil survey report and prepared
drawings of single span slab.