Structural Design of 9 Residential Buildings - Slum Rehabilitation Project

CE 1.1 Project Information
Name of the project: Slum Rehabilitation Project: Structural Design of 9 Residential
Buildings (G+13 storeys high)
Location of the project: Mumbai, India
Project Duration: July of 2015 to December of 2015
Organization: Mahimtura Structural Consultants Private Limited, Mumbai. India
Role and Designation during the time: Structural Engineer
CE 1.2 Project Background
CE 1.2.1 Characteristics of the project
Mahimtura Structural Consultants Private Limited is a civil engineering services
company that comprises of nine offices across India and one in Dubai. More than 550
engineers and employees are working in this particular organization and are gaining proper
knowledge in civil engineering projects and works. It is mainly responsible for analysis and
designing of Steel and RCC structures of more than 50 stories. I had been a part of this
reputed organization for over 3 years and was involved in the project of Slum Rehabilitation
Project: Structural Design of 9 Residential Buildings (G+13 storeys high) with the position of
Structural Engineer. I had to make the structural design of 9 distinctive residential buildings
with the help of software like Etabs, Safe and StaadPro. I even made the buildings earthquake
resistant so that the residents do not face any issue regarding earthquakes. Therefore, in this
project, I have successfully made the structural design of a 13 storied building with Etabs
software.

CE 1.2.2 Objectives developed for the project
During the project of Slum Rehabilitation Project: Structural Design of 9 Residential
Buildings (G+13 storeys high), I had to complete the structural design of our project
effectively and without any error by using relevant software. Therefore, to complete this
project with better efficiency, I developed the following objectives:
 To propose and design the structure of 9 residential buildings with 13 stories within
strict deadlines.
 To check whether the project is being completed as per our project plan and also
whether each and every requirement of client is being fulfilled.
 To check and monitor the quality of concrete by regular site visits that is being used in
project to ensure safety and security and hence making the project earthquake
resistant.
 To model as well as analyze the structured with the help of Etabs, StaadPro Safe for
foundation analysis and design for retaining walls and underground tanks.
 To create structural designs of sewage treatment tanks.
CE 1.2.3 My area of work
My area of work was as being the respective structural engineer in this particular
project. Since, this was not my first major project in engineering career, I had proper ground
experiences of such structural engineering projects and hence my project supervisor decided
to give me the responsibility of structural designing. Therefore, I was selected as the
structural engineer in this project under the significant guidance of our project supervisor. I
had elementary knowledge of construction, soil mechanics, hydraulics as well as formulas of
Physics and Mathematics. Hence, implementation of this particular project was extremely
easy for me. Being a responsible team member, I undertook the duty of giving regular
updates to my project supervisor.

Director
Associate
Structural
Technician
Senior Structural
Engineer
Structural Engineer
(Me)
CE 1.2.4 Project Group
Figure 1: People involved in the project
CE 1.2.5 My responsibilities throughout the project
I was solely responsible for a couple of responsibilities. Although, I was part of the
project for only 5 months, in this short tenure, I was well appreciated by my project
supervisor and other team members. The major responsibilities in the project are as follows: