Past Events – Seminars

Chairman ISSE Solapur Dr. J B Dafedar welcomed the delegates with his opening remarks. Om Darak, Secretary ISSE Solapur introduced the speaker Hemant Vadalkar and elaborated on activities of ISSE.

Hemant Vadalkar of Vadalkar & Associates, Mumbai made presentation on “Life cycle cost analysis and improving service life of RCC structures”. He also guided about the extending life span of RCC Structures. There were 133 attendees from industry including practicing structural engineers, architects and academicians from engineering institutes. The main aim of seminar was to throw light on Life Cycle Cost of Structures, sustainability, speed and quality which are the prime requirements of today’s constructions.

Main takeaway of the seminar are as follows.

• Life cycle cost analysis must be carried out for choosing the best alternative of structure.
• Minimum life cycle cost is the best option though the initial cost of structure is more.
• Durability parameters must be implemented from planning to execution for achieving longer service life our assets.
• Reduced concrete permeability is the key parameter for extending life cycle of structure.
• It will help in achieving sustainable construction and minimum life cycle cost.

There was a huge response from local civil engineers and around 150 engineers attended the event. Balkrishna Kulkarni of Ultratech Cements conducted proceedings. Regional Head Ultratech Cements Technical Services Avdhesh Upadhyay proposed vote of thanks.

At 5.30 p.m. on
Friday, 3rd February 2012

Venue :
Rachana Sansad College Hall, Shankar Ghanekar Marg,
Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025.

(Programme overleaf)

RSVP: E-mail: issemumbai@gmail.com.
Tel: 24365240,24221015

Treasurer: Maanasi M. Nandgaonkar,
Advisory Trustees: P. B. Dandekar, M. V. Sant, J. R. Raval, S. H. Jain,
D. S. Joshi, H. S. Vadalkar, Prof. G. B. Chaudhari & N. K. Bhattacharyya
Parent Advisors: M. C. Bhide, M. D. Mulay & S. G. Patil.

President Shri S.G.Dharmadhikari welcomed all the guests and members. He touched upon the history of ISSE and its active involvement in arranging the lectures , seminars and workshops for civil and structural engineers. Secretary K.L.Savla presented the activity report of ISSE during the last one year elaborating the lectures and workshops conducted by ISSE. Some of the important events organised by ISSE are as follows

• One day seminar on “Pre-engineered Constructions” On 29th Jan 2011
• Lecture by Seshadri Srinivasan CONSULTING ENGINEER, UK on“The Importance of Concept Design in the Design and Construction of Bridges” on 25th March 2011.
• Lecture by Mr.Robert Azimi,Head for Global Operations, Sans N. America of M/s. FM Approval on “FM Global’s Approach to Safe Design Practice to Limit Property Losses” on 11 May 2011.
• One day workshop on “WIND AND EARTHQUAKE LOADS ON STRUCTURES” on 21st MAY, 2011

Secretary Mr. Savla congratulated ISSE advisory trustee Shri Hemant Vadalkar for writing series of articles on Structural Engineering in local marathi news paper Loksatta. Secretary appealed to all the members for their active participation in ISSE activities.

The president and Secretary honoured the authors of ISSE quarterly journal for their valuable contribution in the form of technical articles. ISSE felicitated the authors by presenting a memento and a certificate.

Mr. Hemant Vadalkar appealed to all practicing consulting engineers to share their knowledge and experience through ISSE platform like lectures, seminars and journal. He also announced that the new ISSE website is operational and members can visit the site to know about all activities of ISSE and technical information.

A technical lecture on “Post-Tensioning Technique and its implementation: Good Design and Construction Practices in PT Structures” was delivered by overseas experts Mr.Khalid Rabadi and Osama Masarweh. They touched upon very important aspect of post tension slab construction in the modern buildings and provisions in the different codes of practices. The function was sponsored by Freyssinet Menard India Pvt Ltd.

ISSE team welcomed the new President Prof. G.B.Choudhari and new Secretary P. B. Dandekar.

The program was coordinated by Mrs. Kirty Vadalkar. It was attended by about 80 engineers.

By Mr. Murali Krishna
(Tata Steel – Head business development)

Mr. S G Dharmadhikari, President ISSE welcomed all the delegates on behalf of ISSE and IEI.

Hemant Vadalkar, Co-ordinator of the seminar talked about the seminar theme. He emphasised the need for speedy constructions without compromising the quality and economy.

Dr. Ashok Ahuja from IIT Roorkee delivered the key note address on the subject and given the overview of the fast track constructions and challenges ahead.

Various professionals from design , construction and academic field shared their experience and knowledge through the technical sessions.

Mr. Kamal Hadkar from M/s Sterling Engineering Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd talked on pre-engineered building solutions.

Paper from P. S. Badrinarayan representing M/s Shirish Patel & Associates Consultants Pvt. Ltd., talked about “Design Guidelines for Pre-Engineered Steel Industrial Buildings”. This was presented made by Hemant Vadalkar on his behalf.

The topic “Post installed concrete anchors: State of the art” was discussed by Mr. Jacob Olsen expert in fastening technology from United States.

Senior consulting engineer A B Karnik presented his case studies on his marine projects titled “ Innovative solutions for Enabling structures” .

N.K. Bhattacharyya made a presentation on Tilt Up Structures.

S. Vaithyanathan from M/s JSW Severfield Structures deliberated on the subject “Problems faced in Pre-engineered Constructions”.

Product presentation was made by sponsors like M/s Powers Fasteners India Pvt. Ltd, M/s ISMT Limited, M/s Roofex and M/s JSW Severfield Structures Ltd.

With the support from Industry and participants ISSE could arranged a successful seminar promoting interaction between professionals, academics and construction industry. Seminar proceedings were distributed to all delegates.

The response for the workshop was overwhelming. It was attended by about 150 delegates.

At the end, Hemant Vadalkar proposed vote of thanks. The entire proceedings were conducted by Mrs. Kirty Vadalkar with brief comments to make it interesting.
Hemant Vadalkar ISSE Seminar Co-ordinator

Today, with structural becoming more and more complex, detailing has assumed significance like never before. The provision of ductile detailing as per IS : 13920 have also becomes imperative and hold the promise to prevent sudden collapse while allowing significant deflections and cracking during major earthquakes

Structural software has come a long way from its Initial role of solving large computational problems to catering to today’s needs of automation, user friendliness, detailed drawings and end – to- end performance. There is no wonder, then that today’s structural designers are looking for software which would take as much load off their heads in as little times as possible.

This seminar will start with a session on the requirement of ductile detailing an d then illustrate how modern structural software can carry out analysis and design to today’s structures and can seamlessly proceed to produce structural drawi9ngs in conformity with IS : 13920.

STRUDS – a software developed by Soft Tech Engineers Pvt Ltd, Pune is a tools for structural analysis, design & detailing of RC framed buildings. Various Clauses of IS: 13920 (1993) for ductile detailing have been implemented in STRUDS along with generation of structural drawings. This will be demonstrated using a live example of an RCC building.

The present decade has seen an unprecedented growth to construction activity in India. Today’s construction projects are not only more complex than before but are also more complex than before but are also more demanding for better quality, exacting standards and times bound completion. But are we geared up to handle the opportunities that are coming our way? What do we need to successfully execute today’s construction projects?
The answer is trained manpower.

Be it consultancy, construction management or supervision of work, today it is very difficult to get competent and trained personnel. This crunch, in number as well as quality of manpower, is experienced at all levels… The problem becomes even acute when we look for special or multidisciplinary skills

What are the causes for such a manpower crunch? At the national level, What can we do about this? At the must be handling this situation in his own way. What can we from the experience of our peers?

• Structural Designers & Architects
• Project management Consultant
• Developers & Contractors
• Corporate & Govt. Organizations

It is expected that the deliberations would lead to a white paper, which would clearly define challenges and suggest solutions.

Details

Slabs are pre-stressed concrete floor slabs (with or without beams) for buildings They have been in practice in the development countries for more than two decades. However, it is only recently that we find regular grids, they provide several advantages over reinforced concrete (RC) slabs, such buildings, technology parks, malls places of exhibition & entertainment act, PT slabs not only provide large column ferry spaces ( many times without beam projections) for flexibility of usage but they can be economical also. With specialist agencies and software available, RC slabs some situations. The seminar will consist of talks and technical deliberation on the emerging concept. BBR (INDIA) LTD. is one of the specialist sub- contracting companies in the field of pre-stressed concrete. It is a subsidiary of BBR systems, Switzerland and has been in existence in India since 1986. BBR (India)Ltd. has carried out design execution of several PT slab projects in India. The evening seminar is being sponsored by them.

Midas it a daughter concern of POSCO STEEL & IRON< one of the largest steel making companies in the world. With a presence in several countries, Midas IT has demonstrated its expertise in developing software for Civil, Structural, Geotechnical and Mechanical engineering. Its state-of-the-art end to end engineering solutions have automated the Middle East, It has now established operations in Mumbai, India through MIDAS R&D Centre India, in order to extend its technologies to its Asia Pacific & Middle East customers

Many high rise building are coming up in and around Mumbai. Due to scarcity of space in the island city, more tall structures are being planned. Shortly, Mumbai will have the tallest building in India. Planning and designing the high rise building is a complex and challenging task. The structural frame is paid more attention to, but the foundation is equally important. Foundation for the high rise structures is always a big challenge for the structural, civil & geotechnical engineers. The problem becomes acute due to requirement of two of three basements for parking. Deep excavation for basements is another challenging job for the civil engineers. This needs to be tackled very carefully keeping in mind safety of adjacent structures and also the stability of deep excavations. Depending upon the strata available, either pile foundation with pile caps or mat foundation is generally adopted for carrying heavy vertical loads and seismic forces.

Various aspects of geotechnical parameters, deep excavations and suitability of different foundation systems for high rise building will be discussed . Modeling of the foundation systems, analysis ,design, detailing and construction aspects, along with case studies will be discussed. Eminent geotechnical and structural engineers like Dr. Nayak , Dr. Mhaiskar, Dr. Nori, Eng. Kamal Hadkar. Ms. Alpa Sheth, Eng. Jaydeep Wagh, Prof. Sundaram will share their experience.

Detailing of structural components, joints and supports is very important for achieving the desired structural performance and load transfer in an RCC building. There are two requirement of good detailing. First, it should ensure that the assumptions made during structural modeling are properly translated into construction. Second, it should ensure unambiguous instructions to the contractor so that very little is left to “ good construction practices.” Detailing is both, an art and a science.

For years, detailing has been largely synonymous with reinforcement detailing. However in today’s context, it encompasses a lot many other things such as seismic considerations, provisions for services & equipment, connections, construction sequence, soil-structure interaction and use of special products. Good structural detailing is the hallmark of a good consulting engineer.

This seminar has been organized by ISSE in association with the Institution of Engineers, MSC. It has been designed to address various aspects of structural detailing through deliberations in the form of first hand experiences and case studies. Broadly the following areas shall ne covered:

• Foundation & Substructure
• Superstructure
• Checking at site
• Structural rehabilitation
• Software for detailing
• Special products & materials

Many high rise buildings are coming up in and around Mumbai. Due to scarcity of space in the island city, more tall structures are being planned. Planning and designing the high rise building is a complex and challenging task. Shear walls are invariably used in all highrise building for the required structural stuffiness and strength which can not be provided by beam column frames alone beyond certain height.

The intention of this seminar is to discuss various aspects of shear walls in the high rise buildings. This includes planning, analysis, design, detailing and various code provisions.

Experts are invited to share their knowledge & experience in the design of various highrise building using shear walls.

Speaker / Panel of Experts: Prof. Mulay, D.S. Joshi,

For the first time in India, parallel flange sections are begging produced and made available in local markets by M/S. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) With this heartening step of JSPL, the Indian scenario of available structural steel sections will undergo much better change M/s. Girdhari Agrawal & Co. well make these sections available to the local market.

Structural Engineers in our country, who strived for optimization in Structural Steel design, were so far handicapped by non- availability of these sections, which were readily available in western countries.

JSPL has taken up the challenge to produce these parallel flange sections & have set up a totally imported plant in Regard city, Chhattisgarh state, in technical collaboration with NKK of Japan at a capital cost of RS. 1,600 cores.

• JSPL being a grass root level plant, having its own
• Iron ore mines
• Largest coal based Sponge Iron Plant in the world
• Captive power plant
• Sophisticated Controls in production of steel as well as in rolling of sections.

The objective of the course is to impart the training, to Interpret Understand and Implement the 9001 ;2000 Quality Management system requirement specific to design and construction Organization. The course aims at providing insight into prestigious international slandered for Quality management is to facilitate creating serving the society by providing services related to design and construction in the built environment This would help organizations to have a look themselves, understand the requirement of their clients, identify the gap areas, remedy them on a continuous improvement basis and achieve full customer satisfaction albeit customer delight with optimum utilization of resources.