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The Bridge & Structural Engineer Indian National Group of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering ING - IABSE Contents : Volume 46, Number 4 : December 2016 Editorial ● From the Desk of Chairman, Editorial Board : Mr. Alok Bhowmick iv ● From the Desk of Guest Editor : Mr. P Surya Prakash vi Special Topic : Challenges Facing the Civil & Structural Engineering Industry 1. Challenges Facing the Civil & Structural Engineering Fraternity in India 1 Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, Mahesh Tandon 2. Role of Civil and Structural Engineers in Sustainable Built Environment 4 Subramanian Narayanan 3. Civil/Structural Engineering Education & Professional Practice in India : An Introspection 19 Manoj Mittal 4. Challenges for the Consulting Engineering Fraternity 23 Sayona Philip 5. Civil Engineers – Establishing Their Role 27 R. Gogia 6. Let’s Continue to Practice without Legislation for Engineers 32 Sudhir Dhawan 7. Engineering Design Services in India - Challenges Ahead 35 Amitabha Ghoshal 8. Challenges Facing Structural Engineers & Engineering Organizations 39 Alpa Sheth, Rajendra Gill 9. Ethics and Structural Design of Buildings 44 Sangeeta Wij 10. India’s Vision 2030 What Engineers & Technologists Can Do? 49 Ajit Sabnis CONTENTS 11. Developing the Next Generation of Civil Engineers – A Challenging Task Ahead 53 Alok Bhowmick Panorma ● Highlights of the ING-IABSE Seminar on “Urban Transport Corridors” held at 58 Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) on 21st and 22nd October, 2016 ● Message from Vice President of India 61 ● Message from Prime Minister of India 62 ● Message from Minister of Railways 63 ● Highlights of the ING-IABSE Workshop on “Code of Practice for Concrete Road 64 Bridges IRC:112:2011” held at Mumbai on 18th and 19th November, 2016 ● Office Bearers and Managing Committee - 2016 66 The Bridge and Structural Engineer Volume 46 │ Number 4 │ December 2016 i The Bridge & Structural Engineer JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ING - IABSE BRIDGE & STRUCTURAL ENgiNEERING March 2017 Issue of the Journal will be a Special Issue with focus on BRIDGE ENGINEERING SALIENT TOPICS TO BE COVERED ARE : 1. Aesthetics in Bridge Construction 2. Composite Deck Systems 3. Fatigue and Fracture Critical Bridge Inspection 4. Floating Bridges 5. Service Life Predictions for Reinforced Concrete Bridges 6. Accelerated Bridge Construction to Rehabilitate Aging Highway Structures 7. Efficient Methods for Upgrading or Reinforcing Existing Bridges 8. Future of Bridge Designs The Bridge & Structural Engineer JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ING - IABSE BRIDGE & STRUCTURAL ENgiNEERING June 2017 Issue of the Journal will be a Special Issue with Focus on URBAN TRANSPORT STRUCTURES SALIENT TOPICS TO BE COVERED ARE : 1. Urban Transport Planning 2. Sustainability Issues 3. Mass Rapid Transport Systems 4. Accelerated Bridge Construction Techniques 5. Traffic Management Issues in Urban Areas 6. Use of ITS in Urban Planning 7. Case Studies Those interested to contribute Technical Papers on above themes shall submit the abstract by 31st March, 2017 and full paper latest by 15th April, 2017 in a prescribed format, at e-mail id : [email protected] ii Volume 46 │ Number 4 │ December 2016 The Bridge and Structural Engineer The Bridge and Structural Engineer December 2016 B&SE: The Bridge and Structural Engineer, is a Quarterly journal published by ING-IABSE. It is one of the oldest and the foremost structural engineering Journal of its kind and repute in India. It was founded way back in 1957 and since then the journal is relentlessly disseminating latest technological progress in the spheres of structural engineering and bridging the gap between professionals and academics. Articles in this journal are written by practicing engineers as well as academia from around the world. ngineering Disclaimer : Editorial Board E All material published in this B&SE Chair: journal undergoes peer review to ensure Alok Bhowmick, fair balance, objectivity, independence Managing Director, B&S Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Noida and relevance. The Contents of this tructural journal are however contributions of Members: S individual authors and reflect their Mahesh Tandon, independent opinions. Neither the Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi members of the editorial board, nor A.K. Banerjee, Former Member (Tech) NHAI, New Delhi its publishers will be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, Harshavardhan Subbarao, exemplary, or other damages arising Chairman & MD, Construma Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai from any misrepresentation in the Nirmalya Bandyopadhyay, papers. Director, STUP Consultants Pvt. 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Roy, Former Senior Executive Director, JACOBS-CES, Gurgaon Front Cover : Published: tructural Top Left : Erection of Full Span S Quarterly: March, June, September and December PSC Box Girder in progress. Special Launching gantry in use Publisher: for erection. ING-IABSE C/o Secretary, Indian National Group of the IABSE Top Right : Group of Engineers IDA Building, Ground Floor (Room Nos. 11 and 12) ational Group of the International Association for Bridge & ational Group of the International discussing strategies near a Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road N building site. New Delhi-110011, India Phone: 91+011+23388132 and 91+011+23386724 Bottom Left : An animated E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], he Bridge & [email protected] sketch to demonstrate how T constructions have changed the Submission of Papers: face of maximum city. All editorial communications should be addressed to Chairman, Editorial Board of Indian National Group of the IABSE, IDA Building, Bottom Right : Two Engineers Ground Floor, Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011. discussing a blue print of drawing Advertising: near a construction site. All enquiries and correspondence in connection with advertising Journal of the Indian and the Equipments/Materals and Industry News Sections, should be addressed to Shri R.K. Pandey, Secretary, Indian National Group of the IABSE, IDA Building, Ground Floor, Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011. The Bridge and Structural Engineer Volume 46 │ Number 4 │ December 2016 iii From the Desk of Chairman, Editorial Board Civil engineering can easily be construed as considering the tremendous growth potential the earliest and most earthy profession which ahead of us. There are, however, many demanding brought about a differentiation between humans challenges ahead of us to resolve, in order to from other species on the planet. Everything that connect with the masses and to establish our Civil Engineers do, has a direct impact on the rightful and dignified position in society. It is well development and well-being of society and the known that the nature of engineering, or at least environment. The construction industry, to which engineering performance, is changing dramatically Civil Engineers (CEs) are directly associated, is the with challenging new technologies to be deployed largest consumer of natural resources on the planet in increasingly demanding environments. In order and second largest in the country after agriculture, to cope with this fast changing scenario and also in terms of manpower deployment. Thus it makes in order to be in the forefront, the leaders of the a significant contribution to the national economy industry today, must invest time and energy to and provides employment to large number of skilled devise strategy for preparing the next generation & unskilled population of the country. CEs are the of civil engineers well, so that they are capable of key leaders of the planning, design and construction taking the seat of leaders in future. team, often working alongside other professionals. Our next generation of Civil Engineers should be Together they create all kinds of structures from able to manage and integrate globally constituted, housing, multi-storey buildings, theatres, sports multi-cultural teams that design and procure stadia, hospitals, bridges, oil rigs, power stations, equipment, materials, and services internationally. e.g. hydro, thermal & nuclear and space satellite The leaders of today in our profession must help launch stations. CEs make a difference and shape young engineers to develop skills to have the ability the built environment in its entirety. to see the big picture in front of us rather than get Despite all of these, it is unfortunate that there is bogged down to only micro issues. This will enable a fatal discrepancy between the image of a Civil us to successfully manage extremely large and Engineer and