Structural Engineering

What is Structural Engineering?

A Career in Structural Engineering is very interesting. Internet is brimming with pages on How to get into Structural Engineering, while one should first understand What is a Career in Structural Engineering. While anyone can have an opinion on what Structural Engineering entails; only a real professional can really explain it.

Director Dr Padam Kumar has worked in Structural Engineering for 4 years & 6 months. Here is how Director Dr Padam Kumar detailed Structural Engineering:

Structural Engineering is building design, Roads and Bridges Design.

How Director Dr Padam Kumar got into Structural Engineering?

I did my schooling from Haryana Board of School Education. In 1983, I graduated in B Tech (Civil Engineering). I have worked with CPWD as JE for 7 years. I have also worked with DDA as AE from 1986 to 2003 at Engineering Solutions. Currently, I am the Director at Engineering Solutions.

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Civil Engineering

Vinod Nautiyal
Assistant Engineer | Uttarakhand Government

[ 33 years Experience ]

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.

"I did my Diploma in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic, Uttarkashi. Post that I completed my B.Tech (Civil) from JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University. I have been a civil engineer for 33 years now. I am working with Uttarakhand Government."

Civil Engineering

Utkarsh Singh
Civil Engineer | Revamp Terrace

[ 2 years Experience ]

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines and railways.

"I did B Tech from MMU, Ambala and after completing my Engineering started working as a Civil Engineer. I am the co- founder of Revamp Terrace which deals with the construction of green buildings."

Project Management

Mohit Dhiman
Director | Engineering Creations

[ 4 years Experience ]

Project Management Consultancy is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to meet the project requirements and to complete the project timely and smoothly.

"I did B Tech in ECE from IPAC. I did MBA in marketing and sales from Amity Business School, Noida. I started my own company by the name of Engineering Creations for project management. Currently I am the director."

Civil Engineering

Lalit Mohan
Executive Engineer | Rural Works Department

[ 37 years Experience ]

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines and railways.

"After doing my Diploma in Civil Engineering, in 1981, I started working with Rural Works Department as an Executive Engineer and in 2017 I retired from Rural Works Department."

Design Engineering

Himalaya Ramola
Senior Design Engineer | Technical Consultancy Services

[ 4 years & 4 months Experience ]

A design engineer is a person who may be involved in any of various engineering disciplines including civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, textiles, aerospace, nuclear, manufacturing, systems, and structural /building/architectural and he/she is responsible for the execution of the designs .

"I graduated in Civil Engineering from UTU, Dehradun and worked as an site engineer intern , quality control intern in various organisation after that I went on to do a certification course in Structures designing . I then did Masters in Environmental Engineering from Doon University. I worked as a Senior design engineer in Technical consultancy service ."

Storage Tank Designing

Ishan Sharma
Designer | Punj Lloyd Ltd

[ 3 years Experience ]

Storage tank designing is the design and maintenance of atmospheric and low pressure vessels for oil storage. An atmospheric tank or storage tank is a container for holding a liquid at atmospheric pressure. The major design code for welded atmospheric tanks is API 650 and API 620. API 653 is used for analysis of in-service storage tanks.

"After completing my B Tech in Civil Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala, I joined Punj Lloyd as a Storage Tank Designer. Later I did M Tech from Delhi Technological University and started working as an Assistant Professor at DIT University."

Structural Engineering

Sumit Kothari
Founder | SHA Constructions

[ 3 years & 4 months Experience ]

Structural engineering is that part of civil engineering in which structural engineers are educated to create the bones and muscles that create the form and shape of man made structures.

"I graduated in Civil Engineering from Uttarakhand Technical University and worked for Kailash Group of Hospitals for some time. I then did Masters in Structural Engineering and opened my own firm by the name SHA Constructions. I am Structural Engineer at SHA Constructions."

Geomatics Engineering

Gagandeep Singh
Assistant Professor | DIT University

[ 4 years Experience ]

Geomatics engineering is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information or spatially referenced information.

"I have done B Tech in Civil Engineering from Graphic Era University. I worked at Sobha Developers Ltd for a year. I then did M Tech in GIS & Remote Sensing from NIT, Warangal. I am Assistant Professor at DIT University."

Teaching Civil Engineering

Subrata Mondal
Assistant Professor | DIT University

[ 9 years Experience ]

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, and railways.

"After completing B Tech from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College and M Tech from IIT Kanpur, I joined DIT University, Dehradun as an Assistant Professor in 20111 and since then I am working there."

Civil Engineering

S D Arya
Executive Engineer | Indian Railways

[ 35 years Experience ]

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, and railways. Civil engineering is traditionally broken into a number of sub-disciplines. It is considered the second-oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. Civil engineering takes place in the public sector from municipal through to national governments, and in the private sector from individual homeowners through to international companies.

"After doing my schooling from Manav Mission School, Ghaziabad, I did Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Hewett Polytechnic, Lucknow. I worked in private sector for 3 years and then, in 1970 joined Indian Railways and retired in 2005."

Civil Engineering

Mridul
Sub-divisional Engineer | BSNL

[ 11 years & 3 months Experience ]

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways.

"After doing a B Tech in Civil Engineering from MNIT, Jaipur, I worked as Assistant Design Engineer at Fluor Daniel India Pvt Ltd for some time. I then switched to BSNL in 2010 and have been working as Sub-divisional Engineer."

RMC Quality Control

Rishabh Jain
Civil Engineer | Swati Structure & Concrete

[ 6 years & 2 months Experience ]

RMC Quality control is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. Quality Assurance Programme for RMC can be broadly divided into three components i.e. Forward control, immediate control and retrospective control.

"After completing B Tech from Kurukshetra University, I started working at Rishabh Buildwell Pvt Ltd. Since 2016, I am working as a Civil Engineer at Swati Structure & Concrete."

Director Dr Padam Kumar's Talk on Structural Engineering

Starts with what is:
1)	Structural Engineering

Next, it covers Education. This Talk is unique because it talks about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in Structural Engineering and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into Structural Engineering. It details these topics within Education for Structural Engineering:
2)	Basic Education
3)	Software
4)	Practical Experience
5)	Site and Material Experience
6)	Knowledge of BIS Codes
7)	Earthquake & Wind Loading

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Skills are the most important factor determining success in a Structural Engineering. Here is a list of Skills required for Structural Engineering:
8)	Practice
9)	Use of Different Spreadsheets
10)	Communication Skills
11)	Negotiation and Convincing
12)	Value Engineering

Positives of Structural Engineering are quite interesting. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for Structural Engineering:
13)	Creativity
14)	Respect & Recognition
15)	Be your own Boss
16)	Personal Growth

Challenges define Structural Engineering as much as the Positives of the same:
17)	Patience
18)	Deadlines
19)	Client Handling
20)	Site Supervision

In the final section of the Talk, Dr Padam Kumar talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
21)	Structural Engineering

Structural Engineering