Dr. N.

Kumar Pitchumani,
Technical Director,
AECOM India Pvt. Ltd.

Introduction
One of the oldest branches of engineering.
Work of Civil Engineers- Most visible and most awe- inspiring!!
Civil Engineers plan, design and oversee construction and
maintenance of projects

A Few Civil Engineering Marvels

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

High Density, mixed use Integrated Resort - 57 Stories, housing 2560 hotel rooms

Asias largest Ball Room with capacity of 11,000 guests

Convention center, theatres , shopping and dining, museum and casinos

US $ 5.7 Billion

Burj- Al Arab, Dubai

7 Star luxury hotel - 60 Stories, 202 rooms

Fourth tallest hotel in the world

Total cost - US $ 650 Million

Client Jumeirah Group, UAE

Architect Tom Wright of Atkins, UK

Structural Engineer Atkins, UK

Lead Venture Partner Fletcher Construction, NZ

Contractors

Murray & Roberts, South Africa

Al Habtoor Engineering

The Millau Viaduct, France

Worlds highest Road Bridge

Longest Multi-span Cable stayed Bridge connecting Paris and Barcelona

320 Million Euros

CMBT Station, Chennai

One of the 13 Elevated Metro Station in Chennai

Carries up to 23000 passengers/ day

Client Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

Clients Consultant EMBYE- GC

Architect YEC, Japan

Structures AECOM + EGIS India

Systems - EGIS Rail, France

MEP BARSYL, India

Contractor CCCL, India

Contractors Designer Mott Macdonald, India

Delhi Metro, India

First Modern public Transportation system in India

6 Lines 189.63 km 142 stations 13th Largest Metro in the world

2700 trips daily, Frequency 2 mins 40 seconds, Punctuality - 99.9 %

5.4 million people commuting on a daily basis

Delhi Metro (> 100 km)

Main access shaft at the Deep

Rock Tunnel Connector (DRTC)
outside of Indianapolis, Indiana.

At more than 250 feet below

ground, the tunnel system will store
more than 200 million gallons of
storm water and sewage

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Hong Kong International Airport Reclamation (>1000ha)

Palm Jumeirah, Dubai - Worlds Largest Artificial Island

on Reclaimed Land

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Divyar Al Muharraq development in Bahrain

The project will build a new city on 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres) of reclaimed land
off the northeast coast of Bahrain.
The development will be able to house a community of 200,000 people
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A Sikorsky / Erickson S-64 Air-Crane

Helicopter flies a new 6m body extension
tower segment into place as construction
workers secure joint-connectors high
above on another foreground tower at the
Interior to Lower Mainland (ILM) 500 kV
transmission line project in Coquitlam,
British Columbia, Canada.

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Periyar Dam, Kerala

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Mettur Dam, Tamil Nadu

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Civil Engineering Project Sectors

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Project Sectors

Building Engineering

Transportation

Design + Planning

Construction Services

Environment

Oil + Gas

Energy

Government

Program, Cost, Consultancy

Water

Mining

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Specialty Areas in Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

Transportation Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Water Resource/Hydraulics/Irrigation Engineering

Remote Sensing/Geo-informatics/Surveying

Environmental Engineering

Earthquake Engineering

Geology/Geoscience Engineering

Contract & Project Management/Construction Management

Cost Control / Quantity Surveying

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Structural Engineering

Analyse and Design structures

Limit State of Collapse

Limit State of Serviceability

Materials Reinforced concrete,

Steel, Aluminum, Plastic, Timber etc.

Software STAAD. Pro, ETABS,

SAP 2000, SAFE etc.

Knowledge of Codes IS codes,

BS codes, Euro and American codes

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Geotechnical Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering involves investigation and

Engineering evaluation of earth materials including
soil, rock etc.

By using principles of soil mechanics and rock

mechanics, geotechnical engineers :

Investigate sub-surface conditions and materials

Determine physical/ mechanical and chemical

properties

Evaluate stability of natural slopes etc.

Design earthworks and structure foundations

Geotechnical Engineers also conduct Risk

Assessment from natural hazards such as
earthquakes, land slides, sink holes, soil liquefaction,
rock falls etc.
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Transportation Engineering
Plan, Design and construction of

Highways, Metros, Subway systems,

airport terminals, ports, toll roads,
flyovers etc.
Ensure more acceptable, safer and

sustainable ways to move people across

cities, countries and continents
Improve Traffic control and mass transit

systems.
Find ways to meet increasing travel needs

on land, air and sea

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Environmental Engineering

Deals with the design of systems to:

To reduce toxic wastes

To remove pollutants from water

To remove non- hazardous solid waste

volumes

Eliminate contaminants from air

Develop ground water supplies

Explore non- conventional energy sources

that are inexhaustible and pollution-free

Solar

Wind

Tidal etc

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Infrastructure

Progress of a country measured by its infrastructure

For any development : Infrastructure is must

Better the infrastructure, Better is the connectivity-literally

Invites investments in varied forms

More investments : More development

More development : Still better infrastructure

Hence Civil Engineering will always boom

Need of the hour Competent Core Professionals

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Competencies

Competitions

Real World Projects

Softwares
Field Trips

Internships

Case-Studies

Seminars

MOTIVATION

Personality
Development

Workshops

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Accreditation / Chartership

Student Member

Graduate Member

Initial Professional Development (IPD)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Chartered Engineer!!

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Career Prospects in Civil

Engineering

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Career Prospects - Organisations

Clients
Government
Private
Public

Consultants

Contractors

Academics / Research Institutions

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Career Prospects - Organisations

Industry
Jobs

Private Sector
Public sector
Government Sector
Central/ State

MTech/PhD

Research SERC, BARC, DRDO

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Career Prospects Private / Public Sector

Project
Management
Consultants

Clients

Private
Sector
Design
Consultants AECOM,
ARUP,
ATKINS etc

Contractors Bechtel,
Jacobs, L&T,
CCCL, URS
etc

NTPC
NHPC
IRCON
RITES, EIL

SAIL, BHEL

Public
sector

AAI, HAL,
NAL

Oil sector
ONGC,
IOCL,
HPCL, GAIL

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Career Prospects State / Central Government

Central
Govt

State
Govt

IES
CPWD
Railways
Water
Resource
Military

TNPSC
PWD
TWAD
Highways
CMWSSB

Engineering

Non-Engineering
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Career Prospects Higher Studies/ Academics

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) +Written Test +
Interview IITs (minimum 95 percentile), NITs, Govt. Institutions.
BITSAT Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) - All State run Govt.
Institutions
Stipend: Rs 8,000 pm * + Facilities
Scope for fully funded PhD in Indian / International Institutions

* - For Students with valid GATE score only

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Underground Metro

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Diaphragm
Wall

Installation of retaining wall

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Traffic deck
King Post

Complete installation of king post

Complete installation of retaining wall
Complete installation of traffic deck

Diaphragm
Wall

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Installation of 1st level strut & excavation to just below the soffit of roof slab

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Construction of roof slab with access openings

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Concourse
Slab

Concourse
Opening

Construction of concourse slab with access openings &

excavation proceeds downwards

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Base Slab

Construction of Base Slab

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Construction of walls and closing of the access openings

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Top-Down Construction (Typical)

Removal of 1st Level Strut & Reinstatement of Ground

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Bottom Up Construction

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Metro Tunnel

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