CIVIL GURU IZHAR (Intro.)

 

Civil Guru izhar :-  

Civil Guru Izhar is a website designed for all professional Civil Engineers and Civil Engineering Students around the world. The moto of this site is to educate with a trusted source of knowledge on everything related to Civil Engineering.

This website is run by an experienced civil engineer Mohammad Izhar, currently working in Saudi Arabia who belongs from India.

We are quite sure that this blog will be very helpful for the Civil Engineering Students and also for the one who wants to start a career in the Civil Engineering Field.

 

What is Civil Engineering?

Civil engineering is a career and engineering discipline which deals with the design of a building or related structure, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, buildings, bridges, canals, underground tunnels, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, skyways, communications, and railways.

 

Who is a civil engineer?

A civil engineer is the one who designs any structure such as Residential Buildings, roads, towers, dams, embankments, etc. He performs a variety of task such as designing, analyzing, planning, etc. 

 

1)    Types of Civil Engineering: -

 

a)    Structural Engineering: - Structural Engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. It focuses on the framework of structures, and on designing those structures to withstand the stresses and pressures of their environment and remain safe, stable and secure throughout their use.

b)   Environmental Engineering:- Environmental engineering is the branch of engineering that is concerned with protecting people from the effects of adverse environmental effects, such as pollution, as well as improving environmental quality. Environmental engineers work to improve public health, recycling, waste disposal, water and air pollution control, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

c)    Geotechnical Engineering: - Geotechnical Engineering is the branch of engineering which deals with the Study of soil, foundations, bearing capacity, etc.

d)   Transportation Engineering:- Transportation Engineering is that branch of engineering which deals with planning, construction and management of transportation facilities.

e)    Water Resource Engineering:- Water Resource Engineering is that branch of engineering which deals with design and construction of hydraulic structures like dams, canals, water distribution system, etc.

f)     Surveying:- Surveying is that branch of engineering which deals with surveying and levelling of lands using various instruments, mapping & contouring of terrains, etc.

g)   Construction Engineering: - Construction Engineering is that branch of engineering which deals with planning, construction and maintenance of structures.

h)   Municipal Engineering :-Municipal Engineering is that branch of engineering which deals with urban/city planning & management, township, etc.

2)   Civil Site Engineer Responsibilities:-

 

1)   Supervision of Construction Work: - It is very important to monitor the work that is going on at the construction site, it is very    important for a civil engineer to check whether the work is going on at the site, according to the drawings, which has been done according to what was said.

                                 Supervision of Construction Work

2)    Interpretation of Drawing :- Interpretation of drawing means reading the drawing. The job of a civil engineer is to analyze the drawing given. Construction drawings are of different types such as plan, section, and elevation. The civil engineer must understand the details given in the plan and work according to the dimensions given in the drawing.

3)   Allotting Work to Labors: - It is also the job of a civil engineer to work on the labor that is on the site and tell them what work to do and for how long to do what right material to use.

A Labor is very lazy until his work is not allotted. And if the labor is not told properly, then it can also cause huge losses, so the civil engineer needs to stand by and monitor the work.

4)    Preparing Bar Bending Schedule:-

This is a very important sheet that a civil engineer needs to study as well as                   make. It is called BBS sheet in short. In BBS, how much steel does require, what diameter has to be, what would be its cutting length, how much is its total weight, how is its bending shape, all such details are given in it?

Civil engineers give the cutting length and its number to the steelworkers so they can do the steel cutting and bend accordingly. It also helps in preparing the bill of work.

5)   Preparing Schedule of Material Used and Available: - How much material has come to the site and how much material is available on the site, the details of it should be with the civil engineer. For such information, the civil engineer makes the material within which the material used and how much material is left is detailed.

This is one of the most important Civil Site Engineer Responsibilities on Construction Site

6)   Preparing Work Chart Schedule :-It is also very important to make a work chart schedule at any construction site. By reading the work chart schedule, we can find out how much work has been done and how much work is yet to be done and we also know whether the work has been done or not. We can set targets by preparing a work chart schedule an d we can work accordingly.

7)   Plotting Line – Level on Construction Site: - It is also the responsibility of the civil engineer to see whether the work is done on the side is being done according to the guided line level, if the labours do anything wrong then repairing the concrete and the construction is very expensive. For this, checking the line level is very important.

8)   Checking Steel Work of Slab, Beam, & Column Before Concreting: -

It is the responsibility of a civil engineer to check the steel installed in it before any concrete is done. For example, checking of steel used in the slab, column, and beam, etc. A civil engineer has to check the details like the specified diameter of steel bar used or not, the number of bars, the spacing of bar, and the proper cover are provided to a section or not.

9)   Checking & Arranging Equipment Before Concreting Work Starts: -Before starting any concreting, it is necessary to prepare all the things in advance. Checking whether the machine-like vibrator used in the concreting is available on the site, if it goes off then a backup must be available for continuous work.

10) Supervision of The Curing Process: - After the completion of concrete or brick work, it is very important to cure it. If not properly cured, then cracks can be seen in the concrete or brick work, hence, it becomes the responsibility of a civil engineer that starts the curing process as soon as construction work is completed.

11. Keeping Note of Each and Every Casting Work: -

• Concrete used in m3
• Formwork Quantity
• Steel Quantity used
• Labor used
• Material used

 

12. Much Other Work

• Steel Record (Available Steel and used Steel Record)
• Preparing Concrete Record.
• Labour Muster
• Preparing Bill of Quantity
• Preparing and Sending Daily Process Report to Higher Authority

 

•  Also Read : 50 Important Tips for Civil Engineers and Supervisors
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