I give you my perspective about what basic
knowledge one should know being a civil engineering student, who is
going to work as either a site or design engineer.
Site engineer:
Work ethics:
1) Learn how to talk openly, manage various construction activities at a site. Managing is what most of the time you will do as an engineer.
2) Be super active.
3) The most important thing is showcase whatever you do to your manager/boss. This is what matters at the end of the day. If you do all the work, sit quietly your increment will be snatched away by someone who is less worthy than you.
4) Forget about being fair and worrying about body complexion.
5) Prepare yourself to work in harsh climatic conditions (especially talking about Indian weather).
6) Be patient. Never loose your temper. Communicate well as it will help you a lot in dealing with your client which is again a tough job.
7) Learn how to write an e-mail effectively and while writing choose your words properly as this will make or break the purpose of your message.
8) Don't tend to panic in case of pressure. It will make things more worse.
1) Learn how to talk openly, manage various construction activities at a site. Managing is what most of the time you will do as an engineer.
2) Be super active.
3) The most important thing is showcase whatever you do to your manager/boss. This is what matters at the end of the day. If you do all the work, sit quietly your increment will be snatched away by someone who is less worthy than you.
4) Forget about being fair and worrying about body complexion.
5) Prepare yourself to work in harsh climatic conditions (especially talking about Indian weather).
6) Be patient. Never loose your temper. Communicate well as it will help you a lot in dealing with your client which is again a tough job.
7) Learn how to write an e-mail effectively and while writing choose your words properly as this will make or break the purpose of your message.
8) Don't tend to panic in case of pressure. It will make things more worse.
Civil engineering ethics:
1) If you know well about experiments you do in concrete technology lab it is good even if you don't , no need to worry. You will be able to learn in no amount of time once you start working. In general, engineers don't do survey, it is handled by another special team meant for surveying only. Other than these there is not much scope for experiments done in other labs, unless you are posted to do works related to Geo-technical field.
2) Start working out on general arrangement and reinforcement drawings. This is only main work, which is done by an engineer at the site other than managing. You are supposed to execute what ever shown in those drawings at the site and get it approved from the site.
3) Learn basic functions in excel, word and Auto CAD.
4) Have basic knowledge about bar bending schedule (BBS). Preparing BBS mostly occupies most of your life time at the site in the initial phase of the work.
1) If you know well about experiments you do in concrete technology lab it is good even if you don't , no need to worry. You will be able to learn in no amount of time once you start working. In general, engineers don't do survey, it is handled by another special team meant for surveying only. Other than these there is not much scope for experiments done in other labs, unless you are posted to do works related to Geo-technical field.
2) Start working out on general arrangement and reinforcement drawings. This is only main work, which is done by an engineer at the site other than managing. You are supposed to execute what ever shown in those drawings at the site and get it approved from the site.
3) Learn basic functions in excel, word and Auto CAD.
4) Have basic knowledge about bar bending schedule (BBS). Preparing BBS mostly occupies most of your life time at the site in the initial phase of the work.
Design engineer:
Work ethics:
1) Be smart, active.
2) Brush up your communication skills as you need lot of them to convince many people like the internal/external checker of your design documents and drawings, client, contractor and site engineers.
3) If you do any mistake or not confident with your design, please convey the same to your superiors as it can avoid unnecessary outcome which can be catastrophic sometimes.
1) Be smart, active.
2) Brush up your communication skills as you need lot of them to convince many people like the internal/external checker of your design documents and drawings, client, contractor and site engineers.
3) If you do any mistake or not confident with your design, please convey the same to your superiors as it can avoid unnecessary outcome which can be catastrophic sometimes.
Civil engineering ethics:
1) Learn excel, word, Auto CAD and STAAD Pro. Again almost all software use for modelling have the same purpose it is just that they vary in interface except some software like PLAXIS.
2) Be thorough with code books mostly concrete and steel codes. There is no guarantee that you will work in a project which uses code similar to what you learned in your graduation. Even though codes of different countries don't vary much, be versatile in getting adopted.
3) Prepare how to make drawings. Even though you will have some one to prepare drawings for you. You are the one who should have a clear picture about it. No matter how much modelling, analysis, detailed design, documentation you do, at the end if the drawings don't come out properly your entire work will go into vain. Drawings speak about the entire design.
1) Learn excel, word, Auto CAD and STAAD Pro. Again almost all software use for modelling have the same purpose it is just that they vary in interface except some software like PLAXIS.
2) Be thorough with code books mostly concrete and steel codes. There is no guarantee that you will work in a project which uses code similar to what you learned in your graduation. Even though codes of different countries don't vary much, be versatile in getting adopted.
3) Prepare how to make drawings. Even though you will have some one to prepare drawings for you. You are the one who should have a clear picture about it. No matter how much modelling, analysis, detailed design, documentation you do, at the end if the drawings don't come out properly your entire work will go into vain. Drawings speak about the entire design.
Safety practices: Each
and every civil engineer should keep in mind to follow safety practices
while at the construction site. How this can be followed is well
advocated in this link Responsible Practices
I will add more in a course of time.
Hope this helps. For further assistance
regarding this topic you can contact me. You can also receive all the
information on the subject and can also ask questions from experts by
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Go to the site for few days. Don’t do anything. Just observe what is going on.
Then notice what these people are doing:
- Supervisors
- Carpenters
- Fitters / Bar Bender
- Masons
- Welders
- Electricians
- Helpers
Once
you get an idea of what these people are actually doing, approach your
managers or your senior at site. Ask questions on material consumption
(Reinforcement, structural steel, shuttering, cement, sand, aggregates,
fuel etc) at the building site and their wastage etc.
You can ask them questions like:
How much binding wire is used per tying 1 Ton of rebar? Method of tying it?
What type of cement is used in the batching plant?
What is the slump rate?
What is Batching plant capacity in the site?
Efficiency of batching plant in Cubic meter? etc.
Observe
the depths of beams, how are reinforcement bars aligned in the beams,
what is the cover provided, calculate how much quantity of concrete is
required to cast a slab etc.
Ask them to explain the Bar Bending Schedule (BBS).
BBS consists of arrangement, diameters, bends of reinforcement bars in a
particular structure. This is very important for a site engineer.
Go through this link to know how reinforcement steel required for the structure is calculated. This will be helpful to you.
Observe how many electrical conduits/embedded parts are there. Refer to electrical drawings for more clarity.
There are many more questions.
Once
you observe more, you get more doubts and once you ask them to your
managers, they clear your doubts and you gain knowledge.
All the best :)
There are many things that a fresher civil engineer can understand. The things that they study in the construction field they need for durable tmt bars a better and bright carrier. The clarity of the experience that they get in the filed in mentioned point by point.
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