The recording of the complete webinar has been divided into two parts:

Part-1: Comprising of Speech and Presentation by Key Speaker Dr BS Singla, ex Chief GM (Tech) NHAI, ex MD Haryana State Roads & Bridges Development Corporation, ex Chief Engineer Haryana PWD (B&R).

Part-2: Comprises of Inaguration, Address by Chief Guest (Er. Mohammad Ishfaq , IAS,DC Gurdaspur, Punjab, A Civil Engineer turned IAS), Panelist (Brig. Dr. R.S. Grewal,Veteran 39 years in Indian Army & 16 + years in Academia), Panelist (Er. Rajiv Ahuja,Independent Consultant - Bridges & Highways).

Er. Mohammad Ishfaq has shared his views regarding the subject of the webinar with examples of National Highway Projects, Land Acquisition, and Social Impacts.
Brig. Dr. R.S. Grewal has shared his way of troubleshooting during his tenure as Chief Engineer in Border Roads. He has cited the example of the construction of roads in the difficult area (Along Indo-China border). One rarely gets a chance to listen this type of experience.
Er. Rajiv Ahuja has openly Broughtout the problems and situations being faced in the execution of EPC contracts due to the lackasidal attitude of authorities

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Dr BS Singla shared the way he has tackled these situations in his tenure as CGM NHAI.

PART:1

PART:2

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON

PRACTICAL TROUBLE SHOOTING BY GOVT. AUTHORITIES / ENGINEERS FOR SITUATION FACED IN TIME BOUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Date: 10th July 2021

WORKSHOP CONDUCTED BY

CIVIL ENGINEERS ACADEMY AND RESEARCH CENTER

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

M/s GENERAL HIGHWAYS AND INFRACON PVT LTD

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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Infrastructure is developing with a very fast pace in India. To cope up with the scenario of fast development and new changes being brought every now and then in the construction industry, it is need of the hour that in addition to the engineering issues there are many other issues which are not taught to an engineer in college be discussed on a platform and the practical approach adopted by the government engineers is shared among the community. These issues if not handled/tackled properly and in time, leads to delay, increase in cost, litigation and many more other problems. These issues & the practical solutions adopted by the speaker and the panelist during their career in Government Job will be discussed in this webinar.

About GHAI.PL AND CEA&RC

GENERAL HIGHWAYS AND INFRACON PRIVATE LIMITED, previously Consulting Engineers Associates (CEA), is an eminent Civil Engineering Consultancy organization providing services since more than 18 years. The Company was started under the dynamic leadership of Er. Inderjit Ghai who has more than 34 years of experience in “Contracting and Consulting” business in India and abroad, and it provides one stop solution for all activities related to the field of Highways, Bridges and Infrastructure projects. Er. Inderjit Ghai is also Chairman of Civil Engineers Academy and Research Centre (CEA&RC), a non profit making Regd. society working for the welfare of Civil Engineering fraternity. The aim of the society is to up grade the knowledge and skills of professionals related to civil infrastructure jobs, by way of holding workshops, providing training through capsule courses tailor made as per requirements of the industry, to minimize the gap between “Qualified” Engineer and “Employable” Engineer. In the past almost all Engineers of HSAMB have been trained in design and construction of Flexible Pavements and newly recruited Engineers of Punjab Govt. since 2011 have been trained in use of modern surveying equipment. Every year in the month of July the organization conducts knowledge sharing workshop/webinar on Topics related with Infrastructural Projects.

KEY SPEAKER

Er.Dr. B.S. SINGLA

Sh. B.S. Singla is a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering having experience of more than 38 years in Govt. and Private sectors. He worked as Chief GM (Tech) NHAI, as MD Haryana State Roads & Bridges Development Corporation, as Chief Engineer Haryana PWD (B&R) and presently working on the other side of table as a Director of a large infrastructure company. Some of the prestigious projects got executed by him while in Govt sector are : Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Delhi Merrut Expressway in 500 days, Govt Women University Khanpur Kalan Haryana in 13 months. He has written many Technical papers. Three of these were selected in NASA Digital Library and one in the Howard University Library.He has written a book titled “ Expressways in 500 days”. Some of the prestigious awards received by him are:-

a) ‘The Expressway Man of the Year’ by Global Leaders Awards at Dubai in year 2019, ‘Trendsetter Project of the year 2018’ at Mumbai,

b) ‘Udyog Rattan Award ‘ by Institute of Economics Studies in year 2007, ‘Appreciation Letter’ from Shri Nripendra Misra,Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister, ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ in 2019 & ‘Outstanding Performance in Expressways and Highways’ in Europe in 2020 by Global Leaders Awards.

MODERATOR

Er. Inderjit Ghai

Sh. Inderjit Ghai, a Graduate Civil Engineer from Punjab University Chandigarh, is the Managing Director of M/s General Highways and Infracon Pvt. Ltd. (an Engineering Consultancy Firm) & Chairman of Civil Engineers Academy and Research Center, a Regd. non profit making society, for the cause of Civil Engineering. After serving in the field for 15 years on the construction of infrastructure projects in India and abroad, he started his own Engineering Consultancy firm to provide services in the field of planning design and construction of infrastructure projects. He is an active member of IRC H- 2 Committee, ISO 39001 Road Traffic Safety Management System Lead Auditor certified by bsi, certified Road Safety Auditor (RSA) by IRC. He is the creator and admin of two highly technical Whatsapp groups - “Highways Information Group (HIG)” and “Bridge Information Group (BIG)”.

PANELIST

Er. Rajiv Ahuja

Sh. Rajiv Ahuja, is a post graduate in Structural Engineering and M. Tech in Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering. He is a well known Bridge Engineer of India having 40 years experience in planning and designing of bridges and highways including permanent and temporary structures , supervision and proof checking. He is working as Independent Consultant offering his services to various construction companies for bridge & highway projects. He is a member of B-2 Committee of IRC:6 and was actively involved with preparation of IRC:SP:114-2018.

Brid. Dr. R.S. Grewal

Brig. Dr. R.S. Grewal served in the Indian Army‘s Corps of Engineers for more than 34 years. He was Chief Engineer in the Border Roads Organization in a terrain that is considered a logistician’s nightmare, and has served as a member of faculty at the prestigious Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and College of Military Engineering, Pune. He was awarded Vishisht Sewa Medal by the President of India. After retirement, he was in academia for 16 years and had been Director, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Pro Vice Chancellor SM University and Vice Chancellor Chitkara University H.P. He has contributed many papers to reputed journals, and has also been a speaker at numerous forums, both in India and abroad. He has recently published a book “Envisioning Indian Higher Education”.

Programme

Workshop timings will be from 10.00 am to 12:45 pm.

WELCOME ADDRESS BY ER. GAURAV GHAI AT 10:00 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ER. INDERJIT GHAI AT 10:05 AM
ADDRESS BY CHIEF GUEST FROM 10:15AM TO 10:30 AM
PPT BY DR BS SINGLA FROM 10:30AM TO 11:15AM
DISCUSSION BY PANELLIST FROM 11:15AM TO 11:45AM
Q/A 11:45 AM ONWARDS
VOTE OF THANKS BY ER. V.K. SAWAL AT 12:30PM

Who can attend

Practicing Engineers from construction and consultancy firms, Policy makers, Govt. & Public Sector agencies, Scientists/ Engineers from R&D establishments and Teachers/Professors/Students/Research Students from Engineering Institutes having interest in the planning, design & construction of Highways & Bridges.

Fee & Registration

No fee will be charged from the participants. “Registration in advance is necessary to enable participation. Confirmation of selection to attend the workshop will be sent to applicants by email/message. Rights of admission are reserved by the organizers.”

For Registration please click the link below:

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Limited seats are available on ‘first come first served’ basis for eligible applicants.

Programme Co-ordinators

Er. Gaurav Ghai, Member IAStructE ,IRC,IABSE, Contact No. +91-9120000600 Email ID –: gaurav@theghai.com
Er. Puneet Sharma, Contact No. +91-9569295997
Er. Sushil Vidhaan, Contact No. +91-9041771557
Er. Saurabh Chandel, Contact No. +91-7009480221
Er. Chetan Singh, Contact No. +91-7888532634

EVENT LOCATION

ONLINE ON ZOOM PLATFORM

PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS AS PER IRC:37-2018 held on 10th July 2019 attended by 300 Participants from all over India.

A workshop was conducted by this society in 2018 at Chandigarh on planning ,design and construction of Elevated Grade Separator with wide deck and single central pier in urban areas.